The Kinks
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Label:  Reprise 
Date:  5/2/1990
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Pop
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Village Green Preservation Society    
      2.  
      		 Do You Remember Walter?    
      3.  
      		 Picture Book    
      4.  
      		 Johnny Thunder    
      5.  
      		 Monica    
      6.  
      		 People Take Pictures of Each Other    
      7.  
      		 Village Green    
      8.  
      		 Mr. Songbird    
      9.  
      		 Wicked Annabella    
      10.  
      		 Starstruck    
      11.  
      		 Phenominal Cat    
      12.  
      		 Days    
      13.  
      		 Wicked Annabella    
      14.  
      		 Monica    
      15.  
      		 People Take Pictures of Each Other    
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      Sensing that the Beatles, Stones, and Who were radically transforming rock music by turning it literate and conceptual, Ray Davies decided the Kinks should be his vehicle to explore his unusual longing for a simpler time when the English empire was not in decline. A reliance on English music hall tradition and sentiments indicated in titles such as "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," "Picture Book," and "Village Green" clearly show Davies's nostalgia streak. Davies's singing has always been rough and non-Kinks fans may have trouble getting past his sloppy pitch. But for those listening closely, the tales are one of a kind. --Rob O'Connor