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Rating: Reviewing an album that is unknown to most is a task I felt compelled to undertake, a work that encapsulates the Wilsonian eagerness for exploring new ideas, blazing unique and personal trails.
After the catastrophe caused by his inferiority complex in front of a seminal work like Sgt. Pepper's, our hero abandons the Smile project, scattering pearls from Smile Smiley to Surf's Up with unparalleled creativity.
Of course, when it comes to the Beach Boys, many turn up their noses. For most, the Beach Boys are those of "Barbara Ann" (which, with all due respect, has its own brilliance), but it is after Pet Sounds that things change, and this led my curiosity to see how far Brian Wilson's genius could take him, bringing me to this album.
But let's talk about it:
The album whose soul is unmistakably Soul contains Beatlesque echoes akin to the White Album, to be clear, with a particular nod to "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" in "A Thing or Two", a track that demonstrates Wilson's more raw vocal characteristics at times, intertwining with a counterpoint falsetto truly impressive, another interesting piece is "I'd Love Just Once to See You", a melody that even McCartney was so enchanted by that he included it in his solo debut album, and that's not all, as we continue, in the grooves of "Let the Wind Blow", we can hear an alluring and hypnotic Barrett-esque psychedelia dragging you deep into something you truly didn't expect.
At this point, you wonder:
Who am I listening to?
Didn't I put on the Beach Boys?
And indeed, that's exactly how you feel on first listen.
I finish my review discussing another piece that I find brilliant, "Here Comes the Night", with a disarming modernity. In my opinion, certain schizophrenic elements of the vocals greatly resemble the vocal interplay of Frank Black from the Pixies... leaving you astounded.
I recommend this listening experience to everyone, especially for those who are unfamiliar with the post-Pet Sound Beach Boys.
Sorry if I've been very brief, it is my first time, so... you know, the first time.....
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Wild Honey (02:40)
Sweet sweet wild honey bee
Eat up eat up eat up honey
Mama I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standing here
She's my girl and that's the way I'm keeping it now mama dear
No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
The girl's got my heart and my love's coming down on me
My love's coming down since I got a taste of wild honey
You know she's got the sweetness of a honey bee
Wild honey
She got it on and stung me good yes sirree
With all the other stud bees buzzing all around her hive
She singled me out single handed took me alive
Well can you can you gonna take my life eating up her wild honey
(Sweet sweet wild honey bee)
(Eat up eat up eat up honey)
Oh mama she's sweeter
Gettin' sweeter
Sweeter sweeter
Sweet
Wild honey
Let me tell you how she really got to my soul
It ain't funny
The way she make wanna sing a little rock 'n' roll
There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey
I break my back workin' just to save me some money
So I can spend my life with her
Sock it to me wild honey
Wild honey she's mine
Wild honey she's mine
02 Aren't You Glad (02:18)
Today could be a lot of fun
And precious one
I'd feel good just to walk with you
Tonight will be a special treat
You're so sweet
And I feel good just to talk with you
You know that I been a long time needing you
You say that you been a long time needing me
And don't you know that there's so much more to come
I got a heart that just won't stop beating for you
I got a love I just can't stop feeling for you
Aren't you glad now darling there's me and you
(Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
And I say aren't you glad with these days comes somethin' new
(Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
And I say aren't you glad now tell me you're so glad
[Me and you]
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Today is another day
Another way to get this feeling across to you
Tonight will be another night
That's outta sight cause I know the way to get close to you
You know that I'll be a long time loving you
I hope that you'll be a long time loving me
And don't you know that there's so much more to come
I got a heart that just won't stop beating for you
I got a love I just can't stop feeling for you
Aren't you glad now darling there's me and you
(Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
And I say aren't you glad with these days comes summer
(Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
And I say aren't you glad now tell me you're so glad
[Me and you]
06 Darlin' (02:14)
Ohh darlin'
My darlin' you're so fine
Ohhhh-hhh-hhh ...
Don't know if words can say
But darlin' I'll find a way
To let you know what you meant to me
Guess it was meant to be
I hold you in my heart
As life's most precious part
Oh darlin'
I dream about you often, my pretty girl, baby
(Darlin' you're so fine)
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love uh huh oh
I was living like half a man
Then I couldn't love but now I can
You pick me up when I'm feeling sad
More soul than I ever had
Gonna love you every single night
Cause I think you're too outta sight
Oh darlin'
I dream about you often, my pretty girl, baby
(Darlin' you're so fine)
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love uh huh oh
Woah oh oh oh
Every night darlin'
Gonna love you every single night, yes I will
Cause I think you're too doggone outta sight
Oh darlin'
I dream about you often, my pretty girl, baby
(Darlin' you're so fine)
I love the way you soften my life with your love
Your precious love uh huh oh
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