Pacific Ocean Blue

Three songs in and I have no idea what to expect from the next one. Beach Boys to late-Pink Floyd in 6 mins. Okay it didn’t get great. But I liked some of it.

very nice diverse album, with many different types of songs from soul like folk to pink floyd esque experimental vibes

Surprised by how much I liked this. I don’t like The Beach Boys, but this better

Although clearly an accomplished musician and producer, it seems like Dennis Wilson must have lived in the shadow of his more famous brother and former bandage, Brian. This album puts aside most of the experimentation of the Beach Boys and shows that he could craft a mature, well produced album.

Sounds like he was quite a character, tragic that he died so young. A few of these songs piqued my interest, and certainly show promise had he had the chance to continue his solo career.

It's fine. Just seems like b-tier Beach Boys to me. Dad rock 100%.

It was ok. I think I like his beach boys stuff a lot more.

Enjoyable extension of the Beach Boys sounds into some different music.

It was pretty good on the first listen, I've got a feeling I'll enjoy it more in subsequent listens though.

above average but not exactly shining. does capture the beach boys sound without just sounding like a inferior version; dennis is able to bring in his own personality. best tracks: moonshine, you and I, pacific ocean blue

This is gonna be a beach boys side project for sure. Yeah not too bad, nothing special but it didn't piss me off. 3/5.

Yea pretty good and varied.

It's alright

Fine. Did not listen to deluxe two hour version

Didn't bother listening to the extended version, it's hella long. Had it's moments

I found this quite interesting a big range that was interesting at times. With 33 tracks it's hard to keep track of favourites but River Song, Holy Man - Instrumental, and All Alone at the top of my list.

Hmmm, bit nonplussed about this. I appreciate the studio wizardry and it definitely sounds very swish, but doesn't really grab me. Fave track - "Dreamer" for the didgeridoo sounding.... thing.

Good

6/10. I think that this album was "noted for outselling the Beach Boys' contemporary efforts" is more a reflection on the Beach Boys' contemporary efforts than on the quality of this album.

*Listening notes* as of when this was written, this album is available to listen on spotify as part of a double album with his Bambu. This album has the beginning sounds of the early 80s solo light rock that became so prevalent.

I liked Pacific Ocean Blue, it's straight down the line 70s Dad rock stuff with a swagger and a style at times, and then a bit more stripped back and considered at others, 3 for sure.

A pleasant surprise - I was expecting a worse Beach Boys album but this is something different and intrinsically more interesting (if not as catchy). Drink and drugs had changed his singing voice, making it much throatier and giving it a bit more edge. Leans a lot more into funk, jazz even. Well worth a listen, but still lacks something to take it to a high score, so it's another high 3.

Rock melódico bastante moñas. Alguna canción más movida. Ni fu ni fa.

I think I wanted to enjoy this more than I did. I appreciate the artistic sentimental feeling that he is going for, and it has some hints of the Beach Boys' style throughout. I probably should relisten someday

Ok album, songs had some beauty to them, but I didn't connect with the album. Enjoyed the listen, but it ended up being background noise to me. Rated it a 3.

The songs on this album are very nice, just a very calming album that can be put on in the background while cooking.

Yeah it was ok.Fun in Parts.

Very much not a Beach Boys album, Pacific Ocean Blue is a moody and sometimes hard-edged performance that sounds at times like Elton John and Joe Cocker together. The result is not unpleasant but lacks a musical flow, many of the songs sounding incomplete, or in need of some co-writing. Nonetheless, this is an album of emotions laid bare with depth that emerges after a few listens.

I'll admit, I wasn't too stoked to draw this one given how much I disliked Brian Wilson and didn't vibe with Pet Sounds but was pleasantly surprised with this one. There were a few songs that didn't land for me but all in all, I enjoyed it. "Dreamer" was my favourite.

3.5 stars. Solo Beach Boy album that really would've been good if it lasted only 1 disc. What started out as an enjoyable mix of piano ballad, pop rock, funk, and good singing became a slog. Standouts are title track and "Rainbows."

A perfectly unoffensive and otherwise fine album. Just... boring mostly. 3.5

I can't see myself listening to this again.

dennsi wilson var venn med charles manson 3.5

Interesting

Struggled with how to rate this one. Pacific Ocean Blue on its own is pretty great, but it REALLY didn’t need to be a double album. If you took just the best tracks here you’d have a five-star album but this is two two-to-three star albums

LIke so much of '70s era art, this is ragged and excessive and indulgent. Plus, Dennis Wilson is no better than an average singer with no better than an average voice. But the overstuffed approach yields quite a few interesting and worthwhile bits. "River Song" gets to certain level of ethereality – a choir's worth of backing vocals will do that, one supposes. There's a bit more swampy funk (not really convincing particularly when its about the Pacific Ocean) than feels necessary. Uplifting cuts ("Rainbow") seem more effective and on brand. Still one hears riffs and moments that might have been stolen by Eels and Dawes ("Farewell My Friend"). Editors, while overrating the book generally, are right the whole thing smacks of "rich white guy blues" (or even Rock Star Blues). Or if Paul Thomas Anderson had made movies in Southern California in the '70s, it would have looked much like this sounds. A number of cuts from the expanded edition sound better than the tracks on the original release.

