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Label: MERCURY/UMC

Release date: 13/08/2012

Barcode: 0602537124893

Catalog no.: 3712489

Item ID: 375203

One of the most iconic and influential British bands of all-time, The Kinks have provided the world with some of the most iconic songs of all time, this 2-CD selection once again provides proof of this. Disc One serves as a career A-Z, a handpicked selection of The Kinks 14 top ten chart smashes and best-loved classics, including Days, Dead End Street, Till The End of the Day, David Watts (famously covered by The Jam in 1978) and many more. Disc Two is a 21-track amalgamation of miniature missives to the capital; some of the very best songs about London ever written and forever engraved on our public consciousness. Carrying the torch for London town - the inspiration behind the Carnaby-Street-lampooning Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Muswell Hillbilly and that glorious paean to the Big Smokes post-war dancehall culture Come Dancing- this second disc gets to grips with Ray Davies enduring love for his city for the first time in a career spanning six decades of music. From the very instant You Really Got Me roared to Number 1 in 1964 The Kinks - along with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who - came to define a generation and confirm Britain as the rock n roll centre of the world. With incomparable frontman Ray Davies at the helm, and brother Dave on lead guitar, classic after classic followed You Really Got Me into the charts, from All Day And All Of The Night - which, along with its predecessor, is credited with inventing heavy metal - to the risqué Lola, the pastoral Tired Of Waiting and Sunny Afternoon a chart topper the last time England won the World Cup in 1966. Their 1967 smash hit Waterloo Sunset is widely considered to be one of the greatest singles ever released - with Pete Townsend, Blurs Damon Albarn and Paul Weller citing it as one of their everlasting favourites. The influence of The Kinks on generations of British music makers is incalculable, from glam rockers such as David Bowie, Mott The Hoople and Marc Bolan, to the new wave of Ian Dury, Madness and The Jam, to recent acts like Blur, Oasis, Mumford & Sons and Supergrass.