Come Dancing: The Best of The Kinks 1977-1986 [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Original recording remastered]

The Kinks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 8, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Original recording remastered
• Label: Velvel Records
• ASIN: B0007KTB8A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best collection of the Kinks' second half., April 11, 2005

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M J Heilbron Jr. "Dr. Mo" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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A scintillating remaster of a terrific collection of songs, "Come Dancing" sounds glorious.
For a group that usually comes in fourth on the list of the greatest British rock bands (Beatles, Stones, Who...), this disc collates their later period.

As you'll see, however, they manage to "cover" their earlier hits as well.

They have a number of killer singles here, opening with "Come Dancing". The Kinks have always excelled in bringing witty little 'slices of life' to their tunes, in a way we didn't see until the earlier Squeeze records.

Their rock songs have a surprising crunch to them, and it is a testament to their quality that Green Day could cover "Do It Again" note for note, and the youngsters in the crowd wouldn't know the difference.

Then again, The Kinks sorta cover themselves throughout this disc. There are the live versions of "Lola" and "You Really Got Me". Then there are the chords from the aforementioned "Do It Again"...
...but it reaches an apex with "Destroyer", which cribs liberally from "All Day and All of The Night", mentions "Lola" and pretty much introduces the Sixties half of the Kinks' career to the Seventies' fans...
...it's a total party of a song...

"Low Budget", "Misfits", "Don't Forget To Dance"...all great spins.

And then we get "Father Christmas"! One of the great modern Christmas rockers.

Sweet liner notes and a gatefold LP-like cover make this uncommonly easy to recommend.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My high school students gave up rap for this!, November 5, 2006

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Wolfe (Milford, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come Dancing: The Best of The Kinks 1977-1986 (Audio CD)

I had forgotten just how much fun the Kinks were, then I purchased the CD for the song Come Dancing and had no idea that I would know all the other songs on the CD. My 14-18 year old art students pick this CD over rap and current artists to listen to whiile creating art works. It is just plain old fun!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars they always delivered the goods, August 22, 2006

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Scott B. Saul "opinionated, yet truthful, mu... (COOPER CITY, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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The 70's-80's Kink era was considered the weaker material but when you listen to this compilation, they still put out lots of quality material.

Their sound and approach changed a bit, they obviously went more commercial, and they lacked some of their original identity yet these are still great songs. 30 years later, this was not a weak era and they put out a lot more good stuff then most other bands.

Rock and Roll fantasy, Detroyer, Celluloid Heroes, Don't forger to dance, Superman are all killer songs.

I would like to see one day when they get a boxed set w/You Really Got me era, Lola era and their hard rocking Destroyer era.