Pacific Ocean Blue

I think this guy listened to the Eagles alot. Which is cool, I like the Eagles too. Way more than I like The Beach Boys.
So, I ended up liking this album much more than I expected! But it is pretty derivative. It brought me right back to the 70s stylistically (yep I was alive then), so it does represent an era in that sense. But none of the tracks charted. I had never heard any of these songs before, and yet they all felt familiar because they sounded so much like other songs. Not convinced it belongs on this list.

Solid, very interesting composition.

The first few tracks were pretty fun - very much vintage Beach Boys stuff. This one lost me about halfway through when it went to mostly ballads and more experimental stuff.

Music from before music got good. Fortunately not too painful!

Warm and dreamy mix of soft rock and surprisingly heavy bluesy soul tracks. A great album for when you have it all but are miserable anyway, for staring at the sea and thinking it sucks, for the self-indulgent depressive pleasure of knowing you're missing out, for listening to when you've pushed people away and are mad they're not around.

This was very enjoyably melancholic, and I liked Dennis's slightly ravaged voice. A pretty solid four.

Pretty long with 2 hours. Pretty chill album that can run in the background.

It's got that lush 70s production style but I always want the songs to be more impressive.

Most of this is amazing, setting the template for post-prog electro-tinged 80s rock. A little bit of it sucks, but let's not talk about that.

Didn't know what to expect based on a) the cover showing a sad and very 70s looking guy and b) learning that he was the founding drummer of the Beach Boys and brother of Brian and Carl Wilson, and he drowned in 1983. Ok, figuring I'm going to hear some variation of the Beach Boys, who I'm not really a huge fan of (I appreciate them, but never really got into them). Well, I ended up really liking this album. VERY different from the Beach Boys. A lot of the songs have a dark edge, no Beach Boys harmonies (although the chorus singing in River Song is outstanding). Many songs sounded like they were going to be Yacht Rock and then opened up into genuinely rocking tunes. The lyrics are so-so, but the underlying sadness comes through. Wilson's singing is so-so, but authentic. A very good album, and a nice discovery on the 1001. Favorite tracks: I liked pretty much all of them (and also enjoyed the tracks from the unreleased follow-up, Bambu). If I had to pick standouts, I'll go with River Song, Dreamer, Thoughts of You, Time (particularly the end), Farewell My Friend, End of the Show.

A nice enough album but I just couldn't get into it

The songs just left me feeling depressed if I'm being honest

2 ⭐️

This didn't catch me at all. I'm not sure why I find it so bland, there's a lot of the ingredients I would normally go for. The end result was just boring.

I only listened to the original 37 minute album but it’s a sweet one. Very few bad things came from The Beach Boys :)

Maybe too long, but I liked it.

PS after reading wikipedia: I've never heard about him before, now I know why. Damn, they really thought Manson was a great guy? I mean, WTF. But still, a good album.

I think it was maybe more interesting at the beginning and then the quality slowly dropped off. I couldn't tell if it was 70s cool or 70s lame. It was like the Beach Boys without being catchy.

This has crazy high production value

Outstanding album. I only knew of Brain Wilsons solo stuff but in my opinion this is better than anything Brian did as a solo.

Just couldn't get into this at all.

Kind of blends into the background. Kinda Jesus heavy...

Nothing bad about it but nothing memorable either. A couple of toe-tappers but not one ear-worm. A bit cookie-cutter. A totally forgettable album.