Preservation Act 1

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Preservation: Act 1

Studio album by The Kinks

Released

16 November 1973 (Act 1)

Recorded

March - July 1973 at Konk Studios, London

Genre

Rock

Length

46:54 (1998 reissue)

Label

RCA (original)
Rhino (1991 reissue)
Velvel (1998 reissue)

Producer

Ray Davies

The Kinks chronology

The Great Lost Kinks Album
(1973)

Preservation Act 1
(1973)

Preservation Act 2
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(9.8/10)^[2]
Robert Christgau	C+^[3]
Piero Scaruffi	(5/10)^[4]

Preservation: Act 1 is a 1973 concept album by the English rock group The Kinks. It is the eleventh studio album by The Kinks.

Preservation was not well received by critics and sold poorly (peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better received. Many hardcore Kinks fans were alienated by Ray Davies' melodramatic songwriting during the Preservation project era, resulting in albums that played more like the soundtracks to a piece of musical theatre than rock albums.^{[citation needed]}

However, more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions.^{[citation needed]} In particular, AllMusics Stephen Thomas Erlewine has declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece".^[1]

The 1991 CD reissue on Rhino was a 2-CD set combining Preservation: Act 1 with its 1974 follow-up Preservation: Act 2, but with no bonus tracks other than an extended mix of "Money & Corruption / I Am Your Man", featuring an extra instrumental break.

The 1998 CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 on Velvel includes the single versions of "Preservation" and "One of the Survivors", neither of which are available on the original vinyl release. The latter briefly charted on the Billboard Pop Singles chart peaking at #108.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Raymond Douglas Davies.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Morning Song"	2:00
2.	"Daylight"	3:19
3.	"Sweet Lady Genevieve"	3:26
4.	"There's a Change in the Weather"	2:59
5.	"Where Are They Now?"	3:28
6.	"One of the Survivors"	4:31

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cricket"	2:56
2.	"Money and Corruption" / "I Am Your Man"	6:01
3.	"Here Comes Flash"	2:41
4.	"Sitting in the Midday Sun"	3:47
5.	"Demolition"	4:07

CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Preservation" (single)	3:37
13.	"One of the Survivors" (single edit)	4:07

Personnel

Ray Davies - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Dave Davies - guitar, vocals
John Gosling - keyboards
John Dalton - bass
Mick Avory - drums
Alan Holmes - brass
Laurie Brown - brass
John Beecham - brass

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Preservation: Act 1 > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
↑ Josephes, Jason. "Kinks: Preservation Act 1". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2001.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Kinks". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

Preservation Act 1 at Discogs (list of releases)

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Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kinksize Hits Kwyet Kinks Dedicated Kinks The Kinks

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album Come Dancing with The Kinks The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Related articles	Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Nicky Hopkins Argent X-Ray Percy Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks

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