The Ultimate Collection (The Kinks album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Ultimate Collection
Type = compilation
Artist = The Kinks


Released = May 27 2002
Recorded = 1964–1984
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 141:23
Label = Castle
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Marble Arch Years"
(2001)
This album = "The Ultimate Collection"
(2002)
Next album = "The Pye Album Collection"
(2005)

"The Ultimate Collection" is a greatest hits compilation by British rock band The Kinks. It was released in the UK on May 27 2002.

The album includes all the hits, spanning from their debut album (1964's "The Kinks") to their 1984 album "Word of Mouth". It was released in a double CD version.

In August 2007 "The Ultimate Collection" reached #48 in the UK top 100 album chart and #1 in the UK Indie album chart.

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies except where noted.

Disc one

# "You Really Got Me"
# "All Day and All of the Night"
# "Tired of Waiting for You"
# "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy"
# "Set Me Free"
# "See My Friend"
# "Till the End of the Day"
# "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
# "Sunny Afternoon"
# "Dead End Street"
# "Waterloo Sunset"
# "Death of a Clown" (Dave Davies)
# "Autumn Almanac"
# "Susannah's Still Alive" (Dave Davies)
# "Wonder Boy"
# "Days"
# "Plastic Man"
# "Victoria"
# "Lola"
# "Apeman"
# "Supersonic Rocket Ship"
# "Better Things"
# "Come Dancing (The Kinks song)"
# "Don't Forget to Dance"

Disc two

# "David Watts"
# "Stop Your Sobbing"
# "Dandy"
# "Mr. Pleasant"
# "I Gotta Move"
# "Who'll Be the Next in Line"
# "I Need You"
# "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
# "Sittin' on My Sofa"
# "A Well Respected Man"
# "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
# "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" (Dave Davies)
# "She's Got Everything"
# "Starstruck"
# "Shangri-La"
# "God's Children"
# "Celluloid Heroes"
# "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
# "Do It Again"
# "Living On A Thin Line" (Dave Davies)