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Brian Wilson

Group Rating: 3.67
Global Rating: 3.04
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MetalheadClub Reviews

It sounds like two things: The Beach Boys from the sixties, even though it was recorded in '04, and a musical or something. The result feels like a bad acid trip.

Listening to this album is bitter sweet. Brian desperately wanted to complete this album back in the 60s as a follow up to the classic Pet Sounds but for various reasons it was never finished. The stress of this probably contributed to his problems with his mental health and the eventual breakup of the Beach Boys. He was finally able to lay this to rest in 2004 with a live performance and accompanying album but you can’t help wondering how things might have panned out if everything had gone to plan back in 1967. Rest in Peace Brian.

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