Brian WilsonBest Brian Wilson Albums Ranked
7.2
Avg Score
18
Opinions
12
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 18 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Brian Wilson’s catalog across 12 albums from 18 opinions, with an overall average of 7.2/10. The top-rated Brian Wilson album is Smile (2004) with a 9.3/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by That Lucky Old Sun and Brian Wilson. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1988 to 2021.
Smile
“Never mind Pet Sounds. Good record, but a totem. That leaves three great Beach Boys albums. First comes a fun-fun-fun best-of: With the canonical Endless Summer deleted, settle for 2003’s longer, less pristine Sounds of Summer. The other two are quickies that fit neatly on one must-own CD: Buy Smiley Smile/Wild Honey while EMI lets […]”
Smile
“Finally: After 35 years, Brian Wilson solves the Smile puzzle, piecing together the fragments that fans have spent the last 3½ decades meticulously researching, speculating over, and attempting to assemble themselves. As the mythical follow-up to Pet Sounds, it delivers, and despite his age, Wilson's voice even sounds fantastic, still carrying the weight of these angelic melodies.”
That Lucky Old Sun
“"At 25, I turned out the light/’Cause I couldn’t handle the glare in my tired eyes." Those lines in "Goin’ Home" bluntly refer to Brian Wilson’s famous mental shutdown in 1967, during the sessions for the aborted Beach Boys album Smile. But that bridge is sung by a pitch-perfect choir in a radiant, white-funk song […]”