Reviews (page 7 of 8)
3.5
I enjoyed what I listened to of this album (I really like the story element of the kinks) but it was my cleaning day so I switched to Madonna for motivation.
It was alright, a bit too all over the place though
Kinks have some of my favourite songs from that era, but on their albums there are some really boring songs. Waterloo Sunset and Death of a Clown are bangers though.
Bit meh to be honest. It was on, I heard it, but nothing stood out to me.
Zoals Arie terecht opmerkte: Aardig, maar The Beatles doen dit beter...
Best leuk, maar geen Beatles 😉
Leuk hoor. Zitten paar fijne nummers tussen.
Hard to listen to this for the first time in 2021 because it is SO 1960's. I love the Kinks but didn't know they went back this far.
Kinks good. Some songs added to playlist.
60% good 40% weird/bad
Brit classic rock. Never gave it a full chance before but not terrible.
It's okay, I mean it sounds like that era of music. Some good songs like Waterloo Sunset and Lazy Old Sun
2.5
Haven't listened to this entire album before. It's instantly recognizable as Ray Davies, though. Creativity abounds (No Return is lightweight Bossa Nova, immediately followed by Harry Rag which is borderline shanty) and absolute Britishness shines through nearly every song in both the lyrics and the music.
Great album, but I was hoping for more of the hits on it.
Pretty dope, good background music 7/10
Perfectly pleasant but nothingness.
OK, not great. Got bored.
Better than the last album I had by the Kinks. It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t horrible to listen to by any means.
Pretty creative, easy to listen to, enjoyable album. Lyrics and themes are on the silly side but I definitely enjoyed it. Hard 3 low 4 for me.
Very Beatles-esque but who could blame them!
Not what I was expecting at all, thought it was going to be punk for some reason. Was more like The Beach Boys style. Enjoyable but nothing stood out as special. 3/5
Was OK
So far again underwhelmed. First song to catch my ear is the bossa influenced “no return”. But mostly for the bossa. “Love me till the sun shines” is alright. One thing I can say I do particularly enjoy about this album is the drumming. Really nice grooves going on. “End of the season” was nice. I like the nature sounds lol. But also a nice short song that feels summery. “Waterloo sunset” melody sounds so familiar but I can’t place it. And that’s the end of the core album. The rest are bonus tracks. I have a problem figuring out what a 2 and 4 rating sounds like. I know a 5. I stick a lot of stuff in 3. And 1 I assume would be crap. But I’m torn on this album. I think ideally I’d give like a 2.5 or 2.7 or something. I guess 3 will be fine.
Pretty good early Kinks album (1967).
I always loved the song David Watts. This song sets a great tempo for the album. This is the type of Kinks stuff I like. Uptempo and fun songs. The Kinks are a classic band so I feel there must be some 4s / 5s in the mix somewhere. This one just isn’t consistent enough to get there.
Some clear stand-out tracks here: Waterloo Sunset, Situation Vacant, and Love Me Till the Sun Shines. The rest is just fine. It's a perfectly fine album.
Yhden kappaleen tunnistin ennakolta, joten minulle jokseenkin tuntematon aiemmin. Menevää, joitain jänniä kuvoita, jne. Kyllä tätä toisen kerran mielellään kuuntelee ja perehtyy tuotantoon paremmin. 3.5/5 pyöristyy nyt alaspäin.
I love some of their stuff but it’s only a ***
Perushyväok.
Pari parempaa biisiä, monta vähän mitäänsanomatonta, mutta tuossahan tuo meni taustalla. Levyn arvo suuruusluokkaa 3, arviotarkkuus +/- 10 %. Lisätietoja arviosta antaa Massa Johnson.
Perusrokkia 60-luvulta, ei mitään ihmeellistä, mutta ei alkanut ärsyttämäänkään. Spotifyssa sai olla tarkkana, että kuunteli vain alkuperäisen levyn kappaleet eikä bonus/deluxeversioiden lisäraitoja.
Well that album was long. 52 songs and I knew none. I do like their “Lola” but that’s cause I like Cola! Liked Autumn Almanac & Sand on my Shoes. Saw they had several songs in Wes Anderson’s Darjeeling.
Yeah fine. Easy listening but nothing special.
This is not dissimilar to the last Kinks album we were sent, Village Green. I’d call it psychedelic folk; the experts call it acoustic baroque pop. Each have one or two standout tunes. I think the first two tracks on this LP are strong and Waterloo Sunset is nice as well. Ray Davies was a talented guy who reinvented his sound every few years.
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-... Irgendwie kann ich sowas nicht mehr hören, ohne einen staubigen Juckreiz zu verspüren. Erste Hälfte: Itchy 1.9 „Lazy Old Sun“ in ein psychedelisches Zwielicht getaucht sticht aus der ersten Masse an Songs für einen nicht realisierten Bud Spencer/Terrance Hill Film angenehm heraus. Gefolgt vom folkig-rockigem „Afternoon Tea“ könnte im Scheine eines fantastischen „Waterloo Sunset“ eine 3.8 winken. Fazit: 2.7
Ich mag diesen Sixties-Sound, bin aber gerade auch nicht richtig in Stimmung dafür. Death Of A Clown ist mir bei aller Psychedelik auch bisschen zu circensisch. Waterloo Sunset hingegen geht wirklich immer. Ach komm, 2,8 sind auf jeden Fall drin.
wasn't super feeling it. definitely feel the beatles vibe. half-listened after day at Mt Hood
I did say that I wanted another Kinks album. I know now that I do like the Kinks, or at least the idea of them. Many of these songs went into the background but there were some that I enjoyed including David Watts and Afternoon Tea. They feel like the ultimate UK Soft Rock type group and this album cover is kind of creepy especially the guys in the bottom and top right. I liked their first album better but this was still good.
