Action Painting is a 2017 compilation album by the British band The Creation.

The compilation was the first time the complete studio recordings of the band were released.

[1][2] Action Painting was released on March 17, 2017 by The Numero Group.

[1] Peter Margasak of The Chicago Reader commented that the compilation showcased "convincing evidence that the band possessed at least minor genius".

[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a Best New Reissue statement in Pitchfork Media, comparing the band to other contemporaries of the era, summarizing that the "compilation overwhelmingly proves, they were as self-aware as the Move, as vicious as The Who, and as clever as The Kinks.