Track Listing

1. David Watts
2. Death Of A Clown
3. Two Sisters
4. No Return
5. Harry Rag
6. Tin Soldier Man
7. Situation Vacant
8. Love Me Till The Sun Shines
9. Lazy Old Sun
10. Afternoon Tea
11. Funny Face
12. End Of The Season
13. Waterloo Sunset
14. Act Nice And Gentle
15. Autumn Almanac
16. Susannah's Still Alive
17. Wonderboy
18. Polly
19. Lincoln County
20. There's No Life Without Love
21. Lazy Old Sun

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #586 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 58 minutes

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful Kinks
A gorgeous album when it first appeared now enhanced with bonus tracks. This is the Kinks at their most thoughtful.

Their masterpiece
The version that i have of this is the 1998 reissue which includes 8 extra tracks,so to review the album takes in these tracks,if you ask me are these filler tracks then i say no way,overall most people consider the 21 track edition the definitive version,the band themselves want it this way,well they can have it,and this is the kinks finest hour,make no mistake.
The album was released in 1967 and fell to the shadows behind 'Sgt peppers' by the beatles and The rolling stones classic 'Their Satanic Majesties Request' but that doesnt mean that this is a bad album,for this is a five star album so make of that what you will.
Track after track reveals another gem,i could just as easily single them all out,yet that would make for futile reading,but readers this album contains classic that you all know like 'waterloo sunset' and 'autumn almanac'and the stunning 'death of a clown' that will rip your spine apart with shivers.
The Kinks never bettered this but they continued to release albums of varying qualities all of which contains gems but for an album that sparkles like a gangster rappers gold tooth then this is the album.

The Kinks Approach Their Peak
While not quite approaching the greatness some of their contempories were achieving at the time, 'Something Else' found the Kinks really honing their craft to produce their most accomplished album up to this point in time. The songwriting and production was a great deal more focused than their previous efforts and if at times the songs lack the raw energy of previous albums, the sheer consistency found on 'Something Else' more than made up for it.
Ray Davies was now exclusively writing from an english perspective and many of the songs were now bathed in the mellow sounds typical of the Kinks late sixties output. Ray's sometimes quirky observations were now in full bloom with of a number of character songs eg. 'David Watt's', 'Two Sisters' (which is thought to relate to his relationship with brother Dave), songs related to the weather and the seasons, 'Lazy Old Sun', 'End Of The Season', and more general observations, 'Tin Soldier Man' and 'Afternoon Tea'. There are also a number of songs featuring Dave Davies on vocals including his hit 'Death Of A Clown' which generally adds a little muscle to proceedings. Of course the wonderful ' Waterloo Sunset' can't go without a mention.
There are also a few very inspiring extras including the singles 'Autumn Almanac', 'Suzannah's Still Alive' and 'Wonderboy' which are great enough to enhance any collection.

With 'Something Else' the Kinks were definitely approaching their peak although i don't think they quite reached it until their next couple of album releases.

'Something Else' is certain an essential purchase for any Kinks fan.