Sunny Afternoon (album)
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| Released | 17 November 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1964–1966[2] | |||
| Studio | Pye, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Marble Arch | |||
| Producer | Shel Talmy | |||
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Sunny Afternoon is the second UK budget-priced compilation album by British rock group the Kinks released in 1967. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and B-sides released by the Kinks from 1965 and 1966. It also includes a cover of "Louie Louie", originally from the 1964 Kinksize Session EP and the track "Such A Shame" from the 1965 Kwyet Kinks EP.
Released two months after the classic studio album Something Else by the Kinks, which itself only managed 2 weeks on the UK charts peaking at #35, this budget compilation sold much better, spending 11 weeks on the chart and reaching #9.
The album was issued on CD in 2001 as part of the Marble Arch Years boxed set.
Track listing
[edit]All songs by Ray Davies, except "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry.
Side one
- "Sunny Afternoon"
- "I Need You"
- "See My Friends"
- "Big Black Smoke"
- "Louie Louie"
Side two
- "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
- "Sittin' on My Sofa"
- "Such a Shame"
- "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
- "Dead End Street"
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[3] | 9 |
| UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs[1] | 9 |
| UK New Musical Express Top 15 LPs[4] | 10 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hinman 2004, p. 106.
- ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 41, 56, 62, 77, 84, 93.
- ^ "The Kinks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Britain's Top 15 LPs". New Musical Express. 9 December 1967.
Sources
[edit]- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
