Title: Two very different albums here
Product review: Following on from Surf's Up, Carl & The Passions was something of a disappointment. Brian Wilson was becoming less and less involved, though he did provide the basic tunes for the great Marcella and the rocking You Need A Mess Of Help. Best tracks are probably the ballads, notably Dennis's epic Cuddle Up and the heavenly All This Is That. Other than these tracks (and to be fair at 8 tracks in total, there isn't *much* else left), the album is pretty weak by the Boys' early 70s standards, with too much reliance on the 2 new boys from the South African group Flame.Holland was better and seemed to pick up where Surf's Up left off. Carl is on top form with the 2-part Trader, the band hit a great groove on Sail On Sailor (the only track *not* recorded in Holland), Dennis and Mike enchant on Only With You, and Al revisits California Girls on California. Brian's bonus fairy tale is, errrr......, *very* Brian!
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