The Essential Kinks
AlbumTracklist 159:16
CD 1
| 1 | You Really Got Me | 2:13 | |
| 2 | Stop Your Sobbing | 2:05 | |
| 3 | All Day and All of the Night | 2:21 | |
| 4 | Tired of Waiting for You | 2:30 | |
| 5 | Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me From Worryin' 'Bout That Girl | 2:43 | |
| 6 | Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy | 2:15 | |
| 7 | A Well Respected Man | 2:41 | |
| 8 | Dedicated Follower of Fashion | 3:00 | |
| 9 | Who'll Be the Next in Line | 2:01 | |
| 10 | Set Me Free | 2:11 | |
| 11 | See My Friends | 2:44 | |
| 12 | Sunny Afternoon | 3:35 | |
| 13 | Dead End Street | 3:21 | |
| 14 | Death of a Clown | 3:12 | |
| 15 | Autumn Almanac | 3:12 | |
| 16 | David Watts | 2:37 | |
| 17 | Waterloo Sunset | 3:17 | |
| 18 | Days | 2:52 | |
| 19 | The Village Green Preservation Society | 2:47 | |
| 20 | Do You Remember Walter? | 2:24 | |
| 21 | Picture Book | 2:35 | |
| 22 | Victoria | 3:38 | |
| 23 | Apeman | 3:51 | |
| 24 | Strangers | 3:18 | |
| 25 | 20th Century Man | 4:01 | |
| 26 | Supersonic Rocket Ship | 3:30 | |
| 27 | Celluloid Heroes (U.S. single version) | 4:45 |
CD 2
| 1 | Here Comes Yet Another Day | 3:54 | |
| 2 | You Don't Know My Name | 2:34 | |
| 3 | Till the End of the Day (live 1972) | 2:00 | |
| 4 | One of the Survivors | 4:03 | |
| 5 | Sweet Lady Genevieve | 3:27 | |
| 6 | Everybody's a Star (Starmaker) | 2:59 | |
| 7 | Life on the Road | 5:01 | |
| 8 | Sleepwalker | 4:04 | |
| 9 | Life Goes On | 5:01 | |
| 10 | A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (single version) | 4:00 | |
| 11 | Father Christmas | 3:41 | |
| 12 | (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman | 3:36 | |
| 13 | Lola (live 1979) | 4:45 | |
| 14 | Where Have All the Good Times Gone (live 1979) | 2:17 | |
| 15 | Better Things (single version) | 2:59 | |
| 16 | Destroyer | 3:47 | |
| 17 | Come Dancing | 3:55 | |
| 18 | Don't Forget to Dance | 4:39 | |
| 19 | Do It Again | 4:09 | |
| 20 | Living on a Thin Line | 4:14 | |
| 21 | Scattered | 4:10 |