Death of a Clown and Harry Rag are my two favorites off the front side. David Watts I wasn't too impressed by. Musical shift to the more relaxed on the B side. Afternoon Tea is a bop.
Sounded like the Beatles. I got kinda bored tbh.
Some weird tracks that were interesting
A few standout songs here and there like Waterloo Sunset, fun listen but nothing that really gripped me
No es el mejor disco de los kinks.
Waterloo sunset is nice
Ikke noe super interessant som jeg kunne finne her. Mye standard 60-talls rock. Låtskrivingen var ait, spillingen var ait, osv. Ikke noe å ta opp igjen senere for min del, med mindre jeg mistet noe. Waterloo Sunset er jo veldig fin da.
It's the Kinks - but I prefer later.
Hippie pop. Similar to the stones. Enjoyed some songs. Had high expectations for the kinks.
it's more kinks
Good album, I like the Kinks. Very 60’s era sounding.
Fav: Harry Rag, Waterloo Sunset
Good classics.
Meh
Kinky
pretty average overall. sounds Queen inspired/around the same time era, but not as exciting or impactful. bright and happy mood.
not bad. spoofy only had deluxe. probably wouldnt relisten
Always down for the Kinks. Makes me think of Wes Anderson movies
It was something
decent , old normal , nothing really pops out.
Wouldn't go out of my to listen again, but I did enjoy it. Some nice and interesting compositions, and I like that it covers a range of different styles yet still sounds cohesive as an album.
later kinks is way better, this is too samey to the who and beatles from that era
3/5. Very much a Beatles-era band from the UK. Hearing a lot of similarities between the two bands.
A couple of classics and the rest is ok.
its a classic kinks album with decent but sometimes odd lyrics a variety of melodies but always the kinks sound
Not my favorite Kinks album but it was a good attempt at something a little different
Good but recording leaves something to be desired
Not interesting
controversial probably but i wasnt really a big fan. i can see why it is so popular and has so many positive ratings but it was lowk a bit disjointed for me.
Very 1970s, not too bad. Two stars…
Nothing too great. Not bad but long winded and not exciting
Grappig en interessant. Van genoten maar het is me niet bij gebleven eigenlijk. 2 bangers
Sounds like the Beatles, quite boring and nothing memorable here 2.5
Not my kind of music
By this point ive made upy mind on the kinks. They wrote some ok pop songs but it has dated badly and the sound and vocals are very weak. This does nothing to change that.
Nothing about this stood out for me. I get that they made their mark on music, but 60s pop/rock has been one of the most tiresome things for me doing this list.
Yikes! Somewhere in the back of my mind I had the thought that The Kinks might be a band I'd really like if I explored their discography. This album sucks, there must be better Kinks albums! The songwriting is lazy or just bad, the vocal and musical performances are lazy, the recording/mix is lazy. Didn't notice a song that stood out as anything but not bad.
I like this better than the other Kinks albums on the list, but maybe that's only because it's the last one. Harry Rag feels like the kind of song you'd write to disguise chasing tail...turns out it's about cigarettes. I definitely come down on the side of blues rock vs. psychedelic rock. Lazy Old Sun is the worst song so far...but I don't want to say it's the worst on the album yet...still four songs to go.
Had that great Kinks sound but lacked the hits. While I enjoyed most of the album, nothing really moved me. Faves were David Watts and Waterloo Sunset.
i really didn't hate any of the songs, but i didn't love a single one. just didn't capture me. Harry Rag was kinda fun. strong 2
Another in a neverending series of favs of my favs. The Kinks were kinda the hip alternative to the Beatles and whatnot for the Pill/mod/britpop crowd around Boston ca. 1999-2000. In part, because they have great songs, but also I suspect because Damon Albarn was acting as a tastemaker of sorts (along with other britpoppers). Likewise some of the NYC/LES bands would namedrop Ray Davies or do Kinks covers, esp. The Walkmen. Anyhow, the early hits aside, I’ve never gravitated to the Kinks, including their imperial album run. The character portraits matched with kinda quaint melodies just...sometimes there’s a progression that really captures my attention - No Return - and then it’s followed by a music hall number like Harry Rag or Tin Soldier Man, which I could not care less about.
Didnt quite hit like The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society album. No big takeaway songs, but not annoying.
It was pretty cool, but it didn't really grab me a whole lot to be honest
I love the kinks, but this one was not it.
Nice
The hits are hits for a reason.
Geef mij maar something else van iemand anders.
If the Beatles are Moe, the Stones are Larry, and The Who are Curly, the Kinks are Shemp.
Seems like they stole the Beatles rejected songs from the trash.
I found it pretty boring, especially for it being released after the album with "You Really Got Me".
muy lindo, se ven los inicios de la banda :D
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I didn't find this particularly interesting. Vaguely Beatlesy but it didn't unremarkable, like Beatles tunes they didn't bother includint on a final album. Probably because I'm removed from the context in which it was released since The Kinks are cited as influential on a lot of music I like but it just didn't do much for me 2.5 Highlights: Situation Vacant
everything you would expect from the 60's Kinks. No real bangers here.
This wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. Not really the Kinks that I am familiar with. It was a little too weird at times. Probably just a 2. Also pretty long. Liked Songs: "David Watts" , "Harry Rag" , "Tin Soldier Man" , "Situation Vacant" , "Funny Face" , "Waterloo Sunset" , "Polly" , "Lincoln County"
Nah
Love Me Till the Sun Shines and Waterloo Sunset were alright. Technology of the era produced Pet Sounds. So I don't know what the reason is for the way this album sounds.
Couldn’t get on board with these blokes
Not for me
I was looking forward to this album when it came up,that feeling faded fast. Very disappointed in this album. No energy and no emotion. A definite miss for me.
It's not *bad* but also 1967 was incredibly stacked in terms of releases so this one is pale in comparison.
thats soooooo boring i guess that who doesnt like the beatles imagine them like this
My biggest regret on this site are being too generous in my grading. I gave Joni Mitchell a 3 yesterday and after reflection the truth is I just did not like it. My child often asks me, "Why are you listening to this junk? Just listen to what you like." So Joni Mitchell should have been a 1 or a 2 and while I cannot go back and fix that, unfortunately for Ray Davies and the Kinks they are going to take a beating today as I work toward more forceful scoring. While Something Else is a critically beloved album that showcases Ray Davies’ lyrical wit and the band’s uniquely British sensibility, its modest production, stylistic scatter, and reliance on music‑hall charm makes it feel unexciting if you’re expecting the punch of late‑60s rock or the conceptual depth of the Kinks’ later work. These elements don’t resonate with me and even though the album’s historical reputation is strong this is at best a 2 for me.
old school. catchy.
shit sucked Would I listen again: no. Deserves to be on this list: no. 2.0
Meh.
3rd Kinks album. Can't get the Blur comparison out of my head now. Crosses quite a few styles. Waterloo Sunset is a classic but I'm just not a fan of the album. 2/5.
"Must listen". This is a cult classic and I can see it inspiring a lot of future acts, I also see the influence of the decade shining through them, and I wonder if this couldn't have been left out from the list. I preferred the Village Green Preservation Society by a lot to this, this one just feels like imitation Beatles done right. If I'd been a child of the 70s this might be a lot of fun, but we've evolved so much after this, and the project isn't asking me to give it another listen. 2.5/5
20% complete with the list and we’ve had repeats of multiple bands, like The Kinks, who are still as terrible on this as the last album we got by them. And still no Beatles! For the love of god, where are The Beatles??
An extremely well named album - I definitely wish this was Something Else by the Kinks.
No good at all. I didn't hate Love Me 'till the Sun Shines, the rest was pretty terrible.
It was pleasant enough but I don’t see myself revisiting songs beyond the delightful Waterloo sunset
A friend of mine introduced me to the Kinks a few years ago, and as is often the case, I became familiar with just one of their albums, which was "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround." This album struck me as a bit more juvenile than that one, both in composition and production (although the version of LVPM I listened to was a 2020 remaster). I didn't sense as much uniqueness from this album though, but I did sense some British silliness and Beatles influence.
It's been kind of funny listening to The Kinks discography in reverse - makes me appreciate their musical growth from where they started (and thank goodness in my opinion for that growth). I really didn't connect with this album at all until the last song; most of this album feels like more of the same generic 60s pop that you could hear anywhere. But Waterloo Sunset is a fantastic song, and really highlights the direction The Kinks would be going with their sound
L: 3 M: 6 F: 5 O: 5
Even though I'm aware Ray Davies is a songwriting genius, Something Else feels like they just stretched the songlist way too thin, it's basically "Waterloo Sunset" and 12 filler songs. It has this cool 60s British invasion vibe, but a lot of it sounds like a cheap knockoff of The Beatles or The Beach Boys. Songs like "Harry Rag" and "Tin Soldier Man" are cute, but the sound is kinda muddy, and the mixing doesn't help them. The first and last tracks, "David Watts" and "Waterloo Sunset", are amazing, but the rest is a bit too granny pop (but not on the level of McCartney's granny music) for me. I get the storytelling and the band trying new things, but most of the songs don't have those killer riffs or go as deep as their other stuff. It's cool to hear, but if you've heard the few hits, you've heard the best of it.
Hoped for something great but got something mediocre at best. Nothing against these songs but they are just too inoffensive and have little to say musically or lyrically. Just not the best and a bit too vanilla for me. Still love The Kinks’ popular songs though.
I didn't mind it, nothing special, but listenable. Kind of a discount Beatles.
I've never really gotten in to The Kinks. This is the second album I've had from them in this project and whilst it is more consistent, it isn't particularly remarkable (aside from the closing track which I enjoyed a lot). Found myself a bit bored and often wishing I was listening to better albums from the period.
Music critics and my more snobby friends will try to convince you that The Kinks are great. They were prolific over the course of their career, so I don't deny they wrote the occasional banger (Waterloo Sunset and maybe David Watts, on this album for example), but I generally find it hard to enjoy an entire album's worth in one sitting. How to say, I'd rather listen to something else rather than Something Else by the Kinks? And to my friends, it's not that I just don't understand them and their charms — I see what the Kinks are up to with their jaunty music hall nostalgia but I'm not down.
Distinctly British, low-key.
Starts and ends great by there is a good reason I am not familiar with the rest of the LP. “Something else by the Kinks” Wish I was listening to “Anything else but the Kinks”
Not my kink.
