THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
The Beach Boys: “Holland” (Brother). Meandering towards oblivion to be reborn — it’s their, er, dharma, right? — only don’t bet on it. The question this time: Why did they transport a whole sound system to the Netherlands just to make this album when they could have flown some redwood mountain streams to the starving in India instead?
June 1, 1973