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Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time.
Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session ...
If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect ...
The death of Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson reminds us all that the great artists don't live forever, and we should ...
Despite singing about surfing and being endlessly labelled as a surf band, the Beach Boys didn't actually sound anything like other surf rockers like Dick Dale or the Ventures. Pet Sounds ' ...
Reporter Peter Gilstrap lives every audiophile’s dream — chatting with Brian Wilson about the goats from the “Pet Sounds” album cover.
Paul McCartney has described God Only Knows, the album's centrepiece, as the greatest song ever written (it was interesting that his daughter, Stella, should have chosen it as one of her Desert Island ...
Brian Wilson, the driving force behind the Beach Boys whose sprawling compositional prowess influenced rock musicians from ...
Legendary ’60s Singer Called This the 'Greatest Song Ever Written' originally appeared on Parade. With the passing of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, many fans are revisiting the legendary ...
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...
Mike Love has often clashed with his cousin Brian Wilson over his contributions to The Beach Boys, but did he really hate ...
Wilson pushed the boundaries of rock music with a series of mid-1960s works including the 1966 album "Pet Sounds," which profoundly influenced the Beatles. The British rockers used it as ...