Solid album. Definitely not a Beach Boys album. Favorite tracks: Thoughts of You, Time, Moonshine, You and I, End of the Show 3.5/5

It was an interesting album, a few different genres throughout. I definitely felt like his voice suited the blues/rock songs better than the slower songs (like "Thoughts of You"). And more overt religious references than I was expecting (or liked)

Even though they’re different, this reminded me of the Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter. Both are pretty and create their own little world, but the music itself didn’t move me. Spotify only had the 2 CD deluxe version so I’m not sure how much of this was on the original release so that may cloud my score. Holy Man was by far my favorite and I also really liked the instrumental outro in Time.

It was alright. Some decent songs.

I like the 70's vibe but there's nothing to make this stand out unless you think 'Beach Boys'. It good for chilling out in the background. Some tracks have a real Beach boys sound. Farewell my friend is pretty good and in retrospect quite poignant.

I can really appreciate the skillful and subtle studio work here, this album is beautifully arranged and orchestrated. But I find the songwriting a bit anodyne and same same after a while. I would give this a 4 if this list were about the musical skill of the accompanying artists, but of course, it's not. For me, this is a 3/5. There are good songs here, but overall it's forgettable for me.

So so

Although there are slight moments of brilliance peeking through - this is an ex-Beach Boy after all, it's coated in the worst possible 70s rock garb that ruins it. What isn't brilliant is basically cliched to a tee.

Liked this more than I thought I would. Fairly forgettable after listening however

первые пару прослушиваний было одно и то же, но что-то потом заинтриговало, надо перепроверить

3?

Les instrumentations sont vraiments intéressantes, mais les compositions sont un peu insatisfaisantes en comparaison. Agréable album mais sans plus.

That‘s again a tough one. Big chunk of work you need to digest like a cow: over and over and over. It can be as well annoying as rewarding. For the claim ‚Records to listen to before you die‘ I can agree.

Vähän pitkä levy. Välillä alkoi ärsyttää, mutta lopussa kokonaisuutena ihan mielenkiintoinen ja joukossa oli erikoisempiakin kappaleita. Pitää osittain kuunnella joitain kappaleita uudestaan

this album is so goddamn cool. unfortunately that doesn’t lead to all the songs being good but there are some good ones in there. very very cool overall though

No és l'obra mestra que s'ha volgut reivindicar amb el temps, però el disc en solitari del segon dels Wilson és una petita joia a conservar. Res a veure amb els The Beach Boys, un treball més chill out, tranquil, per deixar passar una tarda d'estiu relaxat mentre es contempla la posta de sol

Un album de grande qualité, nous mettant en scène Mike Horn dans diffèrentes scènes délicates ayant eu lieu au cours de ses expéditions: face a face avec un ours polaire, descente en speedboat sur le fleuve Amazone, ou encore mise ne place d'un piège à lapin. Un véritable guide de survie musical.

Although I'm not a fan of the Beach Boys, this was more listenable to me since he's toned down the annoying Beach Boy sound which I’m sure is big brother Brian's influence (vocal harmonies). His voice is a bit gravelly though and I understand that it had begun to deteriorate after a motorcycle accident in the early 70s. As a result, I like the instrumental pieces such as Holy man and Common better. IMO the best song on this very long album is Time, it has a very nice orchestral arrangement and is very different sounding from the rest of the album that basically just blends together for me. He could have just dumped the filler and made this a solid single album. For me, the most interesting thing about Dennis Wilson is his history on Wiki, particularly the Manson section, wow what a trip!

I liked some of the tracks; they struck a sort of rough but laidback pop rock. The rest I felt were too mellow or just bad. Also, listening to this via Spotify, I accidentally ended up listening to the later edition (which I never rate), and boy were some of those added tracks even worse.

Way too long. Decent music though.

Got some NIN vibes on "Thoughts of You". Wonder if Trent Reznor listened to this a bunch

Sounds like the kind of dude that hangs around with Charles Manson and LANDSHARK, getting up to no good.

