The Journey, Pt. 2 is a compilation album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 17 November 2023 as the second part in a trilogy of compilation albums, with the first released on 24 March 2023 and a third part released on 11 July 2025. It chronicles the band's 1965–1975 albums from The Kink Kontroversy up to and including The Kinks Present a Soap Opera.
Background The album's four sides are as follows, side one: "The World Around the Journeyman Starts to Crumble as His Life is Turned Upside Down", side two is "The Journeyman is Led Astray by Ghosts and a Dark Angel", side three is "Our Journeyman is Seduced by Those Ghosts and Demons of the Underworld and Searches for His Lost Innocence" and side four is "Despair Turns to Elation as Journeyman Overcomes His Fear. Reunites with Old Friends".
Reception In an AllMusic review, Mark Deming stated the "great band takes a look back at its career and the themes and ideas behind its songs." and how it "is dedicated to exploring a fallow period in the story of a truly great band, but the Kinks were truly great, and even their lesser material was smarter, more interesting, and more ambitious than what nearly all their peers were doing, and that is made clear on this album." When writing for Spill Magazine, Aaron Badgley gave the album four and a half out of five, joking that it should be a "kompilation" because it is a Kinks compilation, ending that it "does serve as an excellent introduction to the wonderful world of The Kinks." During a review for The Vinyl District, Steve Matteo wrote that its an "excellent package that was imaginatively conceived".
Track listing All songs by Ray Davies, except for "Creeping Jean", "Susannah's Still Alive", and "Lincoln County", which were written by Dave Davies.
CD and digital release Disc one The world around the journeyman starts to crumble as his life is turned upside down
The journeyman is led astray by ghosts and a dark angel
Disc two Our journeyman is seduced by those ghosts and demons of the underworld and searches for his lost innocence
Despair turns to elation as journeyman overcomes his fear. Reunites with old friends
Charts
+Weekly chart performance for The Journey Pt. 2 Chart (2023) Peakposition
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