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Jul 11, 2012That's Why God Made the Radio is the dad-rock album of the year.
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Jun 6, 2012Even if you weren't expecting much from everyone's favourite four part harmony-peddling pension queue, this record would be something of a mixed bag.
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Jun 6, 2012It's good to have them back--but only just.
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Jun 6, 2012The sterility and cleanliness of [the album's engineering and production] affords these 12 songs all the warmth and personality of a motorway hotel's car park.
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Jun 5, 2012A cloudless orgy of nostalgia.
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Jun 5, 2012While all members sound terrific behind the microphone, particularly when the harmonies are at their thickest, Love's lead turns on the god-awful "Daybreak Over the Ocean" and "Beaches in Mind" are excruciatingly over-played in their winky retro-ness and, quite frankly, an embarrassment.
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Jun 5, 2012The album is an un- even but deeply touching work by a clearly flawed Great Band – one that, at its best, always aimed for the heavens, even if it didn't always reach them.
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May 31, 2012Just as you're about to dismiss the album entirely, something extraordinary happens. The final three tracks – From There to Back Again, Pacific Coast Highway and Summer's Gone – form a kind of suite that is easily the best thing Brian Wilson has put his name to in the last 30 years.
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Jun 5, 2012The best bits of Radio sound like a fan finally getting to play with all the toys. It's a respectful approach, let down too often by sub-par material.
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Aug 9, 2012That's Why God Made the Radio isn't a bad album. It's just not the album everyone wanted.
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Jun 26, 2012Not unlistenable, but simply not special.
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UncutJun 1, 2012Ruthless schmaltz is, predictably, the order of the day. [Jul 2012, p.69]
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May 31, 2012That's Why God Made The Radio isn't terrible or embarrassing, it is just is a bit safe.
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Jun 7, 2012Most of the album is moronic Mike Love nostalgia that makes Kokomo sound good in retrospect.
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Jun 4, 2012[TWGMTR] is pitifully thin stuff, with far too many nostalgic hankerings.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 22
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Mixed: 6 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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