Pacific Ocean Blue

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Pacific Ocean Blue
Pacific Ocean Blue cover
Studio album by Dennis Wilson
Released 22 August 1977
Recorded main recording:
September 1976 -
March 1977 (except start of "River Song" Autumn 1970 and "Pacific Ocean Blues" & "Rainbows": Late 1975)
Genre Rock
Length 37:15
Label Caribou Records/
Sony Music
Producer(s) Dennis Wilson and
Gregg Jakobson
Professional reviews

Pacific Ocean Blue is Dennis Wilson's only solo album, released in 1977. After several attempts, starting in 1970, to release his own project, some of which made it to the finished album, Wilson recorded the bulk of Pacific Ocean Blue in the months spanning the fall of 1976 to the following spring.

Wilson became the first member of The Beach Boys to undertake a solo project. Released in August 1977, Pacific Ocean Blue received glowing reviews for its depth and emotion and performed encouragingly in the U.S. charts. It is also notable that Dennis' hard living had begun affecting his looks and more importantly his singing, delivering grainy, yet still soulful vocals. Despite Wilson's pledge to record an even superior follow-up, entitled Bamboo, his continuing decline into substance abuse and personal problems ensured that the album remained unfinished at the time of Wilson's death in December 1983. Thus, this album, alongside his pioneering work with The Beach Boys, remains a focal point of Dennis Wilson's legacy.

Issued by Caribou/CBS Records on CD in 1991, Pacific Ocean Blue went out of print within a year; copies of the extremely rare CD now sell for over $200. Due to current disagreements over copyright ownership, the album is still awaiting fresh remastering and re-release, despite the feverish demand.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "River Song" (Dennis Wilson/Carl Wilson) – 3:44
  2. "What's Wrong" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson/M. Horn) – 2:22
  3. "Moonshine" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 2:27
  4. "Friday Night" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 3:09
  5. "Dreamer" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 4:22
  6. "Thoughts of You" (Dennis Wilson/Jim Dutch) – 3:02
  7. "Time" (Dennis Wilson/Karen Lamm-Wilson) – 3:31
  8. "You And I" (Dennis Wilson/Karen Lamm-Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 3:25
  9. "Pacific Ocean Blues" (Dennis Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:39
  10. "Farewell My Friend" (Dennis Wilson) – 2:26
  11. "Rainbows" (Dennis Wilson/Carl Wilson) – 2:55
  12. "End of The Show" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) – 2:55

Pacific Ocean Blue hit #96 in the U.S. during a 12 week chart stay. It never charted in the UK.

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