I can see the charm

This album was a lovely surprise. I wouldn't have necessarily thought that Dennis Wilson had this kind of an album in him. It's creative and expressive, with a mature but offbeat pop sensibility and a bit of grit. His sound has echoes of his work with the Beach Boys, but it's very much his own, fitting in squarely with what a lot of singer-songwriters were doing in the 70s. I really enjoyed this. Fave Songs: Thoughts of You, You and I, Pacific Ocean Blues, Time, River Song, Dreamer, Rainbows

Emotional, only solo-album of the artist - Meikä poika hahahha! Päätin alottaa englanniksi... Niikun tässäkin lauleslekallaan... englanniksi.. SUOMESSA OLLAAN..kulluurit assimilointi.. pikku suomi ja Suomen kieli.. Ja se sanottakaan että tässä albumissa kulttuuri.. kulttuuri on vienyt hienouden.. Länsimainen.. Ne likit mitä jossain biisien introissa.. pop kulttuuri.. Leena Vanamo viet itsekontrollin (self-control) jotkut hiljaset piano soolot.. hienot orkestraatiot.. sekä tunne.. pilattu ajallisella.. Se aika on nyt kuollut. R&B Ja muut kultit.. poltettava.. Hyve ei ole kuullostaa joltain.. Hyve onse kun tekee omaa musaa.. 5 Tähteä.. Se oli tulossa.. niiden toiseen maailmaan vievien introjen.. upeiden äänikokonaisuuksien avulla.. Biiisit vastaa toisilleen... Seitsemänkin vuoden takaa.. Siinä hetkessä tämän albumin skaala.. 7 vuotta.. tuntuu pieneltä.. Biisi naksahtaa.. soimaan.. jess.. Kuitenkin neljä... tähteä.. harmittaa... Jaha ne oli kopioinu blind chaneliä.. What's Wrong.. (Do I wanna knoww... I gave up a long taaim agoo.. ) (ei sitä kohtaa onneks..)Kolmeen tippuu plagiostimsisesta.. En siitä tykkää kun jotkut tekee niin vielä nykysinkin NYT LOPPU SE

BORING

I like it more than The Beach Boys I guess. Pretty generic sounding but there were a few good ones. Long ass album though.

The deluxe edition felt a bit long but definetely like some bits of it

Two Beach Boys albums in a row (kinda) I like this whenever it doesn't sound like the Beach Boys

I didn't really know what to expect with this album given that Dennis was a member of the Beach Boys. It was alright. Not bad. Not great. Just kind of there. I have no desire to listen to it again though.

Perfectly Acceptable

The least likely Beach Boy to have a solo career puts out a mid-70s album that sounds nothing like what you would think. And his songwriting skills shine.

Not shabby, I might revisit this at some point. Overall didn't really grab or wow me much though. It's a 3.5 rounded down.

At first I thought I liked it but then it became a bit of a chore to finish the album.

Prefs: Riversong, Moonshine, Friday Night, Pacific Ocean Blues, Rainbows Moins pref: Dreamer

I didn't know Dennis Wilson had done a solo album. I initially liked the artwork, felt bold. Started the album, and reading his Wikipedia page, he had quite an interesting life - had no idea about the Charles Manson association - wild! The album almost became a soundtrack to his Wikipedia page, ha! It was enjoyable enough.

Another 3 all of these are simply ok

Solid album. Many very good songs. Didn't realize that the 2nd album linked on Spotify wasn't originally apart of the Ocean Blue release and felt the album didn't deserve to be a double but it was still enjoyable.

I had doubts about this album due to its reviews. The first song "River Song" surprised me. It was very good! However, as the songs keep going, they only keep getting worse and worse. It was almost like Dennis' voice and energy was dying more and more with each song. I was dissapointed, and ready to give a negative review to this album. And then the first instrumental song, "Holy Man", came in. And it was so good! Then, "Mexico" another instrumental, even more breathtaking than the previous one. And I'm like, that was it! Clearly, Dennis' talent was always more the composition rather than the singing part. I found myself enjoying the instrumental and limited lyrics songs more than the other ones. Unfortunately, the majority of the songs weren't like that. But my opinion of the album definitely improved during the second half. I still have my issues with the album, like it's unnecessarily big length. The whole Beach Boys discography is still better than this album, but that doesn't make it bad at all.

70's dad rock. Good everyday background music.

Interesting listen. Very different from The Beach Boys, enjoyable.

I feel like I should have a lot to say about this album but I don’t really. I could easily hear the Beach Boys’ influence in this album. As a fan of the Beach Boys, I liked it for that. I did enjoy this album in general but doubtful I would listen again. River Song was nice.

Relaxed, pleasant, a little dark, especially in the extended material. In no way matches up with the frenetic human being Dennis Wilson seemed to have been. If Dennis can pull this album out of soul maybe all of us have some Pacific Ocean Blue in us somewhere.

This could be a great album of it wasn't such a freaking marathon that blends together by the end. There's some good stuff in here but nothing that really puts it over the edge for me.

I've listened to a lot of Brian's solo work, but never that of Dennis. I enjoyed this.

