The Kinks – The Kink Kontroversy

One of the most important and influential artists in rock history, The Kinks have been credited by many as the crucial '60s genesis for everything from heavy metal to garage punk to Britpop. The pivotal and underrated The Kink Kontroversy, the band's second album of 1965 and third overall, finds the group truly coming into their signature sound while transitioning from R&B rave-ups like "Milk Cow Blues" and the pop beauty of "Till The End Of The Day" to indications of the future direction of Ray Davies' songwriting with the laidback garage punk of "The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm On An Island."