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What were The Kinks best known for?
The Kinks are an English rock band regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s.
what was The Kinks' legacy?
The Kinks are regarded as one of the most influential rock acts of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Are there any other interesting aspects about The Kinks?
Phobia is the twenty-third and most recent studio album by English rock group the Kinks,
when did that release?
Phobia was released in 1993.
How did it chart?
Phobia reached 92 on the charts.

Question: Were they ever criticized?
Self-contained rewrite: Were The Kinks ever criticized?