Preservation Act 1

Brand new sealed 60th Anniversary album.

Preservation Act 1 is a concept album and the 12th studio album by the English rock group the Kinks, released 16 November 1973 by RCA Records.

Preservation Act 1 did not sell well (peaking on the Billboard 200 at No. 177). However, it was well received by many critics at the time. A review in Rolling Stone by Ken Barnes was critical of Ray Davies' "tendency toward vaudevillian excess," but overall he rated Preservation as a "highly listenable, enjoyable album."^[6] Barnes singled out "Sitting in the Midday Sun" as a "wistfully irresistible" number and labeled "One of the Survivors" the Kinks' "best outright rocker" in years.^[6] Gary Lucas, reviewing Preservation Act 1 for Zoo World, also had high praise for the work, stating: "Dare I say it is one of the nicest albums to be released this year (if not the best)? Of course I will."^[7] Focusing on the musical theater aspects of the LP, Barbara Charone ranked the album as one of the "most impressive" of the Kinks' career.^[8]

Some more recent reviews of Preservation Act 1 have been sympathetic to its theatrical ambitions, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece".^[1]

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A1		Morning Song	1:58
A2		Daylight	3:16
A3		Sweet Lady Genevieve	3:23
A4		There's A Change In The Weather	2:52
A5		Where Are They Now?	3:24
A6		One Of The Survivors	4:25
B1		Cricket	2:53
B2		Money & Corruption; I Am Your Man	5:52
B3		Here Comes Flash	2:35
B4		Sitting In The Midday Sun	3:40
B5		Demolition	4:01