Pacific Ocean Blue & Bambu (Deluxe Legacy Edition)
Dennis Wilson
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| 1 | River Song | Dennis Wilson | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | What's Wrong | Dennis Wilson | 2:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Moonshine | Dennis Wilson | 2:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Friday Night | Dennis Wilson | 3:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Dreamer | Dennis Wilson | 4:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Thoughts of You | Dennis Wilson | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Time | Dennis Wilson | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | You and I | Dennis Wilson | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Pacific Ocean Blues | Dennis Wilson | 2:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Farewell My Friend | Dennis Wilson | 2:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Rainbows | Dennis Wilson | 2:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | End of the Show | Dennis Wilson | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Tug of Love (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Only With You (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Holy Man (Instrumental, Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 4:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Mexico (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 5:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 17 | Under the Moonlight (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 18 | It's Not Too Late (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 4:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 19 | School Girl (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 2:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 20 | Love Remember Me (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 4:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 21 | Love Surrounds Me (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 22 | Wild Situation (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 2:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 23 | Common (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 24 | Are You Real (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 25 | He's a Bum (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 2:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 26 | Cocktails (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 27 | I Love You (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 2:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 28 | Constant Companion (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 29 | Time for Bed (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 30 | Album Tag Song (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 31 | All Alone (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 32 | Piano Variations On Thoughts of You (Previously Unreleased) | Dennis Wilson | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 33 | Holy Man (Taylor Hawkins Version) | Dennis Wilson | 4:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 33 Songs |
iTunes Review
Though various Beach Boys documentaries would have you believe otherwise, Dennis Wilson was much more than the Wilson who befriended Charles Manson or the troubled drummer who sang scratchy versions of "You Are So Beautiful." Here is the proof. Wilson's 1977 solo debut Pacific Ocean Blue shows him coming into his own as a producer, singer and arranger. The lush "River Song" opens like a panoramic choral epic as Alexander Hamilton's Double Rock Baptist Choir sings heavenly harmonies that soar over strings, horns and keyboards. Contrasted nicely with Wilson's whispery rasp, it's a huge and phenomenal sound that has since largely influenced Spiritualized's gospel tinged, damaged guy, pocket orchestras. Pacific Ocean Blue also reveals Wilson as a peerless songwriter unraveling down a deep well of beautiful and tortured songs like "Time." The previously unreleased (but often bootlegged) sophomore album Bambu surfaces with the beautifully disturbing "Love Surrounds Me" as an immediate standout. The self depreciating "He's A Bum" and the dipsomaniac dirge of "Cocktails" work their magic best with repeated listens.
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Dennis always a mystery
by MightyZI first bought the original release of the album in the 70's. I enjoyed it then and told everyone I knew about the fabulous new sound. Dennis drives deep to tap emotion and feeling into every song. Now that we have this masterpiece in digital form it leaves us only wanting more and realzing what we lost was a musical genious. Dennis has the ability to tap into your soul like no other. I miss him now more than ever.
Royal reissue of first Beach Boys solo release
by hyperboliumAs a drummer, harmony vocalist and occasional songwriter, Dennis Wilson wasn’t the obvious member of the Beach Boys to be first to market with a solo album. But with this 1977 release he stepped outside the shadow of his brother Brian and showed off surprising. These rock productions, thick with guitars, drums, keyboards and orchestration, combine his legacy as a part of Brian Wilson’s troupe, along with influences of West Coast collaborators like Gary Usher and visionaries like Curt Boettcher. Interestingly, by the time Wilson completed the album in 1976, the sounds upon which he was weaned were giving way to rootsier singer-songwriter introspection and more bombastic arena rock. Both of those flavors can also be heard here, the former in Wilson’s introspective lyrics, and the latter in the grandiosity of the productions.
There’s a sophistication to this solo effort that sets it apart from contemporaneous work by the Beach Boys, who in 1977 were still lyrically in thrall of Brian Wilson’s childlike wonder. By this point Dennis Wilson’s ragged voice was no match for his brothers’, but he made canny choices: what to sing, how to sing it and how to surround himself with instrumentation. As other reviewers have noted, Dennis Wilson’s rasp is an acquired taste, and can be wearying at album length, but there’s no denying the feeling in his vocals or his commitment to the lyrics. Emotionally and sonically this is an album both of its time and of the times in which Wilson grew up as an artist, and the palpable air of depletion is heart-wrenching in contrast to the lyrical optimism. The album can be a wearying spin beginning to end, but the individual tracks make for very great surprises in a mix.
Legacy’s deluxe reissue is one of the best they’ve ever put together in this series. In addition to superbly remastered versions of the album’s original dozen tracks, disc one is filled out with four previously unreleased items, and disc two contains sixteen tracks from Wilson’s unfinished second album, Bambu. Wilson’s voice was spent and at times tuneless as he recorded the follow-on tracks, making Bambu even more of an acquired taste than POB. Much of the bonus material has circulated on bootlegs, but this is its first official release in full master tape fidelity. The quad-fold cardboard slipcase includes a 40-page booklet stuffed with photos, an essay by Ben Edmonds, a Dennis Wilson artistic chronology, song and musician credits, and lyrics. Disc one also features a PDF that includes a 16-page essay by noted Beach Boys biographer David Leaf and a slightly extended version of the booklet’s chronology. [©2008 hyperbolium dot com]
Biography
Born: December, 1944 in Inglewood, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s
Top Albums and Songs by Dennis Wilson
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| 1 | Ain't It Strange | Australian Contemporary Blues | 4:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $16.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Pop, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Jun 17, 2008
- ℗ 2008 Caribou Records, 1977, 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
