With the ambitious song cycle That Lucky Old Sun Brian Wilson unfortunately failed to live up to the high expectations. With the masterful Smile (2001) he could still fall back on material from the sixties, his creative heyday, on That Lucky Old Sun he was almost entirely dependent on recent material and it became clear that Wilson had long since developed his brilliance as a composer. has been
… lost. On the other hand, anyone who came up with an album like That Lucky Old Sun as a newcomer would immediately be labeled as a genius. On this DVD, the songs are released live in the studio in front of the limelight, making them more lively. There is also a documentary about the creation of the record and Wilson provides commentary on the tracks in his own inimitable way. (MS)more
