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Jeremy Riggs


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#376 - The Beach Boys - Sunflower (12/21/07)
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Rolling Stone Sayeth:

One year after they were dropped by Capital Records, and just as Brian Wilson began his psychological descent, the Beach Boys scraped together the remarkable SUNFLOWER.  The warm harmonies and dreamy textures of "Cool, Cool Water" and "Forever" show Carl and Dennis Wilson stepping up to fill Brian's space.

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After Reprise rejected what was to be their debut album for the label, the Beach Boys re-entered the studio to begin work on what would become a largely different set of songs. The results signaled a creative rebirth for the band, a return to the beautiful harmonies and orchestral productions of their classic mid-'60s material.

Though the songwriting didn't quite reach the high quality of "California Girls" or "God Only Knows," Sunflower showed the Beach Boys truly working as a band, and doing so better than they ever had in the past (or would in the future).

Many of the songs were co-compositions, and the undeniable songwriting and performance talents of Dennis Wilson and Bruce Johnston were finally allowed to flourish: Dennis contributed "Slip On Through," "Forever," and "Got to Know the Woman," while Bruce wrote "Deirdre" and "Tears in the Morning."

After a succession of spare, unadorned lead vocals on rock-oriented albums like Wild Honey and 20/20, Sunflower returned the Beach Boys to gorgeous vocal harmonies on the tracks "Add Some Music to Your Day," "Cool, Cool Water," and "This Whole World." And the arrangements, tight and inventive, showed Brian Wilson once again back near the top of his game (though the production is credited to the entire band).

Sunflower is also a remarkably cohesive album, something not seen from the Beach Boys since Pet Sounds. As with that album, Sunflower earned critical raves in Britain but was virtually ignored in America. [Sunflower was made available in 2000 as half of the two-fer collection Sunflower/Surf's Up.]

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AMG Review AMG Pick 1   Slip on Through Wilson 2:19
AMG Review   2   This Whole World Wilson 1:58
AMG Review AMG Pick 3   Add Some Music to Your Day Knott, Love, Wilson 3:36
AMG Review   4   Got to Know the Woman Wilson 2:43
AMG Review   5   Deirdre Johnston, Wilson 3:29
AMG Review   6   It's About Time Burchman, Jardine, Wilson ... 2:58
Composed by:Burchman, Jardine, Wilson, Wilson
AMG Review   7   Tears in the Morning Johnston 4:11
AMG Review AMG Pick 8   All I Wanna Do Love, Wilson 2:36
AMG Review   9   Forever Jakobson, Wilson 2:42
AMG Review   10   Our Sweet Love Jardine, Wilson, Wilson 2:41
AMG Review   11   At My Window Jardine, Wilson 2:32
AMG Review   12   Cool, Cool Water Love, Wilson 5:04


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I like the Beach Boys, but I normally don't want to hear more than 2 of their songs in a row. Too much overload of a "sound" I guess.

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Jeremy Riggs


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I agree.   It's fun music and I enjoy a song or two, but an entire album at once is too much.

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I have to agree. Once in awhile they are ok. But I don't know if I know those songs. I'm not too familiar with titles of their songs

-- Edited by Woo Hoo at 09:20, 2007-12-21

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My good friend is supposed to sit me down & give me a presentation to help me understand why the Beach Boys & Brian Wilson were so ingenius. I'm still waiting...

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I love the Beach Boys, it was the very first 8 track tape I ever owned, it must have been ingenuis for me. I used to sit in my room listening to them all night thinking how deep the latter music was.

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One thing I find extremely impressive is that Brian Wilson would write all of these intricate harmonies and do production - and he could only hear in mono. Only one ear worked!

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I like the Beach Boys, but they have never been a favorite of mine.hmm

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