Marble Arch Years [Box set]

The Kinks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Castle
• ASIN: B00005M095
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,859 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. A Well Respected Man

2. Where Have all the Good Times Gone

3. Till the End of the Day

4. Set Me Free

5. Tired of Waiting for You

6. All Day and All of the Night

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Sunny Afternoon

2. I Need You

3. See My Friends

4. Big Black Smoke

5. Louie Louie

6. Dedicated Follower of Fashion

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Look for Me Baby

2. Got My Feet on the Ground

3. Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl

4. Naggin' Woman

5. Wonder Where My Baby Is

6. Tired of Waiting for You

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kinda Kinks Kinda Great, June 9, 2004

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Penguin Egg (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marble Arch Years (Audio CD)

These 3 CDs each contain approximately just 25 minutes of music; but what music - blistering rock blasts such as Till The End of the Day and You Really Got Me; wonderful character sketches such as A Well Respected Man and Dedicated Follower Of Fashion; and precise and (often) witty vignettes such as Sunny Afternoon and Deadend Street. The songs show just what a great songwriter Ray Davies was, both musically and lyrically. At just under three minutes (no pop song should be over that), every song has a great melody that lingers forever in your mind - and that is true whether it is the deceptively lazy Sunny Afternoon or the prototype punk of All Day And All Of The Night. His lyrics are exercises in economy, precision, observation and wit. Anyone attempting to become a songwriter will learn something from listening to Ray Davies. He is truly one of the great songwriters.

Credit must also go to the band. They have a wonderfully tight and together rhythm section from Mick Avory and Pete Quaife; but it is Dave Davies, brother of Ray, who excels. He lays down some of the most menacing and brooding riffs since Link Wray - and I do not make such comparisons lightly. Just listen to Sittin' On The Sofa to see what I mean. The band perfectly complement Ray's excellent voice. This is what all rock music should aspire to be.

This is a wonderfully packaged selection- I especially love the fold out Kinks Pop Chronicle! This may not contain every single one of their sixties classics, - get The Ultimate Collection for that- but it has a good selection of them and it is the rarities such as Sittin' On The Sofa, Naggin' Woman, and Louie Louie that makes this such a find.

Every single track in this collection is an aural delight. I might add that in this image conscious age of ours, The Kinks were the best-dressed band in the land - and in the swinging 60s, that was quite something! Undoubtedly, James Barry had something to do with that -and you will have to read the Kinks Pop Chronicle to understand what I am talking about.