Brian Wilson's first solo album created a good share of media hoopla upon its release. This was not necessarily because of the music, but simply because his very existence...
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The soundtrack for a Don Was-produced documentary about the life and music of Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is a collection of new versions of Wilson's...
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Inevitably, two schools of thought will prevail in discussions of this album by the former Beach Boys maestro: Super-fans will hail it as a new high-water mark, and skeptics...
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As his second official solo album, Imagination is a stronger record than its predecessor. Brian Wilson is singing better and his writing is more assured, filled with...
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As if to emphasize that Brian Wilson is really in charge of his solo career, Live at the Roxy Theatre, his first live solo album, begins with him instructing to his band and...
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Brian Wilson's spotted solo career hasn't seen many highlights. True, Beach Boys fanatics continue to follow his top-this solo tours, which began with the astonishment of...
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In early 2002, during his first solo tour of Europe and England, Brian Wilson included complete performances of his masterpiece Pet Sounds which attempted to re-create, in a...
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The story is almost as old rock ‘n’ roll itself. Thirty-eight years ago, when Brian Wilson was at his creative-artistic-mental peak after recording the Beach Boys’ legendary...
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The white whale of '60s record-making, the Beach Boys' aborted SMiLE album gradually gained a legend that not only inflated its rumored importance and complexity, but gave...
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