Driven by the inclusion of the song "A Well Respected Man", Kwyet Kinks topped sales charts in Britain for several weeks.

In the United States, which had no corresponding market for EPs, Reprise Records instead used its songs as the basis for the November 1965 LP Kinkdom.

Contemporary and retrospective coverage of the EP has typically focused on "A Well Respected Man", which marked a shift in bandleader Ray Davies's songwriting towards social commentary.

[6] Dave Davies composed and sang the EP's lead track, "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along", a country-tinged ballad featuring a twelve-string guitar.

[12] The critic Allen Evans reviewed Kwyet Kinks favourably in New Musical Express, writing that the band's softer sound proved as successful as their louder output.

[10][nb 2] In the United States, where EPs were comparatively uncommon, Reprise Records instead used the songs on Kwyet Kinks as the basis for the US-only LP Kinkdom.