Mendelsohn said that it was "ultra music hall-ish" and the only Kinks' song with pizzicato strings, and said that it "serves as delightful proof that Ray hadn't completely lost his knack for telling a story in a single song." Kinks' biographer Rob Jovanovic described "Holiday Romance" as being "catchy but incredibly twee." Kinks' biographer Nick Hasted described it as "a thirties pastiche tale with an archly acted, eventually addictive vocal." Music critic Johnny Rogan summed up his review of the song stating that "Ray sings the composition in his Noel Coward voice with a sumptuous backing that works quite well." Boston Globe critic Nathan Cobb described it as a "kind of British 'Blue Hawaii' fantasy number." Kink guitarist Dave Davies considered "Holiday Romance" to be one of the "best-realized songs" on Soap Opera. Tributes In 1994 Moog Konttinen recorded a Finnish translation of the album as Saippuaooppera. Track listing Personnel The Kinks Ray Davies – vocals, guitar Dave Davies – guitar, vocals John Dalton – bass Mick Avory – drums John Gosling – keyboards Additional personnel June Ritchie – vocals of "Andrea" ("Norman"'s wife) Technical Roger Beale – engineer Joe Petagno – illustration Pat Doyle – art direction References External links 1975 albums The Kinks albums RCA Records albums Rock operas Albums produced by Ray Davies Albums with cover art by Joe Petagno