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Preservation: Act 1 and Preservation: Act 2 are 1973 concept albums (Originally a single rock opera, but the idea was scratched) released as separate albums in 1973 and 1974 by the English
England

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 rock group, The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
.

The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better received.






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Preservation: Act 1 and Preservation: Act 2 are 1973 concept albums (Originally a single rock opera, but the idea was scratched) released as separate albums in 1973 and 1974 by the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 rock group, The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
.

The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one 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
Ray Davies

Ray Davies, Order of the British Empire is an English Rock music musician, best known as lead singer and songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave 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.

However, more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions. In particular, All Music
All Music

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's Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 has declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece".

The CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 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
Billboard

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 Pop Singles chart peaking at #108.

Track listing


Preservation: Act 1

  1. "Preservation"* – 3:37
  2. "Morning Song" – 2:00
  3. "Daylight" – 3:19
  4. "Sweet Lady Genevieve" – 3:26
  5. "There's a Change in the Weather" – 2:59
  6. "Where Are They Now?" – 3:28
  7. "One of the Survivors" – 4:31
  8. "Cricket" – 2:56
  9. "Money & Corruption" / "I Am Your Man" – 6:01
  10. "Here Comes Flash" – 2:41
  11. "Sitting in the Midday Sun" – 3:47
  12. "Demolition" – 4:07
  13. "One of the Survivors"* – 4:07


Preservation: Act 2

  1. "Announcement" – 0:41
  2. "Introduction to Solution" – 2:43
  3. "When a Solution Comes" – 3:40
  4. "Money Talks" – 3:44
  5. "Announcement" – 0:55
  6. "Shepherds of the Nation" – 4:17
  7. "Scum of the Earth" – 2:45
  8. "Second-Hand Car Spiv" – 4:01
  9. "He's Evil" – 4:25
  10. "Mirror of Love" – 3:26
  11. "Announcement" – 0:34
  12. "Nobody Gives" – 6:33
  13. "Oh Where Oh Where Is Love?" – 3:40
  14. "Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow)" – 4:17
  15. "Flash's Confession" – 4:06
  16. "Nothing Lasts Forever" – 3:42
  17. "Announcement" – 0:20
  18. "Artificial Man" – 5:30
  19. "Scrapheap City" – 3:16
  20. "Announcement" – 1:05
  21. "Salvation Road" – 3:20
  22. "Mirror of Love"* – 3:29
  23. "Slum Kids"* – 6:27


The songs marked with a star are bonus tracks on CD reissues.

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