Was meh
Overall decent vibes - a bit boring at times. First song and last song were the best and fell a bit flat after that
A couple of songs like Waterloo Sunset did a lot of the lifting.
Waterloo sunset is a lovely song but I found the rest of the album a bit twee and boring.
Never really go into The Kinks. This is an okay album, didn't really connect with me. Highlights: "Harry Rag" and "Waterloo Sunset"
It's obviously not bad music but it was a bit boring and not really my taste.
This just sucks no other way to describe it. Are the Kinks massively overrated? I’ve heard two of their albums so far and they’ve both sucked.
This was fine. Lots of shorter songs made this feel long. 2.5/5
Less interesting version of the Beatles
There was a kid I went to HS with named David Watts true story
The Good: We are going to get Kinky! The Bad: No, wait, we’ve been duped, it’s Something Else... The Ugly: Finding out that the something else isn’t good music… I will have to do my due diligence real fast… allow me a second… This is the third The Kinks album I’ve been presented… the THIRD. To make matters worse, and let me do my due diligence real fast… allow me a second… I am missing one more album as there are four… FOUR The Kinks albums on this list… Mr Dimery, you bastard! My review of this album? Well, sounds like something from the ‘60s. You can hear those sounds that were on many other albums from the ‘60s… and I am starting to hate the ‘60s almost as much as anything that has been published since the ‘00s The album was just a waste of time for me. It did make me go through some of my older albums that I still needed to rate, and made me enjoy some imperfect albums that had sounds I had not listened to before… I am looking at the album Tank Battles… you know what I mean! Anyway, I am nervous about what album I will get dished out today after ranking this album a 2*
Det är för jävla trist tyvärr.
Dålig tajming för Kinks. Extremt sugen på ännu ett pojkband från 60-talet och har därför svårt att kanske denna en ärlig chans. Eller?
Just not my style at all
Dull
The absolute wall of text that is included on this entry in the book is insane. Music taste is subjective, but when you put anything under a microscope you can justify whatever you want. I did not hear an album rife with themes of coping and loss, but that's what the critics are waxing poetic about.
I am giving up. This is just not it. In fact, it's putting me to sleep when I need to be awake.
zwei bekannte songs: Waterloo Sunset und Death Of A Clown .. ansonsten 60er-geschrammel.
1960's psychadelia which seems a bit dated. It's clearly from the time and was popular but it's not new and interesting now. The lyrics took a bit of research to understand too. I now know the background to David Watts and what a Harry Rag is.
It was decent. I saw one of their most popular songs was on this album, but I didn't recognize it and it didn't stick out when it played. No takeaways from me and I won't listen to it again. It didn't seem like anything special.
2.5 (36:17 13 tracks, 5th studio album, 1967) English rock band I did not like this album on the first two listens, grew on me in headphones. Was walking in a forest preserve listening to Afternoon Tea and met a woman (the only person I talked to that day) name Donna – that’s a weird coincidence. Still giving it a 2 as I don’t love the end of the 60’s psychedelia and chamber music stuff that was so popular in its day, but ALMOST a 3. I want to like The Kinks as there are some songs by them that are so good. . . just not this album. This album continues the Kinks' trend toward an eccentric baroque pop and music hall-influenced style defined by frontman Ray Davies' observational and introspective lyrics. The Kinks were brothers Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and younger Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals), Pete Quaife (bass), and Mick Avory (drums, percussion). Lyrically Dave explores fame and deteriorating mental health (clow) while Ray explores isolation. The singles "Waterloo Sunset", one of the group's most acclaimed songs, and the Dave Davies solo record "Death of a Clown", both of which charted in the UK top 3. Something Else sold poorly and became the Kinks' lowest-charting album nonetheless the album was ranked No. 288 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Ray Davies assumed control over production after the departure of Shel Talmy; hence Something Else marked a change in the sound and production style of the Kinks. Davies felt unsure of his skill in mixing and recording the group's records, and later commented: "I feel that I shouldn't have been allowed to produce Something Else. What went into an album required someone whose approach was a little bit more mundane". Musically, Something Else features multiple different genres and stylistic influences, from the chamber pop of "Death of a Clown" to the bossa nova of "No Return". With the exception of the garage rock-style "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" the album was a departure from the hard-edged rock and roll of the group's earlier material, instead featuring mellower, acoustic baroque pop ballads, English music hall, and "tempered" R&B. Ray Davies' lyrics on the album deal with English-inspired subject matter, particularly the harpsichord-laden "Two Sisters" (a metaphor between the two brothers, Ray being an introvert and Dave an extrovert who like to go out and party), the lazy shuffle "End of the Season", and the sardonic "David Watts." The album includes three songs composed by Dave Davies, including the hit single "Death of a Clown". Favorite Song: Afternoon Tea All tracks are written by Ray Davies, except where noted. 1. "David Watts" – 2:40 2. "Death of a Clown" (R. Davies, Dave Davies) – 3:15 3. "Two Sisters" – 2:03 4. "No Return" – 2:03 5. "Harry Rag" – 2:19 6. "Tin Soldier Man" – 2:53 7. "Situation Vacant" – 2:43 8. "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" (D. Davies) – 3:23 9. "Lazy Old Sun" – 2:49 10. "Afternoon Tea" – 3:25 11. "Funny Face" (D. Davies) – 2:29 12. "End of the Season" – 3:00 13. "Waterloo Sunset" – 3:16
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this is kinda cute! but yeah idk i can't remember much but i didn't hate it!
