Significance of Rio Grande
Although it did not contain Van Dyke Parks' imagery or have the out-of-the-box, ambitious enlightenment of the Smile-era work, it gave Brian Wilson the progressive relativity of a genuine comeback album. Because of "Rio Grande", it was unmistakable that Brian Wilson was back on the path from the wilderness to the distant frontier. Mostly, "Rio Grande" unmasked a notion of the old Brian Wilson and helped bridge a gap between the original Smile and the long-awaited, eventual 2004 release of Smile.
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