Cheap Trick: the first self-titled album is pretty good. It's got "ELO Kiddies" and "He's a Whore" on it.

I think their best single album is In Colour which is pretty close to a greatest hits album. Not a bad track on there but featuring: "Hello There," "Big Eyes," "I Want You To Want Me," "Clock Strikes Ten," "Southern Girls," and "Come On, Come On."

Heaven Tonight is also pretty great with "Surrender," the title track and "On Top of the World."

Kinks have so many fantastic albums.

Face to Face is their first real album length masterpiece. It has the song that frequently puts me in mind of Jilli - "Little Miss Queen of Darkness."

Something Else is one of the greatest albums put out by any band. It's got "Waterloo Sunset," and "David Watts" and "Two Sisters." Dave's greatest song, "Death of a Clown." "Autumn Almanac" and "Wonderboy" are usually included on recent reissues (they were singles that came afterwards).

Then Village Green - another masterpiece. Really gorgeous, and probably the quintessence of Davies' cracked teacup vision of England.

Then Arthur, which is actually pretty great and largely unknown. "Victoria" is on here, as is "Shangri La." I really love the rocker "Brainwashed" on this album.

I've lately been getting into Lola vs. the Powerman. Again, just Ray still at the peak of his genius as a songwriter, and some great rockers in there too. It's got "Lola" on it, and "Apeman," and "Got To Be Free."

Muswell Hillbillies - we covered this in Lost in the Grooves. A more countryish feel to it. Still scattering gems around carelessly: "20th Century Man," "Alcohol," "Holiday," and one of their prettiest songs, "Oklahoma, USA."

Almost all of the Kinks albums have been remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, which were usually singles that preceded or followed those albums and are some of their best songs.

Thanks for all the info, everyone. Looks like I need two more Cheap Trick albums, and a bunch of Kinks albums. (I have a number of Kinks greatest hits albums, but now it's time to go to the source albums."

Also, where can the Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" be found? It was originally a b-side, right?

I can send it to buffistarawk when I get home tonight.

Also, where can the Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" be found? It was originally a b-side, right?

Correct. But it should be on the reissue of Face to Face. I think you can also get it on the Kink Kronikles, though, which was a seventies compendium of lost Kinks tracks and singles put together by John Mendelsson (Ultimate Kinks fan and rock critic of the era).

I can just post it if you want.

Yeah, if one of you guys could post "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" that would be great.

Also, someone covered that song for a movie soundtrack in the early/mid '90s, but I can't remember the movie or the band that did the cover. Any ideas?

eta: Also, Camper Van Beethoven covered this, which I have. That version is pretty good.

Is this it, tommyrot? [link]

edit: Damn, that looks like a pretty sweet soundtrack. I miss the 90s.

Yeah, that's it. A roommate had that album at one point. I think I need a copy of that.

Also, that album's version of X's "Unheard Music" ("Performed by Elastica with Stephen Malkmus") is awesome.

It's posted now. I threw in "Celluloid Heroes" because that album, Everybody's in Show Biz, is less essential, but everybody needs that song.

Thanks, Hec.

You're welcome. And now I'm listening to a lot of Kinks. Currently: "Ape Man."

I think I need to track down some of their later hard rock songs like "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" and "Destroyer."