Ehh. It was decent. Definitely got the beatles inspiration but overall it wasnt that good of an album. 2.5/5
2/5
- I was really looking forward to this because I thought I would really like it because I like a lot of the Kinks'(s?) songs, but it kind of bored me. I wasn't taken in by most of the songs... the melodies and instrumentation felt too simple/old-time cutesy and didn't hook me enough. - I liked Two Sisters, with its harpsichord and unique song subject matter. Some fun lyrics throughout the album. I also like Waterloo Sunset - catchy and wistful. - The singers' voices were forgettable. - The songs and album were both short, but everything still felt like it went on a bit too long. - I don't know... it's probably a 2.5 because I liked it more the more I listened to it, but I was still disappointed and won't reach for it again, so I'm rounding down.
I've never understood the kinks hype. Whenever some music subreddit posts "what are the most underrated bands?", the kinks are almost always there. Do you guys really like harry rag or tin soldier man? Every song here just feels like them vamping between two chords and then some of the dumbest lyrics. They do have some great songs though, I think Lola and Destroyer are great, but I think this is my 3rd kinks album now and none of them had any songs I've really enjoyed. High 2.
Toooooo long
Meh
191/1089 a fine album, i preferred it over Village Green. I’m just not really into 60s boyband pop i don’t have much to add because my issues aren’t really with the quality or impact etc i’m just not the target audience. of course i did recognise Waterloo Sunset though and that was a highlight along with Afternoon Tea my score feels really mean but it’s completely down to personal taste and feeling 24/100
Meh
If The Beatles and the Rolling Stones had a baby but then that baby grew up to be the outcast of the family
Nisam ni znala da je Waterloo Sunset njihova stvar 😯. To mi je onako, dobra stvar, ostalo s albuma mi nije nešto, dosta su mix velikana bez nekog posebnog pečata. 2/5, 4/10
I’m so depressed and I wish I was d**d. This album was fine it sounds like kids music but not in a bad way.
Never been a big fan of this band except for their hits. Would I listen to thus,ever,again? No. Was it horrible? No.
It sounds kinda like a dream. With hauntingly beautiful lyrics.
i can’t remember. listened 3 days ago and couldn’t tell you a single thing about it. i didn’t hate it clearly, so that’s an extra point
idk I just got bored. Not my fav
There are 4 kinks albums on this list... four!
60-luvullakin on kyllä tehty monenlaista musaa, tää on suoraan jostain 40-luvulta. Annetaan nyt kakkonen kuitenkin kun tuskin tarkoittivat mitään pahaa
Onpahan ankeeta menoa taas, ei tapahdu biiseissä mitään. Ei muuta kuin kakkoseen.
2.5
Another mind-boggling inclusion. No idea why this is on here. Village Green for sure, but Something Else...?
not their best, kind of annoying
This is an okay album, but I’ve really grown sick of the biases. Hoping for an album of non guitar based music from anyone but a group of white cis-male performers tomorrow!
Waterloo sunset was fun but the rest felt pretty forgettable
Wouldnt put any of these songs on optionally but not totally offensive to get a 1
Probably sounded better when released. Couple of good tracks but nostalgia rather than really enjoyed.
Very meh, Waterloo Sunset an absolute tune though - no denying that.
Would this album have made this list if they weren't the Kinks and/or from the UK? No.
It's... fine? Listening to it made me think I was listening to a Beatles cover band that was trying some original music.
Would rather listen to something else tbh
This is #day462 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here we are with something from the late '60s again, Something Else, to be precise. My second Kinks album in just a week, I think. I get the band's influence and all that, but alas, I find this music hard to care about. If I'm in the mood for the '60s, I'm more likely to throw on some Beatles from the same year or a few Woodstock artists. This is another 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day463.
Hi I’m a band in the 60’s and we’re gonna be so quirky to name ourselves “The (blank)” because wee LOVEEEE the Beatles but Theres a hole in the market because those “losers” have made more experimental music so we’re gonna make the same slop as they did just… 5 years later. I don’t really like this type of music it’s just at least with the Beatles that they are special cause they created this vibe, and these guys didnt.
Sounds like the Beatles, but worse.
Whimsical rubbish
I like the Kinks, I really do. Bu this? I don't think was one of their best efforts.
I feel like I should like the Kinks more than I do. There’s four of their albums on the 1001 albums list. This is the third one I’ve had, ‘Arthur…’ and ‘Face To Face’ being the other two so far. And just like those albums this one is hit and miss, probably more miss than hit to be honest. The Kinks just don’t resonate with me the way I hoped they would.
Some groovy, Beatles-esque tunes, but only one great one: Waterloo Sunset.
Wat een kale schelle bende dit. Het klinkt regelmatig alsof je een LP onversterkt luistert door je oor dicht bij de naald te houden. Het enige wat lekker klinkt is de hihat. Het zal wat kort door de bocht zijn van me, maar ik snap niet waarom je hier naar zou luisteren als je ook gewoon Sgt Peppers aan kan zetten bijvoorbeeld. Of Boudewijn de Groot. Ik denk dat ik niet genoeg Leo Blokhuis heb geconsumeerd om dit op waarde te kunnen schatten. Het allerlaatste nummer van het album is wel de moeite waard, maar daar kunnen we niet teveel punten voor toekennen. Ik vind dit een magere 2 sterretjes.
this is so much longer than it needs to be? idk i always really liked waterloo sunset and lola and so i assumed the kinks were good? this ain’t it tho.. they took all of mccartneys whimsy but none of his cleverness (while evoking his style in susannah‘s still alive)
Waterloo Sunset is an absolute classic but the rest not so much!
