Album Reviews
God bless the BBC for dusting off its rock archives and releasing them all on CD. This latest batch of goodies is a collection of performances by the Kinks, which were recorded for various BBC radio programs during the band's creative peak. The thirty-five tracks take a broad sweep across the band's history up until the release of Sleepwalker in 1977: The early breakout hits - "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of the Night," "Tired of Waiting for You" - are chrome-wheeled and fuel-injected, while sublime Ray Davies cultural manifestoes like "Waterloo Sunset" and "The Village Green Preservation Society" rumble with drummer Mick Avory's four-square furor. For initiates, this is an excellent primer; for supplicants who have endured the band's desultory live albums in recent years, it's an embarrassment of riches.
(Posted: May 1, 2001)
Advertisement
More CD Reviews
-
Beck
Modern Guilt -
David Bowie
Live In Santa Monica 72 -
Ratatat
LP3 -
John Mayer
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles -
My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade is Dead -
Alkaline Trio
Agony & Irony -
Amos Lee
Last Days At The Lodge -
G Unit
T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) -
Sebadoh
Bubble & Scrape -
The Offspring
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
View
Email
AIM
Del.icio.us
DiggThis
Fark It!



- Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2008 All Media Guide, LLC.