> Wondering what others think of it.  I find it, on listen one, to be bland
> and generic; it has his style, but I can't find the magic.  Admittedly I'm
> talking one listen.

After one song ("How Could We Still Be Dancin'"), I can't argue with you.  The song, a duet with Elton John, is, at least to me, pretty bland...much more like something you'd expect to hear from Mike Love and whoever else is currently propping up the corpse of the Beach Boys than from Brian.  And this is coming from me, someone who absolutely LOVED the opening/title track of "Imagination."  DAMN, that song was on repeat in my CD player for several days after getting that album; this opening track...yeah, not so much.

After I've listened to the rest of the disc, I'll give the rest of my opinion...