Pretty much the opposite of what luckynewman13 listened to. Did not enjoy this one at all; I think I’m not a fan of the 60s “Beatlemania” type music. I think it’s bland and unimaginative. There was one good song on here (Waterloo Sunset), and the rest sounded like they were either written by an 8th grader in the throes of a crush, or they raided the dumpster behind McCartney’s flat for the songs he threw out. Not a good listen. 2/5
Didn’t do anything for me
i wish this was something else by anyone else. tuneless and meandering. felt over an hour long even at a tight 35. boo!!!
i think of myself as someone who likes the kinks, but this album was a snoozefest of 60s britpop. this site links to the bonus track edition on spotify but after listening to all of it, waterloo sunset is really the only track here worth caring about in the slightest. such a bummer, since the kinks are definitely capable of writing catchy, captivating songs. favorites: death of a clown, harry rag, waterloo sunset
I like the Kinks. They are worthy of the list. However, this is not their best work.
its fine im just annoyed at how british it is
A little too silly for me.
This isn't bad. But it's not what I would consider good either. It's just sort of there. Somehow just this lifeless thing that wants to be weird.
Not terrible but I really don't like this British rock genre from this time period. Cheesy lyrics and tropes
Forgettable. 🤷♀️ Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
Liked Waterloo Sunset. kind of knock off beatles other than that
It’s fine I guess. Plenty of other kinks I like better
I’ve seen dozens of iterations of these lists, and they always manage to place a different album by The Kinks on it. I don’t think this is a positive. They’re clearly a good band and have some type of branch on the Tree of Rock, but lacking a universally accepted watershed album is really a detriment, IMO. And honestly, if you snuck “Listen to the Flower People” into the mix of this album, I wouldn’t have noticed.
I saw the Beatles wearing army pants and flip flops so I went out and bought army pants and flip flops.
2/5
Ні, не моє.
Not a big fan
I feel like this is the kinks trying to be deep or more artsy idk. Didnt work for me compared to their other more traditional kink punk jams.
I truly do not understand this album. Clearly I'm missing something, but I didn't find any of this interesting.
Catchy but not something I would revisit
If you had played this for me and told me it was a joke or parody album The Kinks had made, I would have completely bought it. This is not version of The Kinks that I prefer. I recognize the voice, but that's about all.
Cuantos discos iguales van a meter? Me tiene cansado esto. Nota: 1.7
Didn’t do much for me. I did enjoy some of the guitar licks.
I just can’t stand 60s baroque pop
The kinks have a ton of great songs. None of them will be found on this album. I get that they were trying different things and it is different than normal but it just fell flat for me. Hopefully next Kinks album will have Sunny Afternoon, Lola, or even an 80's pop song like Come Dancing. Anything would be better than this.
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Meh except for the couple of singles which stood out.
One of the worse Kinks albums. Still, not terrible. Fave Song: Autumn Almanac
It’s not bad but it’s not great, later half of the album was better. Did like “love me till the sun shines“ and “lazy old sun” even more so.
Beatles sounding rock. It was okay.
I don't know, 1st listen here and about 2/3rds through it.....boring and it sounds like one long song so far. Ill report back later!
I see a lot of reviews comparing the Kinks to the Beatles, but the difference is that the later had good songs on their albums.
The back half of this album is so much better than the front half. Goes from totally forgettable tracks to a really solid last 4 starting with "Afternoon Tea". So much of this album is forgettable unfortunately.
Waterloo sunset the obvious standout on what is a very challenging listen. Lyrically outstanding but tonally all over the place. Ray Davies has always been a singer you have to love or is a complete turn off. The latter for me.
Der er godt nok lagt fra den beskidte lyd på You Really Got Me Now og så til det her barok-pop. Jeg er ikke kæmpe fan af den her version af The Kinks.
This was a listenable but kind of forgettable bit of 60s pop rock. Honestly, the whole time I was listening I couldn'r help but feel like the band was trying to cash in on Beatlesmania, though I say this as someone who isn't super familiar with the band outside of their hits like You Really Got Me, Lola, or All of the Day and All of the Night.
It sounds like the kinks, I don’t really like the kinks
Jaunty and affable Brit rock. Doesn't seem that exciting to me, although I can imagine it was a bigger deal at the time.
I know the Kinks have better. You know the Kinks have better. We all know the Kinks have better. Which begs the question, how many Kinks albums are on this thing?
I *should* like the kinks. They are rough-and-ready proto-Britpop, with social commentary, quirky lyrics, raw sound and experimental phases. I like the fact that they exist! I enjoy reading about and seeing pictures of Ray Davies. However, when I'm listening to this album (with the exception of Waterloo Sunset) I am not really enjoying myself. I don't know why. I just don't think it's that nice. Sorry.
Every time I hear a kinks album it's never what I think it's going to be.
Just can’t seem to get into this band.
Waterloo Sunset is a great song, but the rest of this wasn't very memorable for me. I'm going with a 2
david watts hani nöd würkli checkt. wer ischer? es isch herzige pop i guess. death of a clown chli umpa umpa time. schint aber hässig z sii irgendwie. verstohni au null glaub? no return no nice bossa time. harry rag wieder bitz zu stampfig für mich. tin soldier man findi etz au ehner schyze situation vacant hani sehr cool gfunde gad s klavier und d orgle sind super. höh es hört uuf und fangt wieder aah? till the sun shines sehr es nüt irgendwie. ultra simplistisch. afternoon tea easy arsch?
