Picture Book (The Kinks album)
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Released | 8 December 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1963–1995 | |||
Genre | Rock, pop | |||
Label | Universal/Sanctuary | |||
Producer | Ray Davies, Shel Talmy, The Kinks, others | |||
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Picture Book is a six-disc box set of material by the Kinks released in December 2008.[4]
Overview
Picture Book compiles selections from the group's four decade-long career with previously unreleased demos and outtakes. The track listing for the collection is mostly in chronological order.[5] The box set also comes with a 60-page booklet featuring a biography of the band, a timeline, and photos.[6]
Track listing
- Disc one
- "Brian Matthew Introduces The Kinks" (Live at the BBC)
- "You Really Got Me"
- "I'm a Hog for You Baby" (Demo)
- performed by The Bollweevils
- "I Believed You" (Demo)
- performed by The Bollweevils
- "Long Tall Sally" (Mono Mix)
- "I Don't Need You Anymore"
- performed by The Ravens
- "Stop Your Sobbing"
- "I Gotta Move"
- "Don't Ever Let Me Go"
- "All Day and All of the Night"
- "Tired of Waiting for You"
- "Come on Now" (Mono Outtake with Two False Starts)
- "There's a New World Just Opening For Me" (Mono Kassner Publishing Demo)
- "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
- "Who'll Be the Next in Line"
- "Time Will Tell"
- "Set Me Free"
- "I Need You"
- "See My Friends"
- "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along"
- "I Go to Sleep" (Demo Version)
- "A Little Bit of Sunlight" (Kassner Publishing Demo)
- "This I Know" (Demo)
- "A Well Respected Man"
- "This Strange Effect" (Live at Aeolian Hall, 1965)
- "Milk Cow Blues"
- "Ring the Bells"
- "I'm on an Island"
- "Till the End of the Day"
- "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
- "All Night Stand" (Demo)
- performed by Ray Davies
- "And I Will Love You" (Mono Mix)
- "Sitting on My Sofa"
- Disc two
- "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (Alternate Version)
- "She's Got Everything" (Stereo Version)
- "Mr. Reporter" (Ray Davies Vocal Version)
- "Sunny Afternoon"
- "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (Mono Mix)
- "This Is Where I Belong"
- "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home"
- "Too Much on My Mind" (Stereo Mix)
- "Session Man"
- "End of the Season"
- "Dead End Street" (First Version)
- "Village Green" (Stereo Mix)
- "Two Sisters"
- "David Watts"
- "Mister Pleasant"
- "Waterloo Sunset"
- "Death of a Clown"
- "Lavender Hill" (Mono Mix)
- "Good Luck Charm"
- "Autumn Almanac"
- "Susannah's Still Alive"
- "Animal Farm" (Stereo Mix)
- "Rosemary Rose" (Mono Mix)
- "Berkeley Mews" (Mono Mix)
- "Lincoln County" (Mono)
- "Picture Book"
- "Days" (Stereo Mix)
- "Misty Water" (Stereo Mix)
- Disc three
- "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" (BBC Top Gear Session Brian Matthew Intro & Outro)
- "The Village Green Preservation Society" (Stereo Mix)
- "Big Sky" (Stereo Mix)
- "King Kong" (Mono Mix)
- "Drivin'" (Mono)
- "Some Mother's Son" (Mono)
- "Victoria" (Mono)
- "Shangri-La" (Mono)
- "Arthur" (Mono)
- "Got to Be Free"
- "Lola" (Mono 'Cherry Cola' Single Version)
- "Get Back in Line"
- "The Moneygoround"
- "Strangers"
- "Apeman" (Stereo Alternate Version)
- "God's Children"
- "The Way Love Used to Be"
- "Moments"
- "Muswell Hillbilly"
- "Oklahoma U.S.A."
- "20th Century Man"
- "Here Come the People in Grey"
- Disc four
- "Skin and Bone"
- "Alcohol" (Live)
- "Celluloid Heroes"
- "Sitting in My Hotel"
- "Supersonic Rocket Ship"
- "You Don't Know My Name"
- "One of the Survivors"
- "Sitting in the Midday Sun"
- "Sweet Lady Genevieve"
- "Daylight"
- "Mirror of Love"
- "Artificial Man"
- "Preservation"
- "Slum Kids" (Live)
- "Holiday Romance"
- "(A) Face in the Crowd"
- "No More Looking Back"
- "Sleepwalker"
- "The Poseur"
- Disc five
- "Sleepless Night"
- "Father Christmas"
- "Misfits"
- "A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"
- "Little Bit of Emotion"
- "Attitude"
- "Hidden Quality"
- "A Gallon of Gas" [longer studio edit with no overdubs]
- "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"
- "Nuclear Love" (Demo)
- "Duke" (Demo)
- "Maybe I Love You" (Demo)
- "Stolen Away Your Heart" (Demo)
- "Low Budget" (Live)
- "Better Things" (Stereo Mix)
- "Destroyer"
- "Yo-Yo"
- "Art Lover"
- "Long Distance"
- Disc six
- "Heart of Gold"
- "Come Dancing" (Demo Remix)
- "State of Confusion"
- "Do It Again"
- "Living on a Thin Line"
- "Summer's Gone"
- "How Are You"
- "The Road" (Live)
- "The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached"
- "Down All the Days (Till 1992)"
- "The Informer"
- "Phobia"
- "Only a Dream"
- "Drift Away"
- "Scattered"
- "Do You Remember Walter?" (Live)
- "To the Bone" (Demo)
References
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Picture Book [Box Set] – The Kinks". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Andy Gill (2 January 2009). "Album box-set: The Kinks, Picture Book (Sanctuary)". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Alexis Petridis (12 December 2008). "Review - The Kinks: Picture Book". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Picture Book - The Kinks". music.apple.com. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Chris Jones (28 November 2008). "Review of The Kinks' Picture Book". BBC Music. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Dave Maher and Amy Phillips (21 November 2008). "The Kinks to Release First-Ever Box Set". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 August 2012.