He looks like a hobo

A solo album by a beach boy. Definitely a different feel that what The Beach Boys normally provide. This is a slower,sadder, more artistic style album. Incredibly long which brings it down a bit. It’s not terrible just slightly depressing which in its own way is ok. 5.3/10

It was okay but the album was too long for me

Too damn long

Some interesting music but overall did not find this too compelling.

Местами цепляющий и очень умиротворяющий альбом. Что сейчас весьма в тему.

Certaines bonnes chansons, d'autres moyennes. J'ai aimé. Trop long

Relatively enjoyable. Didn’t like Thoughts of You

Some cool moments earning the much coveted third star from the worlds best music critic but didn’t really grab me overall

Too melancholy for me. But I guess it makes sense considering how sad he must have been throughout his life.

January 24th 2022. The best of this album IMO: - Thoughts of You He's a bit intense and dramatic but it's enjoyable. 2.8/5

Maybe nitpicking but I liked the individual components here more than the sum of the parts. Enjoyed a lot of fragments and songs from piano/choir, to funk/blues/rock more than the whole album experience. Perhaps not as cohesive as it could have been. Nice instrumentals throughout, really outshined the vocals. Some BB vibes, PF, RS as well. River song, dreamer, time, rainbow.

Love the song Pacific Ocean Blues, but the rest of the album is stuffed with two many conflicting influences and styles. It just feels like a hodgepodge of any musical sound that caught Dennis’s fancy. I can see how working firsthand with Brian Wilson would make it seem like that’s how you create a brilliant album, jamming all the things you like together and stirring it up. But the thing is, you have to actually be a musical genius to know how to meld instruments, styles, and influences together in a brilliant way. Musical genius Dennis Wilson is not. Hairy motherfucker too, wasn’t he? Jeez.

"Time" is a jam

I thought this was going to be a throw away for me. But it reminded me of John Lennon solo stuff I was into back in the day.

Yeah, it's fine. Nothing special but a good listen.

Solid three all around. Good, but not great.

-I like the background screaming and low voice bit in the breakdown/bridge of "River Song" -The super deep baritone sax(?) on "Dreamer" is cool -"Time" has cool horns and bass groove thing going on -Those couple songs are good but the rest of the album was kinda meh

6/10

There are a few special songs on this album. I needed this today.

I'm not a big fan of the Beach Boys, so before listening to this I didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised of the depth and the high level of songwriting for this low-key, non-Beach Boys sounding album. Proof that Brian Wilson wasn't the only musical talent in the family and I would prefer to listen to this over most Beach Boys records!

Reminds me of that first George Harrison solo record, though not as grand or ambitious. Still, pretty good.

The album’s songwriting was just a bit dull, despite great production and a good vocal performance.

Fails to leave a lasting Impression, mellow sound but no song really drives the album

Very enjoyable listen.

I didn't like this as much as I hoped I would. There's a ton of instrumental variety, but nothing that coheres on first listen and nothing that evokes the supernatural charm of the Beach Boys. There are clear peaks and valleys in the tracklist, however, and I suspect there's more than I'm hearing beneath the surface.

Agreeable, well producer singer songwriter pop with hints of the beach boys.

well, that was all over the place. double album, styles galore...weird. i'm not sure what else to feel about this one, other than that it seemed like it could've been maybe 4 different albums, but homeboy only had a deal for one or something.

Fängt ziemlich öde an, wird dann aber ganz ok, will aber nie so ganz richtig in die Gänge kommen. Trotzdem um Längen besser als die Pet Sounds von den Beach Boys.

Very hazy dreamy melodies, lots of slow jams. Songs are all fairly short, get their point across and then onto the next. Not bad, good chillout album. He really likes fading out to end songs.

Pretty good at times but dragged down by a few of the boring tracks. Middle of the road in the end.

It wasn’t the beach boys

Grew on me a lot in the second listen. Very nice as background music, but some of the songs I saved were worthy of multiple listens Saved: River Song, Time*, Tug of Love

Not offensive but not particularly remarkable

This is a fun album. 33 tracks is an utter marathon though and I wasn’t ready for this after a weekend of heavy drinking. I’m listening to catch up as I also had to do Tom Waits today. Following a bit of research, it’s only a 12 song record so thankfully I didn’t have to push thru the full 33 extended edition. Interesting development and departure from the Beach Boys sound so you can see why he took on a solo album to explore different directions. Dreamer is a slick groove and there are some other tracks that are nice for background noise.

First half of the album i liked a fair bit but began to drag a bit as it went on, but yeah pretty decent

Really relaxing, and I enjoyed it while it was on, but none of the individual songs stood out to me.

Another pretty good album, will definitely return to this. Very nice, quiet, harmonised vibrant songs.

