Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle CD

 classic
think i've done this already. vdp is a genius and this is a classic. what more can i say? check out my reviews of Tokyo Rose, Discover America, Clang, and Jump.
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 a retro classic
guess you have to remember the 60's and 70's. Parks is a genius. phenomenal arrangements and orchestration. he said it all. time to listen again with what's going on in Iraq.
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 An Artist's Artist
I first heard Song Cycle in '68 and purchased a copy from Warner Brothers for one cent (a promotional gimmick). A work of genius, this album has remained in my personal top ten for 40 years, along with "Pet Sounds", "Sgt. Pepper", "Revolver", and "The Who Sell Out". You should own this masterpiece.
Submitted by Ed (Seekonk, MA, USA)
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 When pop music almost became classical
I have loved this album unreservedly for 35 years, so far, ever since 1968 when I heard it at a friend's house. I was 17 years old, the product of a rigorous classical music education. This is the first music I can remember liking that wasn't 100 years old, and no wonder. It is meticulously composed, diabolically clever stuff from start to finish. Anyone whose musical taste is the slightest bit evolved owes it to themselves to give it a spin. If you can't like it after a fair trial, then "you will know why hayseeds go back to the country."
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 Even in retrospect, I just don't know
inexplicably i was one of the few buyers of This record in it's initial release, just to have it disappear along this long way. I thought it was, rather than eclectic, hyper insular, a solipsistic exercise, and too damn arty! But it was fascinating. All over the place, yet very much of one place and time. In some ways it was like listening to an autistic Randy Newman. The headline says it. If you like well arranged oddities from talented people, you might want to try it.
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