The Kink Kronikles

这是一张"英伦入侵"时期奇想乐队的精选集,首次是1972年发布的专辑.那张封面就印证了这张专辑是如何的出色,那来自英国皇家风味的骑士,黑色中透着的高贵.那音乐的味道这正如这样. 这支"英伦入侵"的乐队,虽不如同时期的"the beatles"那样锐意革新,也不像"the who"和"the rolling stones"那样流行,但他们仍是60年代英伦入侵中最有影响力的乐队之一,与许多同时代的乐队一样,奇想开始也是一支有着布鲁斯和节奏布鲁斯根源的团队.经过四年的发展,他们在同类中显得卓尔不群,从英国摇滚和流行音乐中吸取营养,将民谣,乡村,和布鲁斯结合起来形成他们独特的风格.乐队的核心人物是Ray Davies和Dave Davies两兄弟. 这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第231位。 Strictly speaking, the double-album compilation The Kink Kronikles isn't a greatest-hits collection. Covering the years 1966 through 1970, The Kink Kronikles may not be packed with hits — out of the album's 28 tracks, only nine were hits in the U.K. or the U.S. — yet it's a definitive overview of this era, which was one of Ray Davies' most productive (and influential) periods. Apart from the hits — the lazy, sardonic "Sunny Afternoon" and the gorgeous "Waterloo Sunset," and the 1970 comeback hits "Lola" and "Apeman" — there is a wealth of music that ranks among their very best material that isn't available on any other album. First off, non-LP British hit singles like the music hall raver "Dead End Street" and the wry "Autumn Almanac" are included, as are Dave Davies' two solo hits, "Death of a Clown" and "Suzannah's Still Alive." Then there are the wealth of non-LP singles and B-sides that didn't make the British charts, plus worthy unreleased songs, obscurities like "This Is Where I Belong" and "She's Got Everything," and album tracks that demonstrate another side of the Kinks' musical versatility and Davies' abilities. The key to the success of The Kink Kronikles is how the singles and rarities complement each other and, taken together, present a full portrait. It's the rare compilation that is equally valuable to the collector and to the neophyte fan.