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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
The front cover artwork of the album. A white coffee mug with the word "Arthur" and a picture of two men sits in the foreground; a sepia-tone profile photo of the Kinks sits behind it; a swan and other small, various objects sit behind the photo. A hand raises a flag from behind the pileup, which reads "The Kinks". These objects sit on a green background, with the exception of the top border, which is covered by storm clouds.
Studio album by
the Kinks
Released10 October 1969
RecordedMay–July 1969
StudioPye, London
GenreRock
Length49:17
LabelPye (UK) · Reprise (US)
ProducerRay Davies
The Kinks chronology
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
(1968) 		Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
(1969) 		Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
(1970)
Singles from Arthur
  1. "Drivin'"
    Released: 20 June 1969
  2. "Shangri-La"
    Released: 12 September 1969
  3. "Victoria"
    Released: 15 October 1969

Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, often referred to simply as Arthur, is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Kinks, released on 10 October 1969. It was the first Kinks album to feature bassist John Dalton, who replaced Pete Quaife. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; the television programme was never produced. The rough plot revolved around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on Ray and guitarist Dave Davies' brother-in-law Arthur Anning. A stereo version was released internationally with a mono version being released in the UK, but not in the US.

The album was met with poor sales but nearly unanimous acclaim, especially among the American music press. Although Arthur and its first two singles, "Drivin'" and "Shangri-La", failed to chart in the UK, the Kinks returned to the Billboard charts after a two-year absence[1] with "Victoria", the lead single in the US, peaking at number 62.[2] The album itself reached number 105 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, their highest position for three years. Arthur paved the way for the further success of the Kinks' 1970 comeback album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One.[3]

  1. ^ Miller 2003, p. 133
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Charts K was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rogan 1998, pp. 65–75

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