The Kooks

Artist:  The Kooks
Origin:  Brighton, UK
Genre:  Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop

Original line-up:

Luke Pritchard:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Hugh Harris:  Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Backing Vocals
Max Rafferty:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Paul Garred:  Drums, Percussion

The Kooks are a British Indie Rock Band formed in Brighton in 2004 by Luke Pritchard (Lead Vocals), Paul Garred (Drums), Hugh Harris (Lead Guitar) and Max Rafferty (Drums).  They love music of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Police, and David Bowie.

Title:  The Best Of...So Far  (2017)
Genre:  Indie Rock, Britpop, Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
Label:  Virgin EMI
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Naive  (3:25)
 2.  Always Where I Need To Be  (2:41)
 3.  Junk Of The Heart (Happy)  (3:07)
 4.  Bad Habit  (3:41)
 5.  She Moves In Her Own Way  (2:49)
 6.  Shine On  (3:16)
 7.  Seaside  (1:40)
 8.  Down  (2:43)
 9.  Sofa Song  (2:15)
10. Is It Me  (3:30)
11. You Don't Love Me (2:36)
12. Forgive & Forget  (3:57)
13. Ooh La  (3:32)
14. Sway  (3:37)
15. Eddie's Gun  (2:14)
16. Matchbox  (3:12)
17. Be Who You Are  (3:55)
18. Broken Vow  (4:28)

Personnel:

Luke Pritchard:  Vocals, Guitar
Hugh Harris:  Guitar, Backing Vocals on Tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11, 13-18
Peter Denton:  Bass on Tracks:  3, 4, 8, 10, 17, 18, Guitar on Track 4, Backing Vocals
Alexis Nunez:  Drums on Tracks:  4, 8, 12,17, 18, Bass on Track 12
Max Rafferty:  Bass on Tracks:  1, 2, 5-7, 9, 11, 13-16, Backing Vocals
Paul Garred:  Drums on Tracks:  1-3, 5-7, 9-11. 13-16

The Best Of...So Far is a greatest hits album by The Kooks, was released on May 19, 2017 by Virgin EMI.  The compilation includes Singles from the band's four studio albums to date, non-singles "Seaside" and "Matchbox", and two new tracks, "Be Who You Are" and Broken Vox"