Something Else By The Kinks

This album has been added to 3 public lists:

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  1967

  James

  Ray Davies moves away from youthful aggression and toward sharply observed character writing here. “Waterloo Sunset” alone would make the album essential — a deeply humane song that turns ordinary city life into something quietly transcendent. Elsewhere, “David Watts” and “Two Sisters” reveal Davies’ growing fascination with class, envy, and domestic frustration. Musically, the band embraces subtlety over spectacle, relying on melody, arrangement, and conversational detail. The album feels modest on the surface but emotionally expansive underneath. It helped redefine what sophisticated songwriting in rock could look like.

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  1001Albums

  Neil Hopkins

  At a time where everyone else was turning on and tripping out with cosmic psychedelia, Ray Davies writes a perfect picture postcard story of life in England in the late 60s. Same sex schoolboy crushes, trying to find a better job, moaning about the weather, romantic moments by a polluted river and afternoon tea. The Kinks really were something else.

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  My 50 Favorites

  John Fracchia