Recorded March - July 1973 Length 46:54 (1998 reissue) Artist The Kinks Label RCA Victor | Studio Konk Studios, London Producer Ray Davies Release date 16 November 1973 Genre Rock music | |
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Released 16 November 1973 (Act 1) Preservation Act 1
(1973) Preservation Act 2
(1974) Similar The Kinks albums, Rock music albums | ||
Preservation: Act 1 is a 1973 concept album by the English rock group the Kinks. It is their eleventh studio album.
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Preservation was not well received by critics and sold poorly (peaking on the Billboard 200 at No. 177), though the live performances of the material were much better received. Some more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece".
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 No. 108.
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Track listing
All tracks written by Ray Davies.
Personnel
with:
Songs
1Morning Song1:50
2Daylight3:20
3Sweet Lady Genevieve3:27