The one hundred tenth album: #110 The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Where many albums of this time are rather varied, throwing several ideas in with perhaps a musical link between songs, but not necessarily a theme. The Village Green Preservation Society instead has a lyrical theme, mostly harkening back to memories of childhood and older traditions - being able to play on that village green, the feeling of what things used to be like, and wondering what happened to the people at the time. It builds out from there, with the music following suit. It's a bit slow, the instruments packing a punch but all of it adding up to a gentler rock that fit in with that theme. There's no high energy rock here, but more music that feels like it drifts you there without becoming psychedelic - it stays grounded through all of this, perhaps with the exception of fairy tale Phenomenal Cat and the calypso Monica, but it feel like both still fit into the same 'story'.