The Kinks best lesser known songs

Inspired by another thread, I'm interested in suggestions of the best lesser known Kinks songs. I'm a fan who pretty much knows all the "big hits" but have never dug too deep into their catalog. What specific deep cuts (individual songs) would you recommend?

 

I Took My Baby Home
You Shouldn't Be Sad
Never Met A Girl Like You Before
Wonderboy
David Watts
Village Green Preservation Society
Do You Remember Walter

 

I've always loved The Kinks - Sittin' On My Sofa

 

Shangra la

 

Berkeley Mews.

Possibly the greatest song ever

 

Ducks On The Wall
(quack quack)

 

"Sitting By The Riverside"

 

"Animal Farm"

 

Dead End Street
Scrapheap City
This Is Where I Belong
Something Better Beginning
Wonderboy

Too many to list really. Just pick up Kink Kronikles for a whole bunch.

 

Shangri-la is probably the single greatest deep cut.

This Time Tomorrow
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Have a Cuppa Tea
Strangers

... oh man, forget picking & choosing. Go straight to "Face to Face" and work your way backwards and forwards through it all.

 

God's Children

 

Virtutally every song from 1967-78 is lesser known, and most of 'em are great.

But ok, my top picks: "No More Looking Back," "Sweet Lady Genevieve" and "Got My Feet On the Ground."

 

"Most Exclusive Residence for Sale"

 

Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Australia
Celluloid Heroes
I'm in Disgrace

 

The way love used to be

Lavender hill

Introduction to solution

Noise

The hard way

And so forth

 

Only A Dream
Looney Ballon
Moving Pictures

 

Love this sprite rocker!

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You should just get the whole catalogue!
But here's a few...
Powerman
King Kong
Muswell Hillbilly
Australia
Arthur
Sitting On My Sofa
Money & Corruption/I Am Your Man
Life Goes On
Hatred (A Duet)
Scattered
House in the Country

 

"I Need You". Maybe not a lesser known song but it's a stellar B-side track. Too bad this one was not on one of the albums. Definitely in my top 5-10 fav Kinks songs

 

"I'll Remember"

 

do you have a specific era you favor?

 

It might be easier to list the very few Kinks songs I don't like!

 

I just listened to a handful of these tracks. So far I love David Watts and I Need You the most, but I haven't heard all these great suggestions yet. I think my tastes lean towards the more rock oriented songs, as opposed to the more folky types, if that helps.

Lots of great suggestions. Thanks to all. Please keep them coming!

 

misty water
Berkley mews
only a dream

 

20th Century Man
Rats
Motorway