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Title: Post your review requests here Post by: Charles LePage @ ComicList on December 26, 2005, 05:49:54 PM Here's the place to suggest albums that aren't currently listed.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Don't Back Down on December 26, 2005, 10:29:03 PM Can you do dvd review threads?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Smilin Ed H on January 29, 2006, 03:15:29 AM Like a Brother?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Charles LePage @ ComicList on January 30, 2006, 02:51:51 AM Like a Brother? Good idea. It's also been suggested I post tribute albums for review. Just to remind me, here's the list I was given: Making God Smile Smile For Me: Gary Usher's Symphonic Tribute to BW Smiling Pets Guess Im dumb tribute papa doo Run Run: California Project Cameron Micheal Park's tribute to BW Jazz Portrait of BW Caroline Now! John Hunter Phillips: Diamonds on the Beach Tribute to the Beach Boys Big Eye Music Brian Gari Sings Brian Wilson Pickin' On The Beach Boys: A Bluegrass Tribute Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions The String Quartet Tribute To The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds Jez Graham: Jez Loves You - A Solo Piano Tribute To Brian Wilson Title: Re: Suggestions and comments about the board Post by: I. Spaceman on January 30, 2006, 12:01:36 PM Yeah, and we need listings for Bruce Johnston's Surfing Round The World and Pajama Party, please??!!!
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Smilin Ed H on January 31, 2006, 04:51:50 AM Yeah, Caroline Now's an interesting one.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: I. Spaceman on January 31, 2006, 04:01:55 PM What about Smiles, Vibes And Harmony? That's the only BB tribute worth a damn, to my ears.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Aegir on February 02, 2006, 08:44:50 AM Disney's Beach Party.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Jason on February 13, 2006, 01:22:10 PM What about the Pet Sounds Sessions?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 15, 2006, 01:15:52 PM Back to the Beach. My favorite.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 17, 2006, 12:49:29 PM ...that is, Back to the Beach, a Beach Boys reader by Kingsley Abbott.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Aegir on May 22, 2006, 10:15:52 PM There should be a proper review thread for Songs From Here and Back.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Jonas on May 31, 2006, 11:57:09 AM Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Aegir on June 24, 2006, 06:11:20 PM You may laugh, but it's not what it would seem. It had Jeff Foskett, Darian Sahanaja doing vocals and it was produced by Mark Linett. The only thing that makes it Disney is that Mikey, Minnie, and Goofy introduce the tracks in a ridiculous manner ("We sure need some help getting all this stuff to the beach! I know, let's ask Rhonda!"), and there's like two or three kids singing along with the high parts.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Jonas on June 25, 2006, 07:47:23 AM That's Mickey...
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Aegir on June 25, 2006, 09:05:38 PM potato poato
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on June 25, 2006, 09:19:27 PM sweet insanity
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: matt-zeus on June 26, 2006, 05:39:44 AM American Spring
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Rocker on June 26, 2006, 09:53:19 AM I agree that "Songs from here & back" should be there. Also "Symphonic sounds : Music of the Beach Boys" from the late 90s.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Jay on October 21, 2007, 08:20:16 PM Can we review bootlegs? As long as we don't tell anybody where to find them. ;) It could be a nice resource for the fan who wants a little bit more than the regular studio albums. ;D
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Robav63 on October 30, 2007, 06:46:14 AM Can we have a review of Billy Hinsche's new movie about Dennis - "Dennis Wilson Forever".
I expect it to be rather good................ Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Alex on November 26, 2007, 07:21:05 AM How about Warmth of the Sun?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: 8o8o on January 02, 2008, 04:28:43 AM I just bought a DVD called "The Beach Boys - Live Rarities". How about adding that one to the list?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Alex on April 10, 2008, 03:25:27 PM David Leaf's The Beach Boys and the California Myth
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: pobbard on June 19, 2008, 03:02:38 PM How about the new Singles box?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on January 29, 2009, 02:41:24 PM we need to add the TLOS dvd to the reviews ::)
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: MBE on March 02, 2009, 04:02:20 PM Let's add Beach Boys vrs Beatlemania by G.A. Forrest.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on May 13, 2009, 07:45:31 AM Bambu?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Lady on May 16, 2009, 11:39:44 AM Jon Stebbins' book, "The Lost Beach Boy"
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Rocker on May 24, 2009, 05:10:44 AM I agree that "Songs from here & back" should be there. Also "Symphonic sounds : Music of the Beach Boys" from the late 90s. I'd like to repeat this... Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: hypehat on May 25, 2009, 10:13:22 AM A World Of Peace Must Come? or am i dreaming that was released....
