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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:00
  • Post subject: Album of the day (#915): The Kinks Are The Village Green Pre
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Today's album of the day

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1968.
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Overall rank: 142
Average rating: 84/100 (from 335 votes).



Tracks:
1. The Village Green Preservation Society
2. Do You Remember Walter?
3. Picture Book
4. Johnny Thunder
5. Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains
6. Big Sky
7. Sitting By The Riverside
8. Animal Farm
9. Village Green
10. Starstruck
11. Phenomenal Cat
12. All Of My Friends Were There
13. Wicked Annabella
14. Monica
15. People Take Pictures Of Each Other

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:01
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The Village Green Preservation Society, Do You Remember Walter? , Big Sky and Picture Book are the best on here.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:02
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Best track: The Village Green Preservation Society
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:05
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Prefer Arthur, but this is a close second.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:16
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Very good for a while, but really falls off around track 11. Still, the highlights are good enough to make this a worthwhile listen.
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swedenman wrote:
Very good for a while, but really falls off around track 11. Still, the highlights are good enough to make this a worthwhile listen.


Be sure to check out their early work too.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:23
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It's a real nice album.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:25
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66-69 is a faultless era for The Kinks, with Lola vs Powerman just falling short of genius afterwards. Anyway, Village Green is one in a series of 4 immaculate albums. Melody Dreamland + splendid lyrics.
Don't agree at all with swedenman, I don't see any loss of momentum in here, and "Wicked Annabella" and "People Take Pictures..." are glorious moments.


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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:26
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swedenman wrote:
Very good for a while, but really falls off around track 11. Still, the highlights are good enough to make this a worthwhile listen.

Seriously? I think the album closes in a perfect way. The last song is one of my favorite from the album and if all times, and Monica is awesome as well. I guess that's why I live the Kinks so much, eh.

I slightly prefer Face To Face and Something Else, but this is still a little better than Arthur (which is fantastic nonetheless, don't get me wrong).

The highlights here are the opener, Village Green and the closer IMO, although there isn't any really weak track, just great ones (compared to fantastic ones). Overall it's a very consistent record, as are most of the Kinks'.
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  • Posted: 05/20/2013 20:43
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I too think the album ends in splendid fashion, People Take Pictures of Each Other is brilliant. The rest of the album is pretty brilliant as well, though I would say Last of the Steam-Powered Trains is merely good. The bonus tracks on later editions are often great and worth a listen or ten.
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