Name: Preservation Act 2
Brand: The Kinks

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Catalogue number

4050538897937

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Black

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-14

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WEA /­ ADA

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Sales:8.875

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Black LP

Artist

The Kinks

Genre US

60s & 70s

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<p>The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1963. The band was founded by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, along with Pete Quaife and Mick Avory. Throughout their career, The Kinks have explored various styles of rock music. In 2018, Ray Davies announced that the band had reformed for a new studio album and potential live performances. The Kinks were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.</p>

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arriving in may, 1974, just six months after 'preservation act 1', the kinks' double-album 'preservation act 2' better represented the scope of ray davies's aspirations to extend his creative talent to the arena of musical theater. it begins roughly where act 1 ended, with the formerly placid inhabitants of davies' mythical english country village taking up arms against the sleazy dictator flash. while flash represents animal desires given free reign, opposition leader mr black takes advantage of citizens' puritan desires for good old law and order. as the two demagogues circle each other, the masses quickly become pawns in a political morality play that has little actual political content and no morality to speak of, save for davies' obvious affection for everyday folks. musically, 'preservation act 2' closely follows the style davies affected in act 1. the songs are tightly produced, with close harmonies, a liberal sprinkling of hooks, and a high level of drama. davies has periodically threatened to turn the entire preservation into a broadway show, and this album is a reminder of just how close it was to the time-honoured broadway style even when he first conceived it.

Preservation Act 2

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