Face to Face [Import]

The Kinks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle
• ASIN: B00005NBRT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Party Line

2. Rosy Wont You Please Come Home

3. Dandy

4. Too Much On My Mind

5. Session Man

6. Rainy Day In June

7. House In The Country

8. Holiday In Waikiki

9. Most Exclusive Residency For Sale

10. Fancy

11. Little

12. Miss Queen Of Darkness

13. Youre Lookin Fine

14. Sunny Afternoon

15. Ill Remember

Editorial Reviews

UK reissue of 1966 album, fully remastered from the original tapes & packaged in a miniature reproduction of the original Greek issue sleeve.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kinks come into their own, August 25, 2002

By 

David Goodwin (Westchester, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Face to Face (Audio CD)

"Face to Face" is usually considered to be the record where the Kinks suddenly developed their own uniquely-British identity. Indications of this move had certainly been evident on previous albums like "Kontroversy," but it's on Face to Face where the Davies 'n co finally find their niche.

The album, it goes without saying, is excellent, but something must be said for the quality of this particular reissue as well. When Castle re-released the Kinks albums in 1998, many were disappointed by the relatively tinny sound quality, made all the more unfortunate by the excellent selection of bonus material Castle appended to the albums. Well, these current releases by Castle/Sanctuary--despite being ostensibly "collector's items"--actually go a long way towards writing some of those wrongs. While the bonus tracks are MIA, what we have here is an immaculately packaged, excellently remastered piece of work.

Heck, not only does it sound better than the '98 disc, it uses the stereo mix as well (the '98 CD is in mono)! While the stereo is primitive, and is mostly used for "effects" like the water noises on Holiday in Waikiki, it really does serve to open up the sound, making it slightly less claustrophobic.

In summary, this disc works on an excellent number of levels; it's relatively cheap, so it's a great introduction to the "golden period" of the Kinks, and yet it also functions as a collector's item, providing a very nice upgraded package for someone who already has the album in some other form.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Girls are too many, 3 is a Crowd, and 4 ya dead!, September 8, 2002

By 

DavidMatthewCollins "sweetguy44" (Kyle, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Face to Face (Audio CD)

Face to Face is nice album that introduces the kinks into their golden period of rock music. The songs that make Face to Face so strong are: Dandy, Rosie Please Come Home, Party Line, Rainy Day in June, Fancy, Holiday in Waikiki and Queen of Darkness. It does seem Ray enjoys mocking the rich, songs like House in the Country and Real Estate song are tracks that kinda drag out those themes too much. You can see a split between the brothers on this album also. Dave seems to be still stuck in 65' while his brother Ray pushes onto 66' with his more envolved numbers. But isn't it always like that ?