Were one to construct a graphical representation of the quality of Beach Boys albums, it would inevitable begin to resembled a gentle sloping hill before dropping straight downward. Love You<\/i> has the dubious distinction of being the last album on that gentle slope before things got really bad for one of America\u2019s most famous bands. <\/p>\n
Essentially a Brian Wilson solo record, Love You<\/i> defies description, but I will try. It is unconventional in every sense of the word, though given Wilson\u2019s state of mind during the 1970s this shouldn\u2019t have been unexpected. <\/p>\n
Wilson is a pop god; Pet Sounds<\/i> and SMiL<\/i>E have seen to that, as well as those countless ageless hits of the early 60s. While this record doesn\u2019t come remotely close to rivaling Pet Sounds<\/i>, it stands up much better when compared to the band’s later work. This also basically was Brian Wilson\u2019s most involved record in the period in between his solo career and the late 60s. <\/p>\n
A study in absurdity; that\u2019s how Wilson seemed to approach Love You<\/i>. The lyrics are often just flat out weird and abstract. \u201cJohnny Carson,\u201d \u201cSolar System\u201d and \u201cLove Is A Woman\u201d all demonstrate that Wilson was never the greatest lyricist in the world, his childlike naivety to approaching these subjects is endearing, to a point. <\/p>\n
The contributions from other member of The Beach Boys help elevate Love You<\/i> in terms of quality. Brian Wilson\u2019s vice at this point in time was decidedly not what it had been a few years prior. So, with brother Carl Wilson delivering killer lead vocals on tracks like \u201cThe Night Was So Young,\u201d Brian gets to sit back and arrange, just like he used to in the good ol\u2019 days. <\/p>\n
Few would confuse the decade in which Love You<\/i> was produced. The record reeks of the 1970s as synthesizers rule the proverbial roost. While Wilson\u2019s production attempts to emulate the sonic layers of a \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Nice,\u201d the overall effect is still lessened. Wilson\u2019s best records pushed the boundaries of what was considered pop music; Love You<\/i> remains content to stay at home with the kids. <\/p>\n
This album was a grower, taking multiple listens before I could decide just what the hell it was I listened to. For a casual Beach Boys fan, Love You<\/i> will undoubtedly confuse. Even the hardcore fan might reject Love You out of hand, given the overall quality of the group’s 70s output. But dig deep enough, and there\u2019s something there worth listening to. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7136],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-40401","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-beach-boys","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40401"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}