Soap Opera (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Soap Opera
Type = Album
Artist = The Kinks


Released = 1975
Recorded = August 1974 - October 1974
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 37:30
Label = RCA Victor
Producer = Ray Davies
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|1|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rcj9kect7q7z link]
*Blender Rating|1|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3860 link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1464&name=The+Kinks link]
*"Rolling Stone" (unfavourable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thekinks/albums/album/303504/review/5946078/a_soap_opera link]
Last album = "
(1974)
This album = "Soap Opera"
(1975)
Next album = "Schoolboys in Disgrace"
(1975)

"Soap Opera" or "The Kinks Present A Soap Opera" is a 1975 album by The Kinks.

It tells a loose story about an unnamed "Star" who changes places with an "ordinary man" named Norman in order to better understand life.

Track listing

All songs by Ray Davies

ide One

# "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" – 2:57
# "Ordinary People" – 3:49
# "Rush Hour Blues" – 4:27
# "Nine to Five" – 1:48
# "When Work Is Over" – 2:06
# "Have Another Drink" – 2:41

ide Two

# "Underneath the Neon Sign" – 3:53
# "Holiday Romance" – 3:10
# "You Make It All Worthwhile" – 3:49
# "Ducks on the Wall" – 3:20
# "A Face in the Crowd" – 2:17
# "You Can't Stop the Music" – 3:12

Bonus Tracks

The following tracks were bonus tracks on 1998 CD reissue

#

"Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" (single version) – 2:54
# "Ordinary People" [live] – 3:44
# "You Make It All Worthwhile" [live] – 4:17
# "Underneath the Neon Sign" [live] – 4:05