“Holland” by The Beach Boys - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1973Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s

TJR says

Rated as one of their best by many fans, their latest Randy-Newman-inspired sound is a bit of a hit-or-a-miss for me, but it's worth hearing and cherry-picking. The septet are: Al Jardine (vocals, guitar, banjo), Mike Love (vocals), Brian Wilson (vocals, drums, synthesizer, piano), Carl Wilson (vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, Moog bass), Dennis Wilson (vocals, piano), Blondie Chaplin (vocals, bass guitar, guitar) and Ricky Fataar (vocals, drums, slide guitar, synthesizer, percussion). As Wiki tells, to record the album, the band members and their families moved to Baambrugge, in the Netherlands. Vocalist and guitarist Al Jardine later commented: “It was rough being in Holland. We were working 24/7 in a small homemade rebuilt piecemeal little studio in a garage next to a cow pasture. Yeah, it was rough. We didn’t even have the correct electricity.

The Jukebox Rebel
19–Feb–2010

Tracklist
A1 [03:19] 3.8.png The Beach Boys - Sail On, Sailor (Brian Wilson, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Jack Rieley, Van Dyke Parks) Rock n Roll Ballad
A2 [04:33] 6.6.png The Beach Boys - Steamboat (Dennis Wilson, Jack Rieley) Cerebral Pop
A3 [02:56] 6.1.png The Beach Boys - California Saga: Big Sur (Mike Love) Folk Rock / Americana
A4 [03:49] 6.9.png The Beach Boys - California Saga: The Beaks Of Eagles (Robinson Jeffers, Al Jardine, Lynda Jardine) Folk Rock / Americana
A5 [03:21] 7.4.png The Beach Boys - California Saga: California (Al Jardine) Pop
B1 [05:04] 5.1.png The Beach Boys - The Trader (Carl Wilson, Jack Rieley) Cerebral Pop
B2 [05:49] 3.8.png The Beach Boys - Leaving This Town (Ricky Fataar, Blondie Chaplin, Carl Wilson, Mike Love) Pop Ballad
B3 [02:59] 3.5.png The Beach Boys - Only With You (Dennis Wilson, Mike Love) Pop Ballad
B4 [04:09] 4.6.png The Beach Boys - Funky Pretty (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Jack Rieley) Songwriter

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