Sad, reminds me of a bad trip at points. Strange arrangement at times (overproduced, orchestral pieces). Not clamouring for a re-listen

so far good. i like dreamer, thoughts of you, time,

Man, so much of this is the kind of ambitious and maybe over-produced vibe that I can really dig. But why does his voice destroy it for me? Something about it doesn't fit, like he's trying too hard or something. Something about the whole album seems to say "This is a serious album" and I can't take it seriously. And I can't help thinking about Brian Wilson's stuff and how it's more ambitious and less serious and how I like it more than this. But not 100% more. I also just found out my folks voted for Trump a second time, so I'm not in a great mood. Sorry, Dennis.

highlights: river song, friday night, thoughts of you, time, pacific ocean blues, end of the show

It's ok. Kinda generic 70's grooves.

Pink floyd meets beach boys production meets bob segar.

Sounds good enough, pleasant to listen to. But it's also extremely unremarkable and I sort of forgot what each song sounded like as soon as the next one started. Good for background listening during work though.

Quite nice and funky, good range of songs

Ok

The 'cool' Beach Boy's cult solo album. Cheesy 70's rock. Best Tracks: River Song, Pacific Ocean Blues, Rainbows

Not bad, can hear where John Grant got some stuff

Better than I expected. Some good songs.

Paar hele mooie nummers, maar ook wat zwaar op de hand. Heeft misschien nog meer draaibeurten nodig om echt te landen.

Ik heb 'm niet helemaal kunnen luisteren, maar volgens mij is dit een 3.

decent stuff.... just not my bag man

Tranquilo. Relajado. Sosegado

I quite like this. Nothing spectacular, undeserving of the hype it gets for sure, but a pleasant, breezy way to kill time with a glass of something cold and a good book

Rock melódico bastante moñas. Alguna canción más movida.

This album was interesting, as I love The Beach Boys, but nothing really grabbed my attention. It was enjoyable though.

On dirait un peu un mélange entre Seal, Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd et David Bowie qui aurait envie de caca.(dans certaines pièces) Il a l'air de retenir quelque chose quand il chante le beau Dennis! Clairement un meilleur artiste solo que batteur des Beach Boys mais j'entends tellement d'influences que j'ai de la difficulté à le cerner. J'ai bien aimé malgré tout, surtout les pistes aux sonorités Pink Floydesques. Fait cocasse, le dude chillait autrefois avec Charles Manson qui lui a même écrit des chansons.

Good. Chill. It is a shame he was hanging out with Charles Manson...

Folk, rock, suave.

Seriously, these albums are so long! I like the album cover, I like some of the tunes, I quite liked the last track (“Mexico”) for a change and while I had never heard this before I am not the least bit surprised it is on this list. Every now and then it sounds like the Eagles or Don Henley to me, which ain’t my bag - but otherwise this is fine. I’d listen to a number of tracks again.

Better than I was expecting

Was smooth for the day

I liked it. Although I listened over a week ago, so I don't really remember it now. :/

A little bluesy and mostly melancholy, there are some gems like Friday Night that are oldies playlist worthy.

Seems quite vanilla. Can't say it to my taste. Background music maybe

Mwah, few good songs

As a rock/pop album, it didn't stand out to me as rock nor pop. It kind of felt like the only reason he's on this list is because he was in the Beach Boys. Side note: Pretty crazy how he was entangled with the Manson family like that...

This comes across as just another mid-70s AOR rock album.

Pa obzirom na sva druga razočaravajuća sranja, nije ni toliko loše. 2/5, 4/10

nah

Didn't finish

American music from the '70s. Tries to be Pink Floyd with no success. No, thanks.

another horrendous addition to the list. yay

This album didn't land for me either. I wanted to like it, Beach Boys and all, but this album further cements that I like the Beach Boys only for Brian Wilson. The sounds were fine, but nothing stuck in memory.

damn not me being like "wait why do i know this guy's name" LMAO well it makes sense because this is a forgettable album

One of those albums that just isn’t for me. I could see the appeal in a few songs (Moonshine, Dreamer, etc) so I would never claim it is objectively bad, but I just couldn’t hit any sort of stride with it.

El CD 1 está más o menos pero el CD ya está malo…que necesidad? Sabia el que moriría pronto y por eso puso todas sus rolas de una?

Heard Before? Not at all. Notes: - many exciting ingredients, mashed a bit by overly dense production. - but a solo album by a Beach Boy should be a vocal showcase and this is emphatically not. for me, all of his various attempts at vocal styles are exactly and transparently that - attempts. - so for every daring, unexpected moment, of which there are plenty, there is a flat, unconvincing lead vocal. - now that I've heard the whole thing, i would say the production is glorious. the drowsy, overstuffed feel is mostly the fault of the songs, which lack both hooks and direction. Verdict: Much is thrown at the wall, little of it sticks. Listen Again? While I didn't love it, I'm glad I heard it and I did save a couple of songs.

This is a weak and at times annoying album. 2 stars or D.

