A few contenders there. BWPS - I don't know if that counts, but if we agree on that, it would be the most obvious one. Another fave is Orange Crate Art, although technically that's a Van Dyke Parks album with Brian vocals.
Brian Wilson '88 - if we discount those other two titles I mentioned.
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I refuse to be a vulture, picking on the bones of one of the greatest ever songwriters. Too distressing
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slightbreeze wrote:I refuse to be a vulture, picking on the bones of one of the greatest ever songwriters. Too distressing
I'm glad you rate him highly, all the more puzzling why you would ignore his solo output. All his solo albums contain tracks of merit, even the unreleased "Sweet Insanity".
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I only own one solo album by him, and it is so awful, so heartbreakingly desperate, that I haven't ventured further. Only the final Judee Sill album comes close to the same demise, especially vocally, of such a major artist.
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What you have posted there is a boot. "Adult Child" is what was at the time a projected BB album, it exists in various permutations on different boots. Gruff-voiced Brian has his charms, but then, I'm a fan.
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That '88 one is actually quite good. Seemed about right for a once-genius later in his years, maybe even a little better than that. "Rio Grande" was great!
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Quaco wrote:That '88 one is actually quite good. Seemed about right for a once-genius later in his years, maybe even a little better than that. "Rio Grande" was great!
Seconded and “Love and Mercy” is a classic, one of his very best.
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Mike Boom wrote:Quaco wrote:That '88 one is actually quite good. Seemed about right for a once-genius later in his years, maybe even a little better than that. "Rio Grande" was great!
Seconded and “Love and Mercy” is a classic, one of his very best.
And thirded. That debut album had some sparkling moments, especially now we know how how much BW was being controlled.
Orange Crate Art, is a lovely album and I’m glad the two of them were able to put this one together.
I didn’t really follow Brian Wilson’s solo career after that.
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I love That Lucky Old Sun. In many respects to my ears it's less a Brian Wilson solo album and more an album by Scott Bennett/Wondermints/BW band. A great run of songs at the end of the album - if that had been the final BW album I'd have been content to end on that note.
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rorebhoy wrote:I love That Lucky Old Sun. In many respects to my ears it's less a Brian Wilson solo album and more an album by Scott Bennett/Wondermints/BW band. A great run of songs at the end of the album - if that had been the final BW album I'd have been content to end on that note.
Thanks. I’ll check it out.
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Agree with the eponymous album from '88 and That Lucky Old Sun both being very good albums, and today TLOS just wins out because last time I played the epon one the drum sound grated a bit.