The Kinks - Greatest Hits (1989)

A few years back, I wrote the following:

Still true today. So when I saw this compilation CD in the used bin (on the Rhino label, no less!), I grabbed it and didn't mind paying a little more than usual for a used disc ($7.19, if you're wondering). There are at least 25 Kinks compilations and none I've found are as complete as they should be. For this disc, we're treated to mono recordings of the band's singles and b-sides from the years 1964-1966, in non-chronological order: "all of the Kinks' essential garage rockers and British Invasion singles are here." For the record, your humble blogger wasn't on this earth until 1966, but that doesn't mean he doesn't recognize a great guitar riff or harmony vocal when he hears it. He also seems to slip into third person mid-paragraph at times.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks: 18 tracks in only 46 minutes.

Title	US	UK
You Really Got Me	7	1	✔
All Day And All Of The Night	7	2	✔
Set Me Free	23	9
Who'll Be The Next In Line	34
Come On Now
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy		17
I Need You			✔
Till The End Of The Day	50	8
Tired Of Waiting For You	6	1	✔
A Well Respected Man	13
You Do Something To Me
You Still Want Me			✔
Stop Your Sobbing			✔*
Something Better Beginning
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion	36	4
I'm Not Like Everybody Else			✘
Where Have All The Good Times Gone			✔*
Sunny Afternoon	14	1	✔

*I'm not too proud to admit that my familiarity with Pretenders and Van Halen covers influenced my opinion on these tunes.

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Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, but I'm betting this thing takes up residence in my vehicle's CD player until at least September. I need to spend more time with these tunes. At a loud volume. Preferably on the open road.