- pop rock, rock, classic rock, baroque pop
- 40 min
- 15 tracks
- Pye Records
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released on 22 November 1968, Village Green was a modest seller, but it was lauded by contemporary critics for its songwriting and has subsequently been regarded by commentators as an early concept album.
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Character
Nostalgic, character-led, warm and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock4.5/5
- The New Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.5/10
- Sputnikmusic4/5
- The Times5/5 ★
- Tiny Mix Tapes5/5 ★
- Uncut9/10
- American Songwriter4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Village Green Preservation Society2:50
- 2Do You Remember Walter?2:28
- 3Picture Book2:40
- 4Johnny Thunder2:33
- 5Last of the Steam‐Powered Trains4:14
- 6Big Sky2:53
- 7Sitting by the Riverside2:24
- 8Animal Farm3:02
- 9Village Green2:12
- 10Starstruck2:23
- 11Phenomenal Cat2:39
- 12All of My Friends Were There2:26
- 13Wicked Annabella2:45
- 14Monica2:18
- 15People Take Pictures of Each Other2:11
15 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kinks
- Label
- Pye Records
- Released
- November 22, 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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