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: the captain on June 07, 2009, 09:07:35 AM Am I missing it, or is "The Lost Beach Boy" by Stebbins not in the book review section? I just found, bought and began it yesterday and gods know I'll probably have something or other to say about it when I finish.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on June 28, 2009, 01:15:46 PM Bambu? :-\
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Amazing Larry on July 10, 2009, 06:09:21 PM Unreleased dennis wilson solo album ^-^
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on July 11, 2009, 02:33:15 PM Of course it is, I just wanted a place to review it ;D
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: the captain on July 11, 2009, 03:07:16 PM When is the last time a suggestion was added? Do admins even read this thread? (Or are they just reading it, taking no action and laughing? That's what I'd do.)
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on July 12, 2009, 06:51:33 AM Do admins even read this thread? (Or are they just reading it, taking no action and laughing? That's what I'd do.) I do read it... but apparently I can't add a new poll. Hopefully on short notice we can update the whole thing. Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: the captain on July 12, 2009, 09:32:17 AM I can't decide whether that's good or not. I really was liking the idea of omnipotent mods thumbing their noses at the common folk.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Amazing Larry on July 19, 2009, 04:32:44 PM We should be able to review Van Dyke Parks Albums, i'd love to hear whate people think of Song Cycle
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Alex on July 30, 2009, 07:53:41 PM We should be able to review Van Dyke Parks Albums, i'd love to hear whate people think of Song Cycle It's awesome! Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: GroovinGarrett on October 27, 2009, 01:31:03 PM No topic for this year's Summer Love Songs?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on June 08, 2010, 04:26:25 PM Can I suggest Brian Wilson: An Art Book be added as well as the Beach Boys: Essential Interviews book.
not that any of our suggestions have been added really Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Phil H on June 13, 2010, 11:18:06 AM After making a reference to this book in an earlier post I was surprised to see that it wasn't included in the 'Album, Book & Video Reviews' section. It certainly should be ;).
U.S. version; (http://isbn.abebooks.com/mz/79/55/1556525079.jpg) U.K. version; (http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/6d/38/cb31012912a0073269a93210.L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on July 19, 2010, 04:32:29 AM After making a reference to this book in an earlier post I was surprised to see that it wasn't included in the 'Album, Book & Video Reviews' section. It certainly should be ;). ... it is actually. Since Feb 2006 to be exactly. Currently busy to work through all requests. Patience please... Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on July 19, 2010, 06:47:41 PM not a big deal. ;D
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: the captain on August 21, 2010, 02:57:37 PM Request: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on August 21, 2010, 03:11:22 PM Request: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin. now THAT was a surprise question... Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: pobbard on February 24, 2011, 05:51:31 AM How about the 40th anniversary GV single release from 2006? I wouldn't mind sharing a few thoughts...
Thanks! Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on February 24, 2011, 10:37:08 AM How about the 40th anniversary GV single release from 2006? I wouldn't mind sharing a few thoughts... Thanks! Added ! Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: rab2591 on November 01, 2011, 07:08:37 PM In The Key Of Disney for Brian Wilson. Please!
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: hypehat on November 02, 2011, 04:02:15 AM Duh, but The Smile Sessions, please! ;D
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on November 02, 2011, 11:28:41 AM In The Key Of Disney for Brian Wilson. Please! Done ! Duh, but The Smile Sessions, please! ;D Done as well. But be aware that there's also a lot of topics on this release on both the main board and the recently made SMiLE Sessions board.... Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: rab2591 on November 02, 2011, 11:34:21 AM In The Key Of Disney for Brian Wilson. Please! Done ! Thanks! Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: hypehat on November 02, 2011, 11:42:55 AM In The Key Of Disney for Brian Wilson. Please! Done ! Duh, but The Smile Sessions, please! ;D Done as well. But be aware that there's also a lot of topics on this release on both the main board and the recently made SMiLE Sessions board.... I know, but for the sake of completion. Sooner or later the talk will die down on the main board.... right? ::) Thanks! Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: smile-holland on November 02, 2011, 02:53:05 PM I know, but for the sake of completion. Sooner or later the talk will die down on the main board.... right? ::) with the current daily number of posts, I can hardly imagine that ever happening .... ;D Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: rab2591 on June 05, 2012, 07:19:48 AM That's Why God Made The Radio ;D
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Summer_Days on August 23, 2012, 12:42:23 PM Brian Wilson A&E Biography (1999) for the video section, please.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: bluesno1fann on August 31, 2013, 05:17:19 AM For the "Produced by or otherwise related to" section:
"The Many Moods of Murry Wilson" by Murry Wilson Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Freddie French-Pounce on September 09, 2013, 02:56:05 AM MIC
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Ovi on September 09, 2013, 03:08:39 AM A general suggestion to whoever starts a new thread in this section: try to make the poll results visible for everybody, not just those who've voted in it. :)
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: bluesno1fann on September 22, 2013, 10:53:38 PM For the "Produced by or otherwise related to" section: I really think this is a essential album to be added into that section"The Many Moods of Murry Wilson" by Murry Wilson Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: punkinhead on December 13, 2013, 06:41:33 AM How about the made for tv films- An American Family and Summer Dreams?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: bluesno1fann on December 15, 2013, 02:04:01 AM What about adding The Smile Sessions and That's Why God Made The Radio to the Rank The Tracks section?
