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Picture Book
Box set by
the Kinks
Released8 December 2008 (2008-12-08)
Recorded1963–1995
Genre Rock, pop
Label Universal/ Sanctuary
Producer Ray Davies, Shel Talmy, The Kinks, others
The Kinks chronology
The Ultimate Collection
(2002) 		Picture Book
(2008) 		The Kinks In Mono
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Belfast Telegraph [2]

Picture Book is a six-disc box set of material by the Kinks. It was released in December 2008 and compiles previously unreleased demos and outtakes together with selections from the group's four decade-long career. The first box set released by the band, the track listing for the collection is mostly in chronological order. [3] The box set also comes with a 60-page booklet featuring a biography of the band, a timeline, and photos. [4]

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Brian Matthew Introduces The Kinks"
  2. " You Really Got Me"
  3. "I'm a Hog for You Baby"
  4. "I Believed You"
  5. " Long Tall Sally"
  6. "I Don't Need You Any More"
  7. " Stop Your Sobbing"
  8. "I Gotta Move"
  9. "Don't Ever Let Me Go"
  10. " All Day and All of the Night"
  11. " Tired of Waiting for You"
  12. "Come On Now" (sequence of takes 1–3)
  13. "There's a New World Just Opening For Me" [Demo]
  14. " Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
  15. " Who'll Be the Next in Line"
  16. "Time Will Tell"
  17. " Set Me Free"
  18. " I Need You"
  19. " See My Friends"
  20. "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along"
  21. " I Go to Sleep" [Demo]
  22. "A Little Bit of Sunlight" [Demo]
  23. "This I Know" [Demo]
  24. " A Well Respected Man"
  25. "This Strange Effect"
  26. " Milk Cow Blues"
  27. "Ring the Bells"
  28. "I'm on an Island"
  29. " Till the End of the Day"
  30. " Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
  31. "All Night Stand" [Demo]
  32. "And I Will Love You"
  33. "Sitting on My Sofa"
Disc two
  1. " Dedicated Follower of Fashion" [Alternate Take]
  2. " She's Got Everything"
  3. "Mr. Reporter" [Ray on vocals]
  4. " Sunny Afternoon"
  5. " I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
  6. "This Is Where I Belong"
  7. " Rosie Won't You Please Come Home"
  8. "Too Much On My Mind"
  9. "Session Man"
  10. "End of the Season"
  11. " Dead End Street" [early version]
  12. " Village Green"
  13. " Two Sisters"
  14. " David Watts"
  15. " Mister Pleasant"
  16. " Waterloo Sunset"
  17. " Death of a Clown"
  18. "Lavender Hill"
  19. "Good Luck Charm" [Studio Version]
  20. " Autumn Almanac"
  21. " Susannah's Still Alive"
  22. " Animal Farm"
  23. "Rosemary Rose"
  24. " Berkeley Mews"
  25. " Lincoln County"
  26. " Picture Book"
  27. " Days"
  28. "Misty Water"
Disc three
  1. " Love Me Till the Sun Shines" [BBC version]
  2. " The Village Green Preservation Society"
  3. " Big Sky"
  4. "King Kong"
  5. " Drivin'"
  6. "Some Mother's Son"
  7. " Victoria"
  8. " Shangri-La"
  9. " Arthur"
  10. " Got to Be Free"
  11. " Lola" [Mono single version]
  12. "Get Back in Line"
  13. "The Moneygoround"
  14. " Strangers"
  15. " Apeman" [Demo]
  16. " God's Children"
  17. "The Way Love Used to Be"
  18. "Moments"
  19. " Muswell Hillbilly"
  20. " Oklahoma U.S.A."
  21. " 20th Century Man"
  22. "Here Come the People in Grey"
Disc four
  1. "Skin and Bone"
  2. "Alcohol" [Live]
  3. " Celluloid Heroes"
  4. " Sitting in My Hotel"
  5. " Supersonic Rocket Ship"
  6. "You Don't Know My Name"
  7. " One of the Survivors" [single version]
  8. " Sitting in the Midday Sun"
  9. " Sweet Lady Genevieve"
  10. "Daylight"
  11. " Mirror of Love" [single version]
  12. "Artificial Man"
  13. " Preservation"
  14. "Slum Kids" [live, 1979]
  15. " Holiday Romance"
  16. "(A) Face in the Crowd"
  17. " No More Looking Back"
  18. " Sleepwalker"
  19. "The Poseur"
Disc five
  1. "Sleepless Night"
  2. " Father Christmas"
  3. " Misfits"
  4. " A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"
  5. "Little Bit of Emotion"
  6. " Attitude"
  7. "Hidden Quality"
  8. " A Gallon of Gas" [longer studio edit with no overdubs]
  9. " Catch Me Now I'm Falling"
  10. "Nuclear Love" [Demo]
  11. "Duke" [Demo]
  12. "Maybe I Love You" [Demo]
  13. "Stolen Away Your Heart" [Demo]
  14. " Low Budget" [Live]
  15. " Better Things"
  16. " Destroyer"
  17. "Yo-Yo"
  18. "Art Lover"
  19. " Long Distance"
Disc six
  1. " Heart of Gold"
  2. " Come Dancing" [Demo version]
  3. " State of Confusion"
  4. " Do It Again"
  5. " Living on a Thin Line"
  6. " Summer's Gone"
  7. " How Are You"
  8. " The Road" [Live]
  9. "The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached"
  10. " Down All the Days (Till 1992)"
  11. "The Informer"
  12. "Phobia"
  13. " Only a Dream"
  14. "Drift Away"
  15. " Scattered"
  16. " Do You Remember Walter?" [Live]
  17. "To the Bone" [Demo]

References

  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Picture Book [Box Set] - The Kinks". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ^ Andy Gill (2 January 2009). "Album box-set: The Kinks, Picture Book (Sanctuary)". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. ^ Chris Jones (28 November 2008). "Review of The Kinks' Picture Book". BBC Music. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. ^ Dave Maher and Amy Phillips (21 November 2008). "The Kinks to Release First-Ever Box Set". Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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