The Jukebox Rebel

Starts magnificently with “Do It Again”, goes on to feature 2 splendid covers of The Ronettes “I Can Hear Music” and Lead Belly’s “Cotton Fields”, and finishes in a marvellous psychedelic haze with “Cabinessence”, a track rescued from the scuppered “Smile” album. As with the preceding “Friends” LP, the top 4 tracks dominate the rest, but unlike the preceding 3 albums, there’s plenty encouragement here that suggests all is not yet lost for The Beach Boys.

The Jukebox Rebel
04–Sep–2005

A1	[02:25] The Beach Boys - Do It Again (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop
A2	[02:36] The Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) Pop
A3	[02:51] The Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain (Ersel Hickey) Pop
A4	[03:08] The Beach Boys - Be With Me (Dennis Wilson) Songwriter
A5	[02:02] The Beach Boys - All I Want To Do (Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich) Blues Rock / Soul Rock
A6	[02:39] The Beach Boys - The Nearest Faraway Place (Bruce Johnston) Film Score / Incidental
B1	[02:21] The Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (Huddie Ledbetter) Pop
B2	[01:36] The Beach Boys - I Went To Sleep (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson) Pop Ballad
B3	[02:40] The Beach Boys - Time To Get Alone (Brian Wilson) Cerebral Pop
B4	[02:31] The Beach Boys - Never Learn Not To Love (Dennis Wilson, Charles Manson) Cerebral Pop
B5	[01:07] The Beach Boys - Our Prayer (Brian Wilson) Operatic / Choral
B6	[03:34] The Beach Boys - Cabinessence (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks) Psychedelia

ratings by TJR