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Brian Wilson's return as creative mainspring meant hopes were especially high for That's Why God Made The Radio, but again, it's pitifully thin stuff, with far too many nostalgic hankerings, none of them as hypnotically potent as “Do It Again”, and some, like “Spring Vacation”, insultingly lazy: “We're back together/Easy money, ain't life funny”. “From There to Back Again” and “Summer's Gone” are the saving graces.
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