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Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou)

Wesley Strick, Creem, November 1977

THIS BIG, BRAVE album — the only Beach Boys solo spin-off ever — is a small revelation. No one who has heard Dennis croak 'You Are So Beautiful' in concert could have anticipated Pacific Ocean Blue; it is the singular, even bizarre, statement of a John Lennon qua Santa Monica beach bum.

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