Nearly impossible to whittle down, but went by instinct. For me, no one in Britain could touch The Kinks in that 65-70 period for songs that were fully innovative pop, with clever lyrics and an interesting take on the world and crucially on sexuality. Their swings between full on rock, social commentary, near-novelty singalongs and wistful pop are the winding paths of a still almost unmatched career. I can't believe there are so few songs here, but that's the way it goes I suppose: everyone ought to own AT LEAST a Kinks best-of collection - better than any Beatles, Stones or Who record.

Better than virtually any other record, maybe.