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If anyone doubted Dennis's musical talents and assumed that he was in the band purely for his looks, this is the prime evidence to the contrary, even if arguably his early 70s output with the Beach Boys was a stronger. Dennis's vocal talents were different to those in the rest of the band (probably helped by one too many cigarettes) and those looking for the pure, harmonic simplicity of the early Beach Boys might be disappointed, but this is a dense and passionate album, with moments of considerable beauty, especially on the ballads Time and Thoughts Of You.

Some of the rockers may sound a bit simplistic, but there is additional poignancy at the end with the titles End Of The Show and Farewell My Friend. Dennis's demise was some years off, but there does seem to be some foreshadowing that this is his last coherent musical statement to the world, even although he recorded virtually another unreleased solo album to be known as Bambu, some of which came out on the Beach Boys LA Light Album, and much was officially released with the 2008 re-release of Pacific Ocean Blue. All in all, an excellent and important record that shows the breadth of the excellent music made by many members of the band; it seemed almost criminal that this was out of print on CD for over ten years with copies fetching way more than 30 pieces of silver on E-Bay and elsewhere. However the 2008 re-release was worth the wait, and created a new wave of Denny-mania and good UK chart success.

RATING: 8 out of 10