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July 21, 2008

Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" Resurfaces

A new reissue of the Beach Boys drummer's late-'70s album serves as a reminder of Wilson's talent and torment
April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 12) The Beach Boys

By Lindsey Buckingham

Recordings and Reviews

Christmas With the Beach Boys

Being based on essentially commercial grounds, the loosely - bounded field of pop-rock music adopted Christmas in the same way it managed to assimilate most everything else. At some time or another, most major artists have recorded either albums or singles devoted to the holiday season, and from the...

2004 RS: Not Rated

Christmas Album [Disky]

2000

Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys

1993

Still Cruisin'

1989

The Beach Boys

1985

Keepin' the Summer Alive

1980

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Biography

The Beach Boys virtually invented California rock. Brian Wilson's songs celebrated an idealized California teenhood — surfing, driving, dating — and his productions were glossy perfection with an ultra-smooth blend of guitars and vocal harmonies. While the Beach Boys attempted more grown-up topics in the late 1960s, they survived into the late 1990s primarily as America's premier nosta...

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