Also, what about adding LIE by Charles Manson to the Produced By or Related To section? Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: KDS on April 16, 2015, 08:15:35 AM The Beach Boys DVDs
Doin It Again 50th Anniversary Concert Back Again Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: rab2591 on May 18, 2015, 07:20:12 AM No Pier Pressure!
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: KDS on May 22, 2015, 11:41:37 AM I think the request is on here somewhere, but how about a Rank the Tracks for TWGMTR???
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Lowbacca on April 11, 2016, 11:25:57 AM Keep an Eye on Summer: The Beach Boys Sessions 1964, released December 2, 2014.
(http://i.imgur.com/i030smZ.jpg) Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered on April 11, 2016, 11:41:13 AM That children's book Al wrote about Sloop John B.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered on April 30, 2016, 11:11:21 AM SMiLE 33 1/3 book.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Please delete my account on May 09, 2016, 11:36:28 AM How about "Here Today! The Songs of Brian Wilson"
http://acerecords.co.uk/here-today-the-songs-of-brian-wilson (http://acerecords.co.uk/here-today-the-songs-of-brian-wilson) Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: adamghost on July 31, 2016, 03:01:22 PM Long Promised Road: Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson Live
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Jay on July 31, 2016, 03:50:05 PM What about a brand new section for recordings produced or otherwise contributed to by Brian?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: BBB on August 07, 2016, 04:18:51 AM Hi, long-time UK lurker here, thanks for all the BB love and inside-info.
Off the back of the recent news, I'm wondering about whether to invest in the Ricci Martin album - Beached. Liking the sound of the Amazon samples. Opinions welcomed. Cheers Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: B.E. on March 05, 2018, 02:08:16 PM A lot of the recent releases appear to be missing:
1) Ken Sharp's book - Dreamer: The Making Of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue 2) Mike's album - Unleash The Love 3) Brian's album - Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology 4) Brian's CD/DVD - Brian Wilson & Friends 5) Sunshine Tomorrow 2 and Live Sunshine (as well as earlier copyright releases) Additionally, some of the most recent threads that have been created are missing the date, picture, and/or poll (e.g. Sunshine Tomorrow, Crowley's Carl biography). Edit: Also, perhaps, Bambu: The Caribou Sessions ? Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Gettin Hungry on March 06, 2018, 10:23:26 AM A lot of the recent releases appear to be missing: 1) Ken Sharp's book - Dreamer: The Making Of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue 2) Mike's album - Unleash The Love 3) Brian's album - Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology 4) Brian's CD/DVD - Brian Wilson & Friends 5) Sunshine Tomorrow 2 and Live Sunshine (as well as earlier copyright releases) Additionally, some of the most recent threads that have been created are missing the date, picture, and/or poll (e.g. Sunshine Tomorrow, Crowley's Carl biography). Edit: Also, perhaps, Bambu: The Caribou Sessions ? Cosigned! I'd especially like reviews of 1 and 3. Would also love to hear takes on Bambu. Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: B.E. on March 15, 2018, 10:19:58 AM There's also the Price & Reference Guide For The Beach Boys American Records that was released last year.
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on March 21, 2018, 09:50:59 PM A lot of the recent releases appear to be missing: 1) Ken Sharp's book - Dreamer: The Making Of Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue 2) Mike's album - Unleash The Love 3) Brian's album - Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology 4) Brian's CD/DVD - Brian Wilson & Friends 5) Sunshine Tomorrow 2 and Live Sunshine (as well as earlier copyright releases) Additionally, some of the most recent threads that have been created are missing the date, picture, and/or poll (e.g. Sunshine Tomorrow, Crowley's Carl biography). Edit: Also, perhaps, Bambu: The Caribou Sessions ? Working on it :) Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Summer_Days on April 14, 2018, 07:34:03 PM For the video section how about Love & Mercy?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: rab2591 on June 30, 2022, 06:53:47 AM Will a new thread be created for the newer release of Sounds of Summer? Or should the reviews go in the old SoS thread?
