Love You

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  My Favorite Albums of All Time

  Signal_F

  There has been a recent resurgence of The Beach Boys later albums and I'm incredibly happy to see it. Love You is a very strange album if you don't have any prior knowledge of the mythical history of this band and it's front-man, Brian Wilson, but It's very much worth listening to. To sum it up, Love You is the last great works by one of the most innovating producers of the 1960's. By 1977, Brian Wilson was in his middle age suffering through addiction and mental health issues, but he was able to conjure up a synth-pop album (in 1977!) that tries to hearkens back to days when he was in his prime. The result is some of the weirdest, but most heartfelt music a popular group could ever release. It's child-like and innocent in a way that only Brian Wilson could ever pull off. The synths used throughout the album sound crude and crunchy, yet the compositions and of course, the vocals sound as great as ever (even if you can hear how much older everyone is.) Despite all the fucked up shit Brian has been through, he demonstrated that he's still has it even after all these years. Love you is an album that I cherish deeply (Just like with Pet Sounds) and It'll continue to influence me for years to come!

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  Beach Boys Starter Pack

  Christopher McGee