Dennis Wilson - lead vocals, grand piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano (w/ wah-wah), clavinet, Minimoog synthesizers, producer, arrangements, choral vocal arrangements

Letters of appreciation from the White House later commended the Coast Guard for its “outstanding performance on very short notice”. But not everyone in uniform supported Reagan’s involvement.Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rded.). Virgin Books. p.260. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6. Fornatale, Pete (November 3, 1976). "Interview with Brian Wilson" (MP3). NY Radio Archive. WNEW-FM 102.7. But perhaps it's those easy connections - in addition to the obvious one of his older brother - that have always left me wanting slightly more from Pacific Ocean Blue. Don't get me wrong: it's a fine record; just not quite the "lost masterpiece" that its legendary reputation in some circles suggests. Instead, when 15 Big Ones came out in 1975, effectively marking the band’s inexorable decline into becoming an oldies act, Dennis took the songs he had co-written with old pal Gregg Jakobson to Jim Guercio, head of Caribou Records – and duly became the first Beach Boy to release a solo album. Pacific Ocean Blue went head-to-head with The Beach Boys’ next album Love You, Dennis outsold his brothers by two-to-one. The 62-year-old soul man has turned to youth for his first work in three years, but producer ?uestlove of the Roots and songwriters Anthony Hamilton and Corinne Bailey Rae have returned the compliment by making Lay It Down sound like Al Green of yore. Stunning in places ('I'm Wild About You'), pedestrian in others, the song remains the same, which is achievement enough at Al's age. Steve Yates

Contains a print of a handwritten comment by Dennis Wilson & an LP-format Booklet with Photographs & Texts for his first solo-album. The water continued to be a refuge for Wilson away from the tumult of The Beach Boys, but soon his own addictions were beginning to take a toll. On the front of Pacific Ocean Blue, Wilson appears heavily bearded, years removed from his refined good looks of The Beach Boys’ heyday.In a 1977 interview, Brian reported that his reaction when Dennis played him early mixes of the album was "Dennis, that's funky! That's funky!" [30] Dennis remembered, When Pacific Ocean Blue came out in ’77, it was met with critical praise but only modest commercial success. Then, over time, it became something of a lost cult classic. It was out of print for years and Wilson was dead: Between those factors, it seemed a piece of ephemera left decades behind. Upon its reissue in 2008, its stature rose to some extent. But, like the Beach Boys themselves, Pacific Ocean Blue still feels outside of the main narratives we remember and apply to its era. Thompson, Paul. "Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue Finally Reissued". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06 . Retrieved 2008-02-28. Friends yet to be alienated by Dennis in his final years, recall an increasingly incoherent, unstable character – who felt no need to curb the excesses that were losing him friends. In a sense that’s not surprising. The seventies had offered Dennis Wilson and his lifestyle nothing but positive reinforcement. While his brothers floundered, he did whatever he wanted to and creatively found himself in the process. Only when he lost his studio in 1978 – and, with it, the ability to record spontaneously – did that winning streak finally end.

a b Haggerty, Dan. "Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson's Solo Album To Be Reissued". 411mania. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01 . Retrieved 2008-02-28.

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