Recorded over the course of seven years, Dennis Wilson's one issued solo project "Pacific Ocean Blue" is a masterpiece. Yes. A blissed-out, coked-up masterpiece. The album's 12 songs reveal a songwriter who was looking to stretch out on his own and engage a vision of music that stood far outside what the Beach Boys were capable of handling or executing at the time. "Pacific Ocean Blue" is a moody view of both the SoCal landscape of the 70's as well as Wilson's own personal demons. The songs reflect the snapshot quality of Wilson's life in the studio: what he was capable of, what he learned, and how he stretched himself in the process. Highly recommended.
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