The Kinks: The Essential Album-By-Album Guide

KINDA KINKS (1965)
Key Tracks: "Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl," "Tired of Waiting For You"
Quick Take: Like their debut, Kinda Kinks feels too much like a studied exercise in blues and R&B idioms, with occasional hints of the genius songwriter Ray Davies would soon become. He sings like he just rolled out of bed, with particularly bizarre results on a Quaalude-ified cover of "Dancing in the Streets."