From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <132b1da3hvvl28@corp.supernews.com>,   
   Alric Knebel   wrote:   
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   >At this point on this two-fer, I've only really listened to Smiley   
   >Smile.  It really is a terrible disappointment to me, with "Good   
   >Vibrations" the only REALLY good song.  How could the thing be this bad   
   >of a miss?  I mean, these guys were seasoned musicians at this time.   
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   >What album would you guys recommend for the Beach Boys in their more   
   >progressive period?  And what album would you recommend, period, outside   
   >of the GV-level creativity?   
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   It's not bad.  There's "Good Vibrations", of course and "Heroes & Villians"   
   was a medium hit.  "Little Pad" is an agreeable, slight song, "She's Goin'   
   Bald"   
   is funny, and "Wind Chimes" & "Wonderful" are not bad renditions of Smile   
   songs.   
      
   The Wild Honey part of the twofer has some very nice songs too, though   
   the excellent "Aren't You Glad" really gets the treatment it needs on the   
   Live in London album (the same goes for "Let the Wind Blow" and the Warner   
   live album).   
      
   As for albums from the "progressive" period:  Hands down, you want "Sunflower".   
      
      
   				Ted   
      
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