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Julia on July 04, 2025, 09:36:50 AM We need one for "A World of Peace Must Come" as that was produced by Brian. (It's not particularly impressive and I doubt many have heard it, but for the sake of completion. I give it a 1/5 personally.)
I think there ought to be a place for unreleased albums unless there is one already and Im missing it. Adult/Child and Sweet Insanity demand my 2/5 ratings! Also one for the Honeys' various albums. It's Brian's wife and unrequited love, they should go in the "related" category. Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Julia on August 27, 2025, 12:45:30 PM In the "Tribute" section, there should be one for Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee by The Beach Boys vs J Dilla. I thought it was fantastic
Title: Re: Post your review requests here Post by: Julia on September 13, 2025, 01:06:45 PM Here's another one for ya, Dumb Angel by Journey of Giraffes (SMiLE's working title meets Pet Sounds' alt cover). This seems to be a tribute album of SMiLE-related music by the guys who started the Smile Shop forum, Jon and John. The former is credited with the cover art, the latter with the music itself. Considering this forum is the successor to their old site, and its a clear homage to Brian's best work, I'm REALLY surprised this doesn't have a spot. I don't expect it ever will since none of the other suggestions here are ever acted upon so I'll review it now in this post.
https://ajourneyofgiraffes.bandcamp.com/album/dumb-angel (https://ajourneyofgiraffes.bandcamp.com/album/dumb-angel) Angelus/Wow was a great alt take on Prayer/Gee, with the transition from one into the other much more seamless and satisfying than their Prayer/Gee equivalents. I loved this part. By Hook or By Crook is where it gets spottier. Im not a big fan of the vocals, or at least the way they're mixed. It's incredibly hard to make out what the singer is even saying because he doesn't enunciate well or there's too much echo/reverb whatever in the mix. It's not bad but definitely far inferior to H&V, lacking the playfulness and "You're Under Arrest" oddities. Fresh Zen Air is ok but another disappointment considering you could easily flesh out what's an annoying fragment that ought to be cut in BWPS/TSS into a full song but chose not to. This is just here out of obligation. The Old Farmer's Almanac ditto. Ends way too abruptly. Proper Passage is Cabin Essence without the dramatic shift from quiet verses to booming choruses that makes the original work. The "who laid the tracks down" part is very underwhelming. The fade is better than the choruses but still incredibly weak compared to the BB original. You could say it's an unfair comparison but it's not even close. She Paints Wonderlands its ok. The sound font of this album is starting to grate on me by this point though. All the songs sound the same, I can hardly make out the words and it feels very "overly digitized singing over midi instruments" for my liking. I know that's the times we live in, there will never be another wrecking crew much less an average joe to have access to them. Still really sucks. Son & Daughter it's CIFOTM without the thought provoking, initially contradicting lyrics or iconic baby's cry horn sound. Very underwhelming. And Then, Hope same complaints, just a blander SU without clear vocals or distinct instruments. The lyrics for this and all other tracks (but especially this) are so much more inferior to VDP's work. There's none of the wordplay, references, allusions or alliterative flow. Just a bland dumbed down copy. Ye Olde Toolshed a charming instrumental. Another highlight, ironically of SMiLE's worst track. Potatoes it's VT without the optimistic energy--the weird whispering chorus is so not-Veggies like Im wondering where that came from. If you played this to me out of context, I'd never in a million years guess it's a Veggies knockoff. Dusker bland, without the dramatically louder choruses or tag that make WC so special. (Noticing a pattern yet?) The Great Baltimore Fire, 1904 is another highlight. I love this one and how it mirrors Fire but with weird oscillating "alien space laser" sounds. It ends too abruptly without the "stamping out the fire" sounds to bring it to a dramatic conclusion. Clean Cleansing Rain is a serviceable counterpart to CCW. Another highlight. Keep On the Wavelength is ok. A far less good GV but the chorus is still one of the better moments in this album. The titular phrase is really awkward and unintuitive though--no one would ever use such an awkward phrase in a song except when conceptually bound to sing GV without singing GV. ^Why is there no Worms equivalent? That seems the biggest omission. Overall, it's a 2/5. It's not just me being sour grapes "ugh it's not SMiLE" it's just an objectively bland recording where all the songs sound the same and the vocals are weak. The arrangements are very weak "cheap digital midi" sounding, without the bisociative use of specific instruments to evoke a mood like Brian did. They all blend into each other, where in SMiLE proper there was such an important "feel" to WC marimbas vs CE's banjos that gave each composition a pictorial identity. I really couldn't recommend this to anybody who isn't a curious diehard fan--the idea of the album (a half-original SMiLE tribute by the guys who made the famous 90s forum) is much more interesting than the results. It's everything wrong with modern amateur digital productions. |