#nelson bragg

[briandouglaswilson]

[mitjalovse]

The self-cover albums differ from one another in many aspects, though the most intriguing could be Brian Wilson Presents Smile, because the original Smile carries so much baggage, which one of the singers of The Beach Boys, if you ask me, actually managed to overcome with his solo disc. Sure, we cannot claim this is the way the disc intended to sound, the record remains production-wise in the realm of the remastered platters, but you can hear the quiet radicalism of the LP that broke the band apart. I mean, the instrumental in the link frightened Mr. Wilson, the stories surrounding that one remain unparalleled, yet you cannot deny the composition's power. The latter reaches the territory of the late phase by Scott Walker, showing Mr. Wilson as a fellow trailblazer.

[mitjalovse]

Of course, checking the past can be painful, which is why I ask myself how all the different musicians who released the LPs, where they look back feel about these type of enterprises.  Brian Wilson Presents Smile by, hm, Brian Wilson got him to confront the infamous album, which broke him. Many years later he decided to salvage this project by re-recording the entire record to reach the plan he had for that. This time he got surrounded by a more supportive personnel, which results into a fine addition to his opus, but we must know this is not Smile. The latter shall remain one of the great mysteries of rock music, but this version shows the reason for Mr. Wilson's stature. The tune in the link, for instance, still sounds unlike anything else.

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[briandouglaswilson]

[briandouglaswilson]

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