Preservation Act 1

by The Kinks

Preservation Act 1 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 November 1973
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:11
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the first installment of an ambitious rock opera, Ray Davies expanded his backing band to include a full brass section and female backing vocalists to execute his grand theatrical vision. The album's narrative satirizes corporate greed and social decay, though the dense, convoluted storyline often divided contemporary critics.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, political, conceptual, alienation, nationalism

Tracklist

  1. Morning Song (2:00)
  2. Daylight (3:20)
  3. Sweet Lady Genevieve (3:26)
  4. There's a Change in the Weather (3:00)
  5. Where Are They Now? (3:28)
  6. One of the Survivors (4:31)
  7. Cricket (2:56)
  8. Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man (6:02)
  9. Here Comes Flash (2:41)
  10. Sitting in the Midday Sun (3:47)
  11. Demolition (4:09)
  12. Preservation (3:39)
  13. One of the Survivors - Single Mix (4:06)

Credits

  • The Kinks - primary artist
  • Alan Holmes - band [the kinks]
  • John Beecham - band [the kinks]
  • John Dalton - band [the kinks]
  • John Gosling - band [the kinks]
  • Laurie Brown - band [the kinks]
  • Mick Avory - band [the kinks]
  • Krysia Kocjan - vocals [other singers]

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