The Beach Boys - Perfect Harmony
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Free Music Review: For the already initiated, not the new Beach Boys fan
Hit: 4 Stars
Tracks that separate out the vocals and non-singled album tracks like "Our Prayer", beautiful though they may be, are pieces best appreciated by those already in the Beach Boy fanatic fold: those listeners hoping to assess the components that make up the sound of "America's band".
If you're looking for a compilation of best known hits, this is not the place. ("Sounds of Summer" is the best moderately priced overview for starting fans.) If however you've already been hooked by the Boys harmony and Brian's fantastic melodies and production, here's a chance to "peek inside" the vocals that helped his best work to tick.
The tracks chosen here do a good job of presenting the Beach Boys vocal blend to best advantage, though being assembled from various albums there's not necessarily as cohesive a sound as you'd get with one of their classic original albums.
Free Music Review: Perfect Harmony, indeed!
Hit: 5 Stars
This excellent collection of songs highlights what was the 2 biggest Beach Boys strengths, 1. Obviously, the unbelievably beautiful way this group could harmonize, and 2. Brian Wilson's gifted songwriting(and producing)skills. The vocals-only cut of 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' strips the song down so the listener can hear just the, yup, perfect harmony, and also the great lyrics. Also included is what I consider one of the finest songs ever written and recorded, 'Don't Worry Baby', a simple tune about a car race(but, MAN, what a great song!). The CD ends with the somewhat obscure, but hauntingly beautiful 'Our Prayer'(another vocal masterpiece), followed by 'Good Vibrations'. Don't know why, but those 2 songs go great together. This is a really great CD, in every way. BUY IT, ENJOY IT!!!!Free Music Review: "The Warmth of the Sun" is Brian Wilson's masterpiece.
Hit: 4 Stars
I've never been a Beach Boys fan, but here Brian Wilson manages to restrain his misogynist braggadocio, his enthusiasm for the internal combustion engine (that primitive pollution-emitting noise machine), and his chauvinism (in the original sense of the word--I'm thinking of "Be True to Your School"). "The Warmth of the Sun" is truly a worthwhile piece of work, harmonically inspired, a pure and lilting exposition of the Beach Boys's weltanschauung (or weltschmerz).Also recommended: PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns.
Free Music Review: Perfect in every endless way
Hit: 5 Stars
After 36 years the joy of life jumps out still.Simple musical masterpieces that span into 2000.The expression of youth .Brian Wilson makes it sound so smooth the mark of a pro.Free Music Review: Beach Boys harmonizing at its best
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD contains the most beautiful harmonies by the Beach Boys. Their rendition of the song Hushabye is breathtaking. It begins with "The Warmth of the Sun," includes of course Surfer Girl, Don't Worry Baby, and God Only Knows -- and even offers several vocals only versions, including "Wouldn't It Be Nice." If you like the Beach Boys, you'll love this CD.
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