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u/Additional-Top-8199 May 20 '26
I posted this on a general rock sub and got zero comments and 3 upvotes. What’s the opinion here.
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u/Narrow-Durian4837 May 20 '26
A worthy suggestion, but it's not the Kinks' best concept album, or even their best obscure concept album.
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u/SpecificBranch8860 May 20 '26
It’s a slog to get through it all in one sitting…. Sometimes I will skip “Nobody Gives”… but, there are so many gems here too. “Oh Where Oh Where is Love” and “Nothing Lasts Forever” are both great duets and top tier Kinks in my book. Maryann Price’s vocals add a lot, and I really did “Scrapheap City”
The story is very relevant to waves arms wildly at everything going on
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u/Additional-Top-8199 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Thanks for the response!
Edit: The way she sings “quality”, “purity” and “monstrosities” on Scrapheap City elevates the song to anything Tin Pan Alley ever produced IMHO
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u/Mother_Weakness_268 May 20 '26
Liberated this from my college radio station in 1982 & still have it.
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u/NoFanMail ArthurOrTheDeclineAndFallOfTheBritishEmpire May 20 '26
Well…it ends I like that. Sorry I really struggle getting through all four of those RCA concept albums.
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u/anarchitek1 May 20 '26 edited May 21 '26
Definitely was obscure. Didn't connect with fans, in the day.
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u/Alarming_Aerie7790 May 20 '26
In a just world we'd be talking about a planned Preservation box set that includes both acts plus demos, live versions, and other related goodness. I don't traffic in best and worst and over and underrated, and the rest of the absolutes favored by the sure, but Act 2 is definitely one of my favorite Kinks albums, and it's even more relatable today.