Digitally remastered edition of this 1973 album from the British Rock legends. Many hardcore Kinks fans were alienated by Ray Davies" melodramatic songwriting during the Preservation project era, resulting in albums that played more like the soundtracks to a piece of musical theatre than rock albums. More recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions. In particular, All Music"s Stephen Thomas Erlewine has declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies" forgotten masterpiece". The CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 includes the single versions of "Preservation" and "One of the Survivors", neither of which are available on the original vinyl release