Surprisingly drab.

The fact this was NOT a yacht rock album is disappointing on its surface. A layer deeper, I found this album to be milquetoast. It dabbled in genres without fully committing to any, and that ultimately left me somewhat underwhelmed. Wilson's lyrics and vocals are interesting, however.

2.5

I only listened to the original 30 minutes of the album. I didn’t want to sit through another hour of this. It was fine but it was just boring. I have no recollection of anything memorable from this record. I didn’t hate it but it’s just so forgettable.

Meh

Grandiose in scope, large and swelling sonically with its acoustic/piano arrangements, but it just left no real impression on me whatsoever. Style over substance.

Nieko ypatingo. Du kartus perkliausiau, nes pirmą kartą nieko neatsiminiau.

No co mogę powiedzieć? Na tej liście są tak odległe klimaty w muzyce, a bardziej w czasie i miejscu w jakim powstawały, że nie jest mi dane docenić czegoś, co bazuje na jakiejś lokalności. Miła płyta, aczkolwiek dla mnie okazało się to zbiorem 'white noises'.

Fine

I mean, the definition of inoffensive.

This album is fine? Nothing stands out, nothing grates. Rating: 2.5

before listening - 2 hours and hes from the beach boys, not looking good. Trying to keep an open mind. update - got bored didn't finish it

Overall, not a bad album. It's alright leaving in the background and given that this is quite an old album, it does sound like it would've been alright back at that time.

Oh yikes. Feels like The Beach Boys Bible Revival Revue

Pretty boring and didn't sound great.

Dennis Wilson? The man who discovered musical prodigy Charles Manson?

The longest 37 minute album ever? It’s good, and interesting, in parts, but I wasn’t captivated. Favourite track: Dreamer

Meh

Was this necessary for the list? I'm inclined to think no.

госппдє

started promising but its pretty lame

Nothing that stood out as bad to me, but also incredibly uneventful.

No- and I don't care enough to elaborate more

Mal de nuevo

It’s like they found a way to weaponize boredom and make it airborne.

I was more interested in the story of the artist than this album, but I saved two songs so two stars it is!

Middling and not worth the two hours but not evil

Found it kind of boring ,and nothing stood out .

Feels like some high school kid can make this type of music after a summer camp in song writing / production..

Yeah I don’t think this guy was the key to the Beach Boy’s success As always with records like this, I can say it’s pretty inoffensive, where at the bare minimum it is better than just pure silence. Not a particularly high bar but yes this is music that for the most part attempts to sound good and isn’t just rage baiting the listener Unfortunately, this album is more dull than watching paint dry. Reading about Dennis is an interesting and really heartbreaking story, but I don’t think that enhances my enjoyment of this music at all. It just kinda feels like it spits in the face of what made the Beach Boys so special; I know there’s some personal/emotional lyrics in there but I just can’t be asked to care when that’s how they’re delivered. I stopped after the first disc for this one, since I couldn’t be bothered to listen to a whole nother album of that slop They definitely seem like one of those groups where they’re way better than the sum of their parts. The good run of albums was eventually coming to an end; feels somewhat refreshing to give this one a 2 after giving a week straight of 4s and 5s.

Clearly the musical talent was not genetic,,,,,

I may need to come back to this week of albums. I’m stuck at home with a torn calf, in pain/taking painkillers and falling alseep during albums. From what I can recall I didn’t particularly enjoy this.

Didn’t realise Tom Hanks made an album while he was stuck on that island. Lovely touch to dedicate it to Wilson too.

The album sounds good and he has an interesting voice, but the songs are meandering and nothing really did it for me. If he hadn't been a member of the Beach Boys, I doubt anyone would care about this at all.

Dreamer is a good song but otherwise this album is pretty underwhelming - some of the songs sound a bit ethereal but not really in a way I’d expect for an album like this

Some great songwriting and production value running through this family, although this only kinda got me out of my seat. I felt he shined brightest in the experimental parts, which were spaced out throughout this.

This album needs editing.

quite dated, slow rock. not sure what category to put this in.

As I am utterly indifferent about the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson in general, I was surprised to find a couple songs here I liked. Not many. but a couple.

mais um num fede nem cheira realmente este mano é o irmão esquecido e musicalmente nada fascinante deve ser mei ruim ser irmão dos outros caras pprt

Forgettable...

Thought this was gonna be better than it is, sad you died tho babe but stick a banger on there. Not even Melody Pond could help x

Eh, not all that interesting. This former Beach Boy did not provide Fun Fun Fun.

This is expansive and passionate yet somehow virtually soulless.

