and Germany. The album has since become the Kinks' best-selling studio album in the UK. The British Phonographic Industry certified the album silver in 2008 followed by gold in 2018 (indicating 60,000 and 100,000 sales, respectively). Ian MacDonald writes that in contrast to the "Englishness" of the Kinks' late 1960s work, the band's sound after their US performance ban was lifted shifted almost immediately back to being influenced by American acts, something he thinks was apparent on their next album, Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). Rankings Village Green frequently appears on professional rankings of the best albums. The album was voted in the first edition of English writer Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (1994). It placed and in Larkin's updated second and third editions, published in 1998 and 2000, respectively. In 2003, Rolling Stone placed it at in the magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". When the list was updated in 2012 and 2020, it was placed at and , respectively. Rolling Stone also ranked it on its "50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time" list in 2022. In Pitchfork and Paste lists of the best albums of the 1960s, they placed Village Green at and , respectively. Based on Village Green appearances in professional rankings and listings, the aggregate website Acclaimed Music lists it as the eighth most acclaimed album of 1968, the 38th most acclaimed album of the 1960s and the 185th most acclaimed album in history. Track listing UK and US edition All tracks are written by Ray Davies. Side one "The Village Green Preservation Society" 2:49 "Do You Remember Walter" 2:28 "Picture Book" 2:38 "Johnny Thunder" 2:33 "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" 4:03 "Big Sky" 2:49 "Sitting by the Riverside" 2:21 Side two "Animal Farm" 2:57 "Village Green" 2:08 "Starstruck" 2:22 "Phenomenal Cat" 2:37 "All of My Friends Were There" 2:23 "Wicked Annabella" 2:40 "Monica" 2:13 "People Take Pictures of Each Other" 2:10 Notes The original release included four discrepancies between the titles listed on the album sleeve and those on the LP's label. Other than "Phenomenal Cat", the titles are listed above as they were on the original sleeve. Track lengths according to AllMusic. European edition All tracks are written by Ray Davies. Side one "The Village Green Preservation Society" 2:49 "Do You Remember Walter" 2:25 "Picture Book" 2:36 "Johnny Thunder" 2:30 "Monica" 2:15