The Essential Kinks

Tracklist

Disc one
1. "You Really Got Me" Ray Davies Kinks (1964) 2:13
2. "Stop Your Sobbing" Ray Davies Kinks (1964) 2:05
3. "All Day and All of the Night" Ray Davies Kinks-Size (1965) 2:21
4. "Tired of Waiting for You" Ray Davies Kinda Kinks (1965) 2:30
5. "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" Ray Davies Kinda Kinks (1965) 2:43
6. "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" Ray Davies Kinda Kinks (1965) 2:15
7. "A Well Respected Man" Ray Davies Kinkdom (1965) 2:41
8. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" Ray Davies Kinkdom (1965) 3:00
9. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1965) later appeared on Kinda Kinks as a bonus track. 2:01
10. "Set Me Free" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1965) later appeared on Kinda Kinks as a bonus track. 2:11
11. "See My Friends" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1965) later appeared on Kinda Kinks as a bonus track. 2:44
12. "Sunny Afternoon" Ray Davies Face to Face (1966) 3:35
13. "Dead End Street" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1966) later appeared on Face to Face as a bonus track. 3:21
14. "Death of a Clown" Ray Davies, Dave Davies Something Else by The Kinks (1967) 3:12
15. "Autumn Almanac" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1967) 3:12
16. "David Watts" Ray Davies Something Else by The Kinks (1967) 2:37
17. "Waterloo Sunset" Ray Davies Something Else by The Kinks (1967) 3:17
18. "Days" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1968) 2:52
19. "The Village Green Preservation Society" Ray Davies The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) 2:47
20. "Do You Remember Walter?" Ray Davies The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) 2:24
21. "Picture Book" Ray Davies The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) 2:35
22. "Victoria" Ray Davies Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) 3:38
23. "Apeman" Ray Davies Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) 3:51
24. "Strangers" Dave Davies Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) 3:18
25. "20th Century Man" (US Single Version) Ray Davies Muswell Hillbillies (1971) 4:01
26. "Supersonic Rocket Ship" Ray Davies Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 3:30
27. "Celluloid Heroes" (US Single Version) Ray Davies Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 4:45
Disc two
1. "Here Comes Yet Another Day" Ray Davies Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 3:54
2. "You Don’t Know My Name" Dave Davies Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 2:34
3. "Till the End of the Day" (Live 1972) Ray Davies Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) 2:00
4. "One of the Survivors" Ray Davies Preservation Act 1 (1973) 4:03
5. "Sweet Lady Genevieve" Ray Davies Preservation Act 1 (1973) 3:27
6. "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" Ray Davies Soap Opera (1975) 2:59
7. "Life On the Road" Ray Davies Sleepwalker (1977) 5:01
8. "Sleepwalker" Ray Davies Sleepwalker (1977) 4:04
9. "Life Goes On" Ray Davies Sleepwalker (1977) 5:01
10. "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" (Single Version) Ray Davies Misfits (1978) 4:00
11. "Father Christmas" Ray Davies Non-Album Single (1977) 3:41
12. "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" Ray Davies Low Budget (1979) 3:36
13. "Lola" (Live 1979) Ray Davies One for the Road (1980) 4:45
14. "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (Live 1979) Ray Davies One for the Road (1980) 2:17
15. "Better Things" (Single Version) Ray Davies Give the People What They Want (1981) 2:59
16. "Destroyer" Ray Davies Give the People What They Want (1981) 3:47
17. "Come Dancing" Ray Davies State of Confusion (1983) 3:55
18. "Don't Forget to Dance" Ray Davies State of Confusion (1983) 4:39
19. "Do It Again" Ray Davies Word of Mouth (1984) 4:09
20. "Living on a Thin Line" Dave Davies Word of Mouth (1984) 4:14
21. "Scattered" Ray Davies Phobia (1993) 4:10