Mirror of Love
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| "Mirror of Love" | ||||
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| Single by The Kinks | ||||
| from the album Preservation Act 2 | ||||
| B-side | "Cricket" (UK) | |||
| Released | 5 April 1974 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | January – March 1974 at Konk Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock, Dixieland | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | RCA 5015 | |||
| Songwriter | Ray Davies | |||
| Producer | Ray Davies | |||
| The Kinks singles chronology | ||||
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"Mirror of Love" is a track from the Kinks' theatrical album, Preservation Act 2. It was written by Ray Davies. It was released as the debut single from Preservation Act 2 in the UK only, but a version that was rerecorded for the American release was released as a single in both America and Britain.
"Mirror of Love" makes use of a New Orleans jazz, with Ray Davies on the majority of the instruments on the album/UK single version (guitar, piano and drums) with the only other people playing on the song being Dave Davies on mandolin as well as horns.[1] Like many tracks of the era, Davies is singing as one of the characters in the Preservation storyline. This time he portrays Belle, who is the lover of Flash (the main character of the Preservation saga), who complains of Flash's cruel treatment toward her (for example, she says that Flash would "slap [her] down, treat [her] bad".) However, "through the mirror of love" she still loves him, with Belle calling him her "dream lover", saying that she "would kill for" him.
