One of the great rock and roll albums period. But this one is especially notable for being, without question, the best "conservative" rock album of all time. During a period of trippy revolution-fomenting, the Kinks counter the counter-culture with a wistful, nostalgic embrace of Victorian England, the sweet smells of an animal farm, and the faded photos in their mum's picturebook. Tuneful and heartfelt. A record that could bring Greil Marcus and Russell Kirk to the same table.
