Brian Wilson And Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art (1995)
EAC-FLAC Image with CUE, LOG - 330 MB | Complete Scans | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps - 107 MB
Label: Warner Bros. Records | TT - 47:51 minutes | Cat. # 9362-45427-2
EAC-FLAC Image with CUE, LOG - 330 MB | Complete Scans | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps - 107 MB
Label: Warner Bros. Records | TT - 47:51 minutes | Cat. # 9362-45427-2
Nearly 30 years after their legendary collaboration on the Beach Boys' ill-fated "Smile" project, Wilson and Parks teamed up again for this Orange Crate Art, which in essence, is really a Van Dyke Parks album, full of his dense, complex songwriting and lush orchestrations, while featuring Brian Wilson on vocals. The album's title refers to the sun-drenched, idealized paintings that grace wooden fruit crates, and its theme is a nostalgic view of the history of California.
allmusic.com says: Brian Wilson enlisted Van Dyke Parks as his collaborator for SMiLE, the follow-up to the Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds. One single, "Heroes and Villains," was released from the sessions and became a hit, but the rest of the album remained on the shelves. Over the years, the legend of SMiLE continued to grow, as bootlegs circulated and selected songs were recorded by the Beach Boys (including "Sail on Sailor," from 1973's Holland). Parks and Wilson didn't work again until 1995, nearly 30 years after the SMiLE sessions. However, the resulting album, Orange Crate Art, isn't quite a collaboration – it's a collection of Parks songs as sung by Wilson. And that is the major flaw in the project. Van Dyke Parks' approach is intellectual, not instinctual, which means his compositions are over-labored and overwrought. Instead of making his melodies catchy, Parks makes sure they are complex, which means they are rarely memorable. Similarly, his lyrics are dense and laden with poetic imagery and metaphors, yet they are entirely too cerebral for a pop album. Then again, Orange Crate Art isn't a pop album – it's a self-conscious work of art. Parks may have set his sights high, but neither his music or lyrics fulfill his ambitions. For that matter, neither do Brian Wilson's vocals. On each track, he manages to pull of a couple of nice, sweet lines, but he often sounds forced and reedy, and he never breathes life into the still-born material. For such a long wait, Orange Crate Art proves quite disappointing.
Tracks:
01. Orange Crate Art
02. Sail Away
03. My Hobo Heart
04. Wings Of A Dove
05. Palm Tree And Moon
06. Summer In Monterey
07. San Francisco
08. Hold Back Time
09. My Jeanine
10. Movies Is Magic
11. This Town Goes Down At Sunset
12. Lullaby
Produced & Arranged by Van Dyke Parks.
More information @ Wikipedia
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