What compilation album from The Kinks do I want?


I'm looking for a "greatest hits" type CD for The Kinks. I've looked at several on line but am having no luck finding a set that has all four songs that I really want.

The four songs are:

You Really Got Me

Lola

Apeman

Destroyer

If anybody knows of a CD compilation that has these all in a studio version that would be great. If there isn't a single set with these four songs, what would be the best CDs to get with minimum or no repetition? Many sets have 3 of the 4.

Thank you for any help and suggestions.

toddsyr

The Kink Kronikles is a great compilation that has Lola and Apeman (of your 4). It also has stuff you may have never heard along with great notes by longtime Kronicler John Mendelssohn. 

In a review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic, he said, in part:

"Apart from the hits -- the lazy, sardonic "Sunny Afternoon" and the gorgeous "Waterloo Sunset," and the 1970 comeback hits "Lola" and "Apeman" -- there is a wealth of music that ranks among their very best material that isn't available on any other album."

 

https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-kink-kronikles-mw0000197930#:~:text=The%20Kink%20Kronikles%20Review%20by%20Stephen%20Thomas%20Erlewine&text=Apart%20from%20the%20hits%20%2D%2D,available%20on%20any%20other%20album. 

Most of the Kinks albums are also available on SACD - including a greatest hits compilation called Come Dancing with the Kinks. Check that other auction site for availability.

Kink Kronicles and Come Dancing cover early and later years Kinks. Understand you like CDs as I still do but suggest streaming with a Kinks playlist. I have one for each of my favorite bands. Lets you pick which songs and which versions.

I never did quite "get" the Kinks. While I liked tunes such as Lola, Twenty First Century man, Celluloid Heroes and even Victoria -- they sounded like Rock to me -- I simply did not relate to the more deliberately quaint and idiosyncratic British cultural references and attitudes that seemed to largely dominate their output.

By way of comparison, I have no such problem with the Folk and Music Hall elements prevalent in Richard Thompson’s songs. Somehow, he’s able to incorporate them into something more universal, or at least something I can easily relate to.

 

I have experienced The Kinks in concert live in person over a dozen times. They are Fantastic. SLEEPWALKER album is my fav !