Compared to the albums released in the same year, it's incredibly boring
Everything sounds the same. Would've been a 3 otherwise. 2/5
Eh. I wish I could say there was a standout hit, but I can't. They're solid musicians, but I was bored through it. 2/5
Zelfs The Kinks zelf hadden al door dat er teveel The Kinks was. De titel is er niet voor niets....Maar laten we eerlijk zijn. Heel anders is het niet...
Loved it, can’t wait to have this on at a bbq
4/10
Nah. I tried a 2nd listen and it was just kinda annoying.
Better than 90% of british music
Good
Beatles at home...at home
La comunidad gay debe adorar este ritmo delicado y suave para sus vestiditos rosa. Creo que tienen mejores propuestas, pero....bueno, se diversificaron hacia un publico " raro".
I thank god every day I didn't grow up in an era where this was elite Best Song: Death of a Clown Rating: 4.0/10 2 Stars
This is a bit of a dull album. I don't find The Kink's music hall stylings particularly engaging.
Harry Rag. Harry Rag. I'll do anything just to get a harry rag.
Obviously “Waterloo Sunset” is an incredible song but everything else on here is expendable and forgettable.
The Kinks were always an odd combination of goofy and badass. Unfortunately this record leans much harder towards goofy. “Love Me til the Sun Shines” and “Waterloo Sunset” are both great songs, even though Dave sings Sun Shines. I didn’t know “Afternoon Tea” coming in but that one was cool too. Other than that, not much here I’m looking forward to listening to again.
Very old sounding rock that seems very "of its time". Not really my tempo at all. The singing of the uniqueness is often something that cam make me appreciate older music but this didn't have anything that drew me in.
These dudes don’t hit bru
This album wasn't a hit at the time, and is completely perplexing for 1) becoming apparently a cult favorite after the fact, and 2) being included on this list. 1 or 2 songs are okay & give a Beatles-outtake feel (Death of a Clown, Two Sisters), but the sea shanty/music hall vibe worked better for 'Yellow Submarine' than anything here. I tried to appreciate the story-telling angle of the lyrics but most of it glossed over me - or maybe I'm just not British enough to understand. I got the misimpression from Wes Anderson I didn't appreciate the Kinks enough but maybe I appreciate them exactly as much as I should.
Another one I’d never heard and found a bit dull
This is got to be The Kinks’ most boring album. Village Green Preservation Society is such a better album. The mix of British Musichall and Rock did not work for me.
This is goofy shit
2,5
I just listened to a Hendrix album from the same year, 1967. It didn't help the Kinks.....their stuff sounded childish
Starts strong, ends strong - everything in between is dated and missable. Had Something Else at 4Ex, it did not get much play. (Now you know why.) The original album ended at Waterloo Sunset (fine, and also the best song on the album.) I did recognize a few “extras” on the Deluxe version. It gets a (2.45*s)
It's 1967 and The Kinks were clearly doing... Something Else, unfortunately that something else is not something good at all. The first cohesive lyric on the album describes the rest in its entirety: "I am a dull and simple lad, Cannot tell water from champagne." This album is the water in champagne, the boring, useless part, lacking fizz, taste, or delight. It's as if all the good parts went somewhere else (onto a Beatles album of course). I did not care for this at all and was mostly annoyed for 35 minutes. It's a hokey, low-budget ripoff that I nearly thought was a joke. Undeniably, The Kinks have some great songs but they are not on this album. Very missable but ends on Waterloo Sunset, it's only slight redemption so 1.65 is being generous.
Hate to say this to all the Kinks fans, but this album sounds like knock off Beatles. It's like the Davies bros did some dumpster diving on Abbey Road and grabbed all cheesy filler that didn't make the cut. Only tracks I liked were "Harry Rag" and "Situation Vacant." Skip any track with "Sun" in the title. Trying to have an openmindz here but can't endorse the must listen. Despite the shortcomings of the album, I will drink to the tragic deaths of many a rodeo clown tonight...1.77 stars.
Something Else is something else I guess. Death Of A Clown has always been a favorite of mine for some reason. Harry Rag was kinda fun but otherwise it's a pretty mediocre album. I echoed it in my prior review that The Kinks somehow manage to sound like they don't take anything seriously yet still manage to put together an OK album. I could swear The Kinks entire existence as a band is some kind of elaborate joke or bit taken too far when they realized they can actually have some success. 2.18 stars
Dull as Hull
2.5
Not their best.
Tamed, poppy version of the Kinks. Sweet, mostly uninteresting.
A kind of Beatles that didn't work out. The Kinks have good intentions, and I even understand the Beatles' influence on their sound, but, I don't know, it didn't impress me much or convince me. It's an album with potential.
Day363 - seemed longer than it was and was kind of a chore. the crazy thing is that this is definitely someone’s favorite album
Walmart Beatles. Outside of Waterloo Sunset there isn't really anything I enjoy about this.
Easily forgettable
Not really my style. Makes me think of the beatles, but without the familiarity.
This is sure enough kinks now, how many albums do you need to get the measure of them really. This was more of the same, slightly experimental pop rock in the vein of later Beatles. Waterloo sunset is okay and the only one I recognised. Otherwise more of the same. It's not terrible but I've had my fill, 2.5 but more like a 2.
