01-20-2015, 12:24 AM
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Local Teenage Wastebasket
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: My bed
Age: 26
Posts: 3,189
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Re: Meh, let's do it again, this time for a year
Day 89: Holland by The Beach Boys (Album Choice: Sayaka)
Well hey, why not do two Beach Boys in a row? It makes a nice pairing for the most obvious reasons imaginable. Also, it means I don't have to write any introductions. Expect this review to be more concise and less detailed because per usual I have last minute work to do. Should I say "more concise and less detailed" or does the former imply the latter?
The first two songs are effing astounding. Sail On, Sailor in particular is one of the best things I've heard from Brian Wilson post-SMiLE, just below Til I Die. Then we have the California Saga... What were they thinking? Crappy country-pop, followed by shallow spoken word, followed by more country-pop with a horrid bluegrass tinge. This is one of the worst things I've heard from The Beach Boys thus far, which goes to show I've avoided their 80s and 90s albums quite well.
Literally everything on this album is great besides that California trilogy. This is one of the most consistently high Beach Boys albums out there. Too bad that makes approximately 28% of the album garbage.
I'm feeling relatively generous today.
Best Track: Sail On, Sailor
Rating: 7/10
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