Beach Boys Survivor #23 Winner: The Trader

[Rob Dean]

Superb album , but sadly 'Town'  has to be dumped ( weakest track on a great album )

[feelsflow]

just to add a comment (I already voted):  "Leaving This Town" won't make it to the finals.  It is a great song, but Eric's right.  It was Much better Live.

[zachrwolfe]

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[pixletwin]

Welcome back to a new round of BEACH BOYS SURVIVOR. Remember to be respectful of others opinions. Please don't spam the thread with too much opinionating (a little is ok   ).... and without further ado...

Holland is the nineteenth studio album by the American rock group The Beach Boys, released in January 1973. It was recorded in Baambrugge, Netherlands over the summer of 1972 using a reconstructed studio sent from California, and with two Brian Wilson tracks rush-recorded in Los Angeles and added to the album at the last minute.

If you like songs about mother eagles mating with their offspring then you must be sad, because Beaks of Eagles was voted off.

As usual vote for your least favorite track. The track with the most votes gets voted off.

Tally on March 9th.

Sail On, Sailor
Steamboat
California Saga: Big Sur
California Saga: California
The Trader
Leaving This Town
Only with You
Funky Pretty
Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale)

Round#1 - California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles March 7

My least favorite is.... Leaving This Town. Good song. Just don't like it as much as the others.

[EgoHanger1966]

Mount Vernon

[Disney Boy (1985)]

LEAVING THIS TOWN

I think Blondie and Ricky were great and added enormously to the BB's music and credibility in the early '70's, and I think Leaving This Town is a great song, but it still gets my vote.

To me, that's more of a sign of Holland's brilliance than a sign of any weakness in Leaving This Town.

[bluesno1fann]

Steamboat. "yawn"

This song highlights Holland's biggest flaw. All the songs (with just one exception) sounds like it goes on for way too long. And this one is the worst example, mainly because it's also boring to the extreme and is hard to listen to without getting tired.

IMHO one of Denny's very worst songs. Only With You is far superior!

[pixletwin]

I love Steamboat. It sounds like pre-Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd to me. 

[TimeToGetAlone]

Mount Vernon, merely because whenever the story is going on I'm waiting for the lovely music

[shelter]

Leaving this town.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

I love Steamboat. It sounds like pre-Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd to me. 

Ditto. One of Dennis' most original and musically inventive compositions. It's gorgeous.

[baseball95]

Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale)

[alf wiedersehen]

"Leaving This Town."

I honestly can never remember what this song is.

[mikeyj]

Mount Vernon

[MyDrKnowsItKeepsMeCalm]

Mount Vernon

[slippingonthrough]

Only with you

[The Dumb Angel]

Leaving This Town

[slippingonthrough]

If you like songs about mother eagles mating with their offspring then you must be sad, because Beaks of Eagles was voted off.

Yes I am very sad 

[slippingonthrough]

Steamboat. "yawn"

This song highlights Holland's biggest flaw. All the songs (with just one exception) sounds like it goes on for way too long. And this one is the worst example, mainly because it's also boring to the extreme and is hard to listen to without getting tired.

IMHO one of Denny's very worst songs. Only With You is far superior!

Leaving This Town is the only song on the album that is a bit too long. Carl and the Passions was worse with time lengths.

[Marcella]

Leaving This Town

[bluesno1fann]

Steamboat. "yawn"

This song highlights Holland's biggest flaw. All the songs (with just one exception) sounds like it goes on for way too long. And this one is the worst example, mainly because it's also boring to the extreme and is hard to listen to without getting tired.

IMHO one of Denny's very worst songs. Only With You is far superior!

Leaving This Town is the only song on the album that is a bit too long. Carl and the Passions was worse with time lengths.

I actually quite like Leaving This Town. I'd say you're incorrect about CATP. Only one song is over 5 mins, and that's Cuddle Up. The only other songs that sound too long off CATP are Make It Good and Hold On Dear Brother, and they aren't that long.
With Holland on the other hand a lot of the songs are well over 5 mins, and with the exception of Sail On Sailor all the songs sound way too long. Steamboat is the worst in this cars for reasons I already stated

[slippingonthrough]

Steamboat. "yawn"

This song highlights Holland's biggest flaw. All the songs (with just one exception) sounds like it goes on for way too long. And this one is the worst example, mainly because it's also boring to the extreme and is hard to listen to without getting tired.

IMHO one of Denny's very worst songs. Only With You is far superior!

Leaving This Town is the only song on the album that is a bit too long. Carl and the Passions was worse with time lengths.

I actually quite like Leaving This Town. I'd say you're incorrect about CATP. Only one song is over 5 mins, and that's Cuddle Up. The only other songs that sound too long off CATP are Make It Good and Hold On Dear Brother, and they aren't that long.
With Holland on the other hand a lot of the songs are well over 5 mins, and with the exception of Sail On Sailor all the songs sound way too long. Steamboat is the worst in this cars for reasons I already stated

I like Leaving This Town too but IMO it is the only song on the album that is a bit too long. How is California, Only with You or Big Sur too long? To me Only With You is too short, I love the extended live version. (I'm voting for Only With You this round).

[ThyRavenAscend]

Thieving This Thown

[clinikillz]

Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale)

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

California