Songs Cycled - Van Dyke Parks
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  • Summary: This is the first solo studio release in 24 years for the pop singer-songwriter, who first gained fame for his work on Brian Wilson's SMiLE album.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. May 6, 2013
    90
    Songs Cycled is opaque and entirely accessible. [Jun 2013, p.80]
  2. May 8, 2013
    80
    Songs Cycled has everything you’d want from Van Dyke Parks and from an album. By being true to the Van Dyke Parks’ perception of what an album should contain, his music sounds as though it is from a different planet.
  3. 80
    Songs Cycles certainly doesn’t represent all that Van Dyke Parks has to say about the state of the modern world, but the album does manage to assuredly illuminate Parks’ singular artistic vision and his enduring impact on the music of our times.
  4. May 13, 2013
    60
    A collection of songs that are either from or reflect different eras of his work--all linked by his idiosyncratically engaging vocals and melodies. [Jun 2013, p.108]

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