Music Review

Orange Crate Art

EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks

When Brian Wilson sings about ''me and my hobo heart,'' it's a kinder, gentler take on grunge think. And so it goes on Orange Crate Art, a collaboration with producer-tunesmith Parks, with whom Wilson last worked three decades back on the Beach Boys' Smile. Pop innocence at its best on an album so sweet it's disarming. A

Originally posted Dec 01, 1995 Published in issue #303 Dec 01, 1995 Order article reprints

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