power pop criminals

VARIOUS - THE POCKET SYMPHONIES TO GOD (2008)

In 1966, Brian Wilson reached his creative peak ("God Only Knows" might be one of the greatest song ever written) with Pet Sounds. "Genius is a word that has been associated with Pet Sounds for so long that is now virtually a cliché. and while its absorption into the mainstream has made it almost impossible to truly describe the revolutionary impact the album had at the time, 40 years on it retains its stardust sparkle, influencing several generations of musicians (from being the prime influence on The Beatles' Sgt Pepper to its echoes on later material and inviting listeners to lose themselves in its songs, mood and very conceptualisation". Mojo 2007

Special note: A mere 12 months after the successful "Meet the Beatlesque", focusing on bands trying hard to be The Beatles, i tried to give a sequel to that previous collection with a "Brian Wilsonesque" homage bringing up front some of the best bands of the last 30 years. My picks are more or less subjective. Some are so obvious that all you have to do is nothing but "Smile" . Of course, a complete and special artwork (a kind of tribute to both "Beach Boys Today" & "Pet Sounds") has been included with this 2cd set (46 1/2 original songs). Another PPC exclusive...Try some buy some...Let's celebrate the summer.

Bands (Songs)

ZS (371mb)

CD1

Champagne (Smile) / Paul Steel (In A Coma) / John Davis (I Hear Your Voice) / Wondermints (Ride) / The Fraternal Order Of It All (Love Tonight) / The High Llamas (Literature Is Fluff) / Splitsville (The Songs Of Douglas B.Wilson) / The Dukes Of Stratosphear (Pale And Precious) / Kelley Stoltz (Ever Thought Of Coming Back) / The Explorers Club (Forever) / The Malibus (After All The Time) / Jeffrey Foskett (Thru My Window) / Frank Ciampi (Anyway) / Pugwash (It’s Nice To Be Nice) / June & The Exit Wounds (How Much I Really Loved You) / The Ruby Suns (Criterion) / Andrew (He Can Fly) / Richard Snow (And Then) / Peter Lacey (Dear Life) / Chris Rainbow (Dear Brian) / Craig Bartock (Things I Know)

CD2
Elliott Kendall (Symphony For A Sunset) / Elliott Kendall (Honda Bike) / The Paley Brothers (You’re The Best) / Dave Edmunds (London’s A Lonely Town) / BMX Bandits (Back In Your Arms) / Jason Byrd (Don’t Mind) / Hal (Softly Spoken) / Cabinessence (A Sound I Hear) / Cosmic Rough Riders (Morning Sun) / Randell Kirsch (My Socks Don’t Stink) / Chewy Marble (Cross-Hatched World) / The Nines (Ghost Town Sunday) / Ken Stringfellow (When U Find Someone) / Fugu (Triple Bass) / The Pearlfishers (Cherry Sky) / Linus Of Hollywood (Heavenly) / The Heavy Blinkers (Smile And Show Your Teeth) / Epicycle (Sunday Girl) / Marty Rudnick (Some Summer) / The Vinyl Kings (Sycamore Bay) / Maple Mars (The Soft Carousel) / The General Store (Nothing Can Come Between Us) / The Squires Of The Subterrain (Blind Date) / Noel Coward’s Ghost (What’s Wrong With Who Cares) / The Barracudas (His Last Summer) / The Scheme (I Don’t Want To Say Goodbye)