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Holland
Rock · 1973 · 6 tracks

Holland

The Beach Boys

A murky, homesick masterpiece recorded in the Netherlands. Dense vocal harmonies meet Moog synthesizers and country-inflected odes to the California coastline.

January 8, 1973 · Reprise Records

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A deeply nostalgic and slightly foggy meditation on home and nature.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
02
Steamboat
4:33
03
California Saga: Big Sur
2:56
04
California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles
3:49
07
Leaving This Town
5:49
08
Only With You
2:59
09
Funky Pretty
4:09
Moments Worth Listening For
The heavy, rhythmic chug of the percussion on Steamboat that feels like a massive engine turning over in slow motion.
The transition into the spoken word poetry during The Beaks of Eagles that grounds the California mythology in a stark, literary reality.
The soaring, synth-heavy bridge of Leaving This Town that provides a rare moment of expansive, progressive rock grandiosity.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Holland sound next to the rest of The Beach Boys's catalogue?

Cabin In Woods+4.0σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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