Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

NEW VINYL LP ON WB 2021

180 GRAM VINYL

Ray Davies' sentimental, nostalgic streak emerged on Something Else, but it developed into a manifesto on The Village Green Preservation Society, a concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions. As the opening title song says, the Kinks -- meaning Ray himself, in this case -- were for preserving "draught beer and virginity," and throughout the rest of the album, he creates a series of stories, sketches, and characters about a picturesque England that never really was. It's a lovely, gentle album, evoking a small British country town, and drawing the listener into its lazy rhythms and sensibilities.

Tracklist

The Village Green Preservation Society     
Do You Remember Walter     
Picture Book     
Johnny Thunder     
Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains     
Big Sky     
Sitting By The Riverside     
Animal Farm     
Village Green     
Starstruck     
Phenominal Cat     
All Of My Friends Were There     
Wicked Annabella     
Monica     
People Take Pictures Of Each Other