Soap Opera (album)

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Soap Opera
Studio album by The Kinks
Released	1975
Recorded	August 1974 - October 1974
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	52:29
Label	Velvel
Producer(s)	Ray Davies
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Kinks chronology
Preservation: Acts 1 & 2 (1974)	Soap Opera (1975)	Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975)

Soap Opera or The Kinks Present A Soap Opera is a 1975 album by The Kinks. It tells a loose story about an unnamed "Star" who changes places with an "ordinary man" named Norman in order to better understand life.

[edit] Track listing

• All songs by Ray Davies

1. "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" – 2:57
2. "Ordinary People" – 3:49
3. "Rush Hour Blues" – 4:27
4. "Nine to Five" – 1:48
5. "When Work Is Over" – 2:06
6. "Have Another Drink" – 2:41
7. "Underneath the Neon Sign" – 3:53
8. "Holiday Romance" – 3:10
9. "You Make It All Worthwhile" – 3:49
10. "Ducks on the Wall" – 3:20
11. "A Face in the Crowd" – 2:17
12. "You Can't Stop the Music" – 3:12

Bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue

1. "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" (single version) – 2:54
2. "Ordinary People" [live] – 3:44
3. "You Make It All Worthwhile" [live] – 4:17
4. "Underneath the Neon Sign" [live] – 4:05

[edit] External links

• \Al Barger's notes on this album

The Kinks
Ray Davies – Dave Davies – Bob Henrit – Pete Quaife – Ian Gibbons – Mick Avory – Jim Rodford
John Gosling – John Dalton – Andy Pyle – Gordon Edwards
Discography
Albums: The Kinks (1964) - Kinda Kinks (1965) - The Kink Kontroversy (1966) - Face to Face (1966) - Something Else by the Kinks (1967) - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) - Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) - Muswell Hillbillies (1971) - Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) - Sleepwalker (1977) - Misfits (1978) - Low Budget (1979) - Give the People What They Want (1981) - State of Confusion (1983)
Songs: "You Really Got Me" – "Waterloo Sunset" – "Lola"