Solid classic pop/rock tracks. The overall sound is nice, but I feel like they have good ideas that hang on a little too long and the more laid back tracks end up being a bit boring because of this. Maybe it's just because there's such a massive difference in the music of 1967 to today, 2024, that makes me feel this way. Almost like my attention span as of this very moment is struggling to listen to this sound and wanting changes or something exciting spark and it doesn't ever seem to come. "Waterloo Sunset" is a really nice song but if it's the high point in the album then I kind of feel like the ceiling is a bit lower than I would like. Overall while it's a nice record, it feels pretty middle of the road in the overwhelming presence of British classic rock representation on this list.
1.84
A forgettable Kinks album.
While I like some of the Kinks work, this one just didn't appeal to me at all.
Didn't love this and have liked the kinks before
Honestly, I love the Kinks' later work. This album was just really bland and there isn't a single song I'd want to hear again.
- I did not know that an album could be this British. Almost offensively British. - Every Kinks song I know is fast, fun, and carefree. I am not familiar with this more "complex" side of them, but I also do not care for it. Another "We have the Beatles at home" album, but this time to a somewhat painful degree, particularly with regard to the vocals. - I was going back and forth between 2 and 3 stars. Enjoyed "Death of a Clown." But was actively annoyed by "Harry Rag," "Tin Soldier Man," and definitely "Lazy Old Sun." All felt very slight and half-baked.
The Kinks' Something Else wasn't something else; it was just OK. The album was more pop-focused than the Village Green Preservation Society, which was more psychedelic. This album displays the Kinks' standard sound, but I don't know what the they created that was so different from other bands, like the Beatles or Beach Boys. Factors like fancy guitar work or witty lyrics weren't present. I personally didn't mind listening to it. This album had a pleasant bounce, and it passed by quickly.
...Huh. I expected to like this album more. But it really didn't do much for me. I definitely got the Beatles comparisons here, but I don't know what it is. Maybe less charismatic? Either way, their random psychedelic schtick didn't work for them like it did for the Beatles...at least not for me. "Waterloo Sunset" is the best song on this album, and it really seems a cut above everything else in terms of quality.
They already had The Beatles in the 60's, they didn't need another one. I didn't get why this is on the list, I don't find anything groundbreaking to it.
Never really grabbed my attention.
Cool guitar but couldn’t get a solid motif to me
Was okay
I feel really bad saying this, but honestly this album just didn’t do it for me. I understand The Kinks have their spot in music history and are super influential, but I just didn’t get into it. Every song kinda sounded the same and well… yeah. Sorry The Kinks, hopefully I like the next one more.
At this point, I’m afraid that when we do finally get another Beatles album I’m going to be completely burnt out on 60s Brit Pop. It’s not bad but it’s hard to separate it from a lot of the other bands from the decade if it’s not something you listen to often. Not entirely sure if it’s the band, album, or a single that counts as influential on this one.
I like The Kinks (really just the song Lola), but man did this album feel dated. Maybe it had to do with the mono recordings. Every song was a bit boring and safe. It dragged a lot for me. I was hoping something fun would come along but I was just met with blah.
Second album généré, le premier (Arthur ...) ne m'ayant pas trop plus. Celui ci est plus ancien, et il évite l'accompagnement orchestral qui m'avait rebuté dans Arthur. Plusieurs styles se mélangent dans cet album, même de la bossa sur 'No Return'. Mais rien d'autre de remarquable, à part peut être 'Situation Vacant' et sa montée en puissance et pseudo première fin. =>2/5
Waterloo Sunset is obviously a great track but the rest of the album is quite lacking.
I think the kinks are good and underrated but I didn’t really enjoy this
Meh. Sorta worse Beatles.
Repetitive. The worst type of old music.
From "the kinks" I was expecting something more kinky than an "afternoon tea"... the whole album seems recorded from afar, not just temporally, but also as distance from the microphone.
This album isn't doesn't do much for me. It pales in comparison the psychadelic rock coming out from the Beatles. This album is tame and doesn't hold up. Not as good as VIllage Greeen Society. It's probably a 3 on enjoyment but out of principle I have to dock a point because I was excited for this album and it wasn't what I wanted.
Combo between Beatles and the stones.
- entspannt, aber auch hier ist wieder nichts wirklich herausgestochen
What am I missing? I had to keep reminding myself that this was not the Beatles.
Some really great tracks in here but a lot of twee, cloying stuff as well. 2/5
Not a connoisseur of the Kinks but I like some of their songs, so had fairly high expectations of this album. I was quite disappointed, and would have skipped several songs of I hadn't committed to listening to the entire album. I was quite bored. There is a nice Englishness about the album and I'm sure it was influential, but not really for me. Not a fan of Ray Davies' vocals and most songs did not move me at all. Melodically the songs are good/ very good but lacking in other aspects of musicality for me (I like songs like You Really Got Me better, but it's not on this album).
2.5
No começo fiquei na expectativa de reconhecer alguma música, que teria algum hit. Depois rolou um estranhamento pela impressão de uma tentativa de parecer como Beach Boys.
Honestly, I just don't know what this is. Is it just cookie cutter hippie music? Because I cannot, for the life of me, find anything interesting or transformational about this music. I know the Kinks are supposed to be hugely influential, but why? Were they the first to do the 60s/70s rock organ thing? It all sounds like ren fair background music. It's awful, is what I'm saying.
Rating: 5/10 Meh.