Trois chansons se démarquent: la triade Friday Night, Thoughts Of You et Dreamer (par ordre de préférence). J'y retrouve un air de Pink Floyd, donc pas étonnant que ces trois là m'ont le plus plu. Friday Night, à la première écoute s'annonce plutôt psychédélique et finalement devient blues. L'instrumental (les fins de phrases surtout) sont superbes! Dreamer a juste la bonne dose de funk qui m'est supportable. Le chant y est impeccable, un peu tendu, rocailleux. Thoughts of you, évidemment très douce, alors quand arrive ce pont intense, mon goût pour la tension est servi et la chanson toute entière devient alors tellement géniale.

Melodic and a range of sounds and tempos. There was a lot to listen to. A man of great talent

Too long. 2.

I just dread albums with this many songs, most of the time the album is hard to get through and sometimes it pays off but this isn't one of those albums for me. Maybe I'll listen to it again another day and change my mind but not today.

lo escuché muy por arriba pero banqué

Good but doesn’t really stand out - most songs sounded the same to me

This album was pretty boring ngl

Okay Minecraft Steve

Hmm. This was very much a mixed bag. Enjoyed some of the instrumentals and more upbeat songs. Did I detect a hint of ELO?

groovy and blues-y in a very underwhelming and inoffensive way. most of the songs are very short, riddled with banal lyrics. and when every track just ends with a fade out it's kinda ridiculous and it makes the album feel unfinished and the artist behind it unimaginative. even though some of the songs (or parts of them at least) were alright, the album as a whole was dull and disappointing.

I found this tedious. Overlong too.

meh

Bland and overlong. If I asked an AI to generate a 70s rock album I would be unsurprised if it ended up sounding like this .

This is very well produced, but I wasn't into it.

Very boring

not bad if i heard it out and about I wouldn't mind it , off topic but the guy in the album looks like Steve from Minecraft.

Ännu en Beach Boy som kör sitt eget spår. Inte speciellt imponerad av detta heller. Stabil rock, ganska slätstruket. Nja. 2:a

Looooong meh

Musically quite o.k. but I'm not 100% into his vocals. favourite: "Friday Night" 2,5

A guy does *all* the cocaine and tries to impersonate The Band, poorly

I don’t understand why I had to listen to this. Couldn’t I just listen to the Beach Boys? That would’ve been much better.

Pretty interesting Definitely should have been a single album. A few gems, some shit. 5/10

I am not getting any of this. Seems top-40 radio driven, and for 1977 you'd have thought there were more creative forces available in the air. This is okay.

Very bland. Nothing special.

Soft rock, pretty good, but nothing exceptional.

Riversong

meh...

Really didn't do anything for me Dennis

So much great rock in the 70s and this is the opposite. Everything I'm not about from the decade in a 2 album set.

Fomeke not for me

I liked his voice, but the songs were pretty cheesy and sappy. I felt like he was singing them to get laid.

Mediocre soft rock.

Easier to ignore than I expected it to be, which is good. That said: easy to ignore, which is bad.

Скучный, унылый американский рок.

I think his best singing days were behind him at this point

Felt like a wannabe a lot of different artists

Another case of revisionist praise. This was accurately received and critiqued when it came out. It's OK, better than what the Beach Boys were putting out at the time but that's not saying much. An absolutely rock solid 2.25. Fantastic hair and beard though... don't even get me started on that chest rug teasing its way past the neck of that tshirt.

Not quite my thing

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Det startede ok, men forsvandt ret hurtigt ud i baggrunden.. Intet som stak særligt ud.

The most notable quality of this album is its length— nearly 2 hours. Past that, this album is benignly forgettable.

Meh

*Had some moments that sounded like the Beach Boys but overly fell flat for me

...I guess it was alright? This one felt flat, thin and slow, and outside of his connection to the Beach Boys, I don't see why this record was included on the list. Background elevator rock. 4/10

I preferred this to Smile. Not really my bag, but not unpleasant. Dreamer was my highlight

Title track is quite nice

Pretty mediocre album, not a lot of interest in this at all...

So long!

Idk, felt kind of bland to me. Definitely would have been better if it got trimmed down. 2*

This was too long. After a promising start the songs petered out and I lost interest

Tää oli aika easy listening osastoa. Dennisin ääni soundasi hyvältä. Biisit vähän liian pliisuja.

Mildly pleasant but a few nice moments here or there do not an iconic album make

Kad se desi nešto što ne zvuči kao Beach Boys pomislim da ovo nije toliko loše, ali kad se desi nešto što zvuči kao Beach Boys pitam se kako su oni dostigli taj nivo manije jer ja ih ne mogu ni slušati.

What a tortured family.

Third time trying to listen to this album and I just can’t get through it

What if we made the Beach Boys less interesting? I can appreciate the story Wilson tries to tell on this album, but it just drags on forever. Instrumentals feel repetitive, the vocals muted—it just misses the mark for me.

beetje heel erg samey/basic dit. denk dat de 70s rock gewoon niet voor mij is. favoriet (en okay nummer) is Wild Situation.

sorry dennis ik verneem dat dit een klassieker is maar ik snap niet waarom dit beter verkocht dan de beach boys

a couple of good songs and a bunch of filler

Just didn’t catch my interest.

