- rock
- 30 min
- 12 tracks
- Pye Records
The Kink Kontroversy is the third studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 November 1965 by Pye Records. Issued in the United States on 30 March 1966 by Reprise Records, it was the Kinks' first American album to feature an identical track listing to its British counterpart.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Milk Cow Blues3:44
- A2Ring the Bells2:19
- A3Gotta Get the First Plane Home1:48
- A4When I See That Girl of Mine2:10
- A5I Am Free2:29
- A6Till the End of the Day2:21
- B1The World Keeps Going Round2:35
- B2I’m on an Island2:16
- B3Where Have All the Good Times Gone2:51
- B4It’s Too Late2:32
- B5What’s in Store for Me2:04
- B6You Can’t Win2:40
12 tracks, 30 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kinks
- Label
- Pye Records
- Released
- November 26, 1965
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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