Muswell Hillbillies (RCA, 1971) Ray was hanging out with Warhol in New York by 1971, his roots in Muswell Hill unravelling fast. His response was to add pub-jazz brass to The Kinks’ line-up, and ...

On a new series of compilation albums, dubbed "The Journey," the Kinks have eschewed traditional best-of and greatest hits formats in favor of song groupings that are more thematic. With two ...

Muswell Hillbillies’ release was supported by more US touring, including two 1972 nights at New York’s iconic Carnegie Hall. Tapes of those anarchic shows, heavy on Muswell material, formed ...

Everybody’s in Show-Biz was a hybrid double album, with new studio songs on one LP and a live recording of the Kinks at Carnegie Hall on the other. Ray wrote songs about fame and performing to ...

The new 2023 mix of this classic track is taken from The Kinks' 1974 studio concept album Preservation Act 2, and has been mixed by Ray Davies and Matt Jaggar at Konk Studios in London.

The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic ...

The Kinks, from the British Invasion, evolved steadily over time. They stayed true to their roots but still tried new things ...

WHAT'S IN A NAME: Chris Tullar based his original concept album "Not Arthur" on the song titles from The Kinks' landmark 1969 LP "Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)." ...

3. “Misfits” from Misfits (1978). By the time Misfits rolled around, The Kinks had largely given up on the concept album approach, realizing it was not their best path forward in a commercial ...

Everybody’s in Show-Biz was a hybrid double album, with new studio songs on one LP and a live recording of the Kinks at Carnegie Hall on the other. Ray wrote songs about fame and performing to ...