I'm really not a fan of artists who insist on having a ridiulous amount of tracks, for instance The Kinks Ultimate collection with 40+ songs.

I would like to actually limit this down to the real ultimate collection because these 40 tracks cannot all be classics.

Any Kinks fan care to help me limit the list down to say, 15 tracks?

The track list so far:

Disc: 1
1. You Really Got Me
2. All Day And All Of The Night
3. Tired Of Waiting For You
4. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
5. Set Me Free
6. See My Friend
7. Till The End Of Day
8. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Dead End Street
11. Waterloo Sunset
12. Death Of A Clown
13. Autumn Almanac
14. Susannah's Still Alive
15. Wonderboy
16. Days
17. Plastic Man
18. Victoria
19. Lola
20. Apeman
21. Supersonic Rocket Ship
22. Better Things
23. Come Dancing
24. Don't Forget To Dance
Disc: 2
1. David Watts
2. Stop Your Sobbing
3. Dandy
4. Mr Pleasant
5. I Gotta Move
6. Who'll Be The Next In Line
7. I Need You
8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone
9. Sittin' On My Sofa
10. Well Respected Man
11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
12. Love Me Till The Sun Shines
13. She's Got Everything
14. Starstruck
15. Shangri La
16. God's Children
17. Celluloid Heroes
18. Wish I Could Fly Like Superman
19. Do It Again
20. Living On A Thin Line

I'm personally not a 'less is more' guy like you, and I can only point to a few tracks on that comp that I'd skip, but here's a 20 track edit. I'm just putting Disc and Song # up here:

Disc 1: Keep 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,11,16,18,19,23
Disc 2: 1,2,4,8,10,11,19,20

Seriously, though. Disc One has nothing on it I don't think is great. I need to pick that comp up.

I think it's a great collection, and I'd keep all the songs, but it's flawed (!!) because my fave Kinks' song, "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" isn't on it.

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Originally posted by mark f:
I think it's a great collection, and I'd keep all the songs, but it's flawed (!!) because my fave Kinks' song, "Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl" isn't on it.

Used masterfully in the film Rushmore. I like that song too.

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that "Village Green..." isn't on there...?!