Sorry Dennis I didn't give you a fair chance but you just were not what I wanted today.

whatever 1.5

Not for me but nice background music

This definitely had some tracks that seem like they could have been big hits with a little more attention, but they just fall short. The rest of the album is experimental, slow, and pretty depressing sounding.

Some of the second part of this sounded a bit like a drunk guy at the back of a bar with a karaoke machine. Some of it was okay but it was long and I don’t have the urge to listen to any more!

Not my vibe and too long

??? Mhh schwer zu sagen, schon ok. c

More bluesy than I'd expect from a Beach Boy. Dennis the Menace never really grabbed me

Mostly blandish, though a couple of good tracks.

Not bad, very nothing for me. Demonstrated by how much my heart dropped when it said 1 hr 52 min

It was too long, but I slogged through.

2+ Stars (6/15)

Too long. I'm not a big Beachboys fan, except for their hits, and this just didn't do it for me.

I’m going to choose to believe “tug of love” is about a handjob. This album didn’t really hold my attention and found myself daydreaming on my drive.

An eclectic mix of genres in sprawling 70 minuets of 70s rock .blending the beach boys , wings and pink floyd…the only problem is that you are better off listening to wings, the beach boys or Pink Floyd A lost masters piece that I would have Ben happy to remain lost . There are undoubted moments of quality - just not often enough . A tighter 8-10 song 37 min album was old have been better. Weirdly the surf rock songs are the worst elements, sounding more shawoddywaddy than anything else . Dreamer is a great stoner rock song .but even that fades out instead of reaching a climactic finish But to many songs are like “you and I” an awful Schmaltzy rock ballad - a song so bad that it warrants any album with it on to be docked 1 if not 2 points The fact that it failed to chart speaks to its quality — one can not get away from the feeling that it’s because of bloated albums like this that Punk was so refreshing. Pacific Ocean blues moves along and redeems the previous song a little … but not enough to save this album from mere meh

Album isn’t awful, but it’s not something I’d ever listen to again. His Wiki page, on the other hand, may lead me to read multiple books on his life. 2.5

sounds like a poor man's beach boys

Probably should have stayed playing drums. My favourite song is not even on the original release tracklist Holy Man - Instrumental

Pleasant enough but a little forgettable.

dont like the orchestral stuff so much

Average and sad

The sort of songs which make you feel for anyone who loved him.

No private session used for Spotify. I don't think I ever listened to Dennis Wilson's solo stuff, well I know I haven't because I didn't know he had solo stuff. The first album seemed over produced, the second album sounded like generic blues rock with Dennis's voice sounding like Randy Newman but without the clever lyrics.

Meh. 2.5 rounded down.

I had a memory before this showed up in the 1,001 that this was a well reviewed album from when it was released, and the Wiki page confirmed this. It was mediocre. A few OK songs, but if he hadn’t been in the Beach Boys would this have ever been made? 1.5 rounded up because he was easily the cutest/hottest Beach Boy member, which isn’t hard to do — he was objectively very cute.

Light. Too Light for me. ★★

Not very inspiring... Often, I don't even get the work of his brother Brian (hailed as a genius by almost everyone), how could I find this album interesting?

Aight

No need for this to be 2 hours long

I was not raised, nor on my own volition, could get into the Beach Boys. Nothing against their work as musicians or their influence, it's weird optimism young boy harmonizing sound is something I just don't want to hear. Dennis is the drummer of the Beach Boys (I don't care about the band's history after he died or kokomo; it's cringe) and here was the one album he did finish in his lifetime. And it's okay. Noteworthy in the sense that his fellow band members thought it would be one of the better Beach Boys albums (I can see that) and that it was pretty much the only thing he could finish in his wild and chaotic lifestyle. Most of this album isn't my thing: bunch of soft stuff. I'm sure it's really good for certain kinds of people, but I'm a music weirdo and this one just doesn't cut it for me.

Dennis Wilson's expression mirrors how I looked while listening to the album. Nah, I'm just joking: this one was a good-enough listen but nothing to write home about. Lots of production talent and I liked the varied soundscapes between the tracks. I'm not super well-read on the Beach Boys discography though so I'm probably the wrong person to ask. fac tracks: Dreamer, You and I

This was an hour & 25 minutes too long, there was no need for a double album. The music itself was alright, nothing exciting, although I did appreciate his Don Henley-esque voice. Look, I’m rounding this down to a 2 because of the extreme length. If not for that it would probably have made the 3.

No thanks

Better than anything the Beach Boys ever did but still very dull. It kind of just happens in the background.

Pre: like pacific ocean blue Post: decent but meh