“God bless the BBC for dusting off its rock archives and releasing them all on CD. This latest batch of goodies is a collection of performances by the Kinks, which were recorded for various BBC radio programs during the band’s creative peak. The thirty-five tracks take a broad sweep across the band’s history up until […]”
“Although many critics are content to rank them alongside second-tier bands such as the Animals and Creation, the Kinks were arguably one of the four great bands of the British Invasion. Maybe they weren't as bold as the Beatles, as contentious as the Stones, or as audacious as the Who. But if you consider true greatness in terms of influence and innovation-- not to mention a little popularity, as ”