Ray Davies as a songwriter is just criminally underappreciated. The man wrote “You Really Got Me” AND “Village Green Preservation Society” — that’s an insane range. The Kinks deserve so much more of the conversation. Ray Davies was writing these incredibly literate, character-driven songs about English life and society while everyone was obsessing over the Stones and the Beatles. Songs like “Waterloo Sunset,” “Sunny Afternoon,” “Dead End Street” — genuinely timeless, and with a wit and tenderness the Stones rarely bothered with. Here on their release from 1984 you will find an all-time banger "Do It Again” as well as “Good Day” which has that warm, almost nostalgic feel Ray Davies does so well. The album has a polished 80s sheen but still feels unmistakably Kinks — Ray’s storytelling instincts are all over it.