The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
by The Kinks
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society rankings summary
Overall rank: 149th | 1960s rank: 26th | 1968 rank: 5th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Superunknown | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 36/100 | 61 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 41 Music Albums of 1968 | 2/41 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 97 Music Albums of the 1960s | 1/97 | 20 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 54 Music Albums of 1968 | 21/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 41 Music Albums of 1968 | 16/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 34 Music Albums of 1968 | 16/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | jackq | Top 43 Music Albums of the 1960s | 38/43 | 3 |
| 2026 | elton229 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 48 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,065 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9,070 | |||
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| ! | 10/11/2026 00:32 | bwoodlan | 785 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 10:28 | Siromynian | 1,801 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2026 23:46 | dsavard | 681 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 83.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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BestEverAlbums 10/23/2025 20:00 in Album of the day (#5422): The Kinks Are The Village Green“Today's album of the day The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks ( | ) Year: 1968. Country: Overall rank: 150 Decade rank: 26 Year rank: 5 Artist rank: 1 (out of 62 albums on BEA) Average rating: 84/100 (from 1140 votes). Tracks: 1. The Village Green Preservation Society…”
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Steppenwolf666 02/18/2016 12:26 | #160105 | TOP COMMENT
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Does anyone else realise that this is the first studio album by the Kinks that never made the album charts in the UK, and none of their subsequent albums did either. After Something Else - which only reached No 32 in 1967, only compilation LP's made the charts. I find this absolutely staggering, just what were the British public buying from 1967 onwards. Classics like this, Arthur, Muswell Hillbillies, Lola & Preservation Act's one & two seem to have been completely ignored at the time. I wonder how many copies these albums actually sold. I can't think of another band as huge as this that stopped making the charts at the height of their career. Does anyone have an explanation for this ? (Edited)
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~SMiLE~ 03/23/2012 17:13 | #38810 | TOP COMMENT
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"Village Green Preservation Society" is the Kinks' masterwork. Described as "a concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions". The creative processes was against the prevailing musical climate in 1968. Opening with the title track, the tone of the album is set. A whimsical album containing catchy songs with stunning arrangements and clever lyrics. There's a cozy warmth to this album. A collection of wistful tunes. This charming album reflects a time of innocence and optimism that was soon to erode away. The Kinks at their creative height. (Edited)
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This is a fun, and very British album. It’s got whimsy lyrics and a somewhat sparse but pastoral sound paired with pristine production and incredible harmonies. Picture books is masterpiece of indie rock pop songwriting and will be the one song to stay stuck in your head for days aside from every other song on the album. (Edited)
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Such an underrated band, such a fantastic album. In thier time, the Davies' little garage band could rock as hard as the Stones and sing as sweetly as the Beatles. Great starting point for a future Kinks fan.
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The band that invented Brit pop. (Edited)
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