Orange Crate Art by Brian Wilson

Orange Crate Art

Brian Wilson

1995

Orange Crate Art is a Rock album by Brian Wilson, originally released in 1995. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Art Rock
  • lush
  • bohemian
  • whimsical

About

Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks’ songwriting collaborations for the Beach Boys’ ill-fated <i>Smile</i> album took nearly four decades to fully surface. In 1995, though, the two reunited for a different sort of project: an album of songs written by Parks and sung by Wilson. <i>Orange Crate Art</i> is a whimsical tribute to California, steeped in nostalgia and wrapped in quirky folk-pop arrangements. Parks’ sensibility — full of musical quotes and sly lyric twists — predominates here. His eclectic tastes show themselves in the gentle rhumba beat of “Hold Back Time,” the Caribbean ambiance of “My Jeanine” and the ‘30s soundtrack feel of the title song. Oddly composed string backdrops, bass harmonicas and steel drums add to the exoticism. It all sounds a bit rarified, though echoes of familiar Beach Boys-style pop are heard in “Sail Away” and in Wilson’s vocals generally. Some might consider this a curious footnote to Wilson’s better-known recordings, but it’s more than that. Deliberately anachronistic, <i>Orange Crate Art</i> is a beguiling postcard from a Golden State dreamland deep in the hearts of its creators.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Orange Crate Art3:00
  2. 2Sail Away5:16
  3. 3My Hobo Heart3:16
  4. 4Wings of a Dove3:07
  5. 5Palm Tree and Moon4:07
  6. 6Summer In Monterey4:14
  7. 7San Francisco4:28
  8. 8Hold Back Time3:41
  9. 9My Jeanine3:14
  10. 10Movies Is Magic3:55
  11. 11This Town Goes Down At Sunset3:23
  12. 12Lullaby6:05

Credits

Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold