Also a
Beach Boys album, recorded, as the title suggests, in Holland. Due to
Brian Wilson's almost total non-involvement (although he did write the incredible Sail On Sailor with
Van Dyke Parks among others), meant this was one of the most democratic of Beach Boys albums, with everyone, including manager
Jack Rieley, getting almost equal writing credits, including one of only three
Mike Love songs written without a collaborator that the band ever recorded - Big Sur.
Much of the album is based around the themes of travel, homesickness and love of
California. While one of their most highly rated albums, it suffers in hindsight from a surfeit of 70s pretension...
Tracklisting:
- Sail On Sailor
- Steamboat
- Big Sur
- Beaks Of Eagles
- California
- Trader
- Leaving This Town
- Only With You
- Funky Pretty
- Mount Vernon & Fairway - A Fairy Tale
Band members at the time -
Brian Wilson,
Carl Wilson,
Dennis Wilson,
Mike Love,
Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Ricky Fataar.
Currently available on
Capitol Records as a twofer with
Carl & The Passions (So Tough)
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Carl & The Passions (So Tough)
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The Beach Boys In Concert