The Beach Boys (album)
The Beach Boys is the 25th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 10, 1985. Produced by Steve Levine, the album is the band's first after the drowning of founding member Dennis Wilson.[6] It was also the band's first album to be recorded digitally and the last released by James William Guercio's Caribou Records.[7]
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| Released | June 10, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1985 | |||
| Length | 40:31 | |||
| Label | Brother/Caribou/CBS | |||
| Producer | Steve Levine | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Critical reaction was mixed.[8] Writing in Rolling Stone, Parke Puterbaugh called the album 'pretty entertaining', adding 'though not a world-beating act of artistic reassertion, the LP does serve to showcase those amazing voices, and to remind the world that nobody does it better — still.'[9] Retrospectively, Levine said that he remained "immensely proud" of the album and wished that it had sold better.[8]
Track listing
Eugene Landy originally received co-writer's credit for all Brian Wilson compositions. This credit was omitted on later editions.
- Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Getcha Back" | Mike Love and Brian Wilson | 3:02 | |
| 2. | "It's Gettin' Late" | Carl Wilson | 3:27 | |
| 3. | "Crack at Your Love" | Al Jardine and B. Wilson | 3:40 | |
| 4. | "Maybe I Don't Know" |
| C. Wilson | 3:54 |
| 5. | "She Believes in Love Again" | Bruce Johnston | C. Wilson and Bruce Johnston | 3:29 |
- Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "California Calling" |
| Love and Jardine | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Passing Friend" | C. Wilson | 5:00 | |
| 3. | "I'm So Lonely" | B. Wilson | B. Wilson and C. Wilson | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Where I Belong" |
| C. Wilson and Jardine | 2:58 |
| 5. | "I Do Love You" | Stevie Wonder | C. Wilson and Jardine | 4:20 |
| 6. | "It's Just a Matter of Time" | B. Wilson | B. Wilson and Love | 2:23 |
- Bonus CD track
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
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| 12. | "Male Ego" | B. Wilson, Love | B. Wilson and Love | 2:32 |
Personnel
Some credits sourced from Craig Slowinski.[10][11] Others sourced from the 1985 liner notes and the reissued album.[12] Track numbers in parenthesis.
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- Brian Wilson – vocals, Yamaha DX1 synthesizer (3, 6, 8-9, 11), Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer (3), Oberheim OB-8 synthesizer (3), piano (6)
- Carl Wilson – vocals, Yamaha DX1 synthesizer (2, 9), guitar (2)
- Mike Love – vocals
- Al Jardine – vocals; guitars (6)
- Bruce Johnston – vocals; Kurzweil K250 synthesizer (5)
- Additional musicians
- John Alder – guitars (1, 6, 8), guitar synth (4), dobro (11)
- Graham Broad – drums (4, 11), percussion (1-2, 4-5, 11)
- Jeff Foskett - backing vocals (2, 5)
- Stuart Gordon – violin (5), viola (5), cello (5)
- Steve Grainger – baritone saxophone (1-2), tenor saxophone solo (7)
- Roy Hay – all instruments except tenor saxophone and programming (7)
- Simon Humphrey – bass (6)
- Judd Lander – harmonica (11)
- Steve Levine – Fairlight programming (all tracks), drum machine programming (1-4, 7-9)
- Julian Lindsay – Kurzweil K250 synthesizer (1, 11), PPG Wave 2.3 synthesizer (1-2, 8-9), programming (1), Yamaha DX1 synthesizer (2, 4-5), Oberheim OB-8 synthesizer (2), string arrangement (5), organ (6), acoustic piano (10), bass guitar (4, 11)
- Terry Melcher – Kurzweil K250 synthesizer (1)
- Kenneth McGregor – trombone (2, 5)
- George McFarlaine – bass guitar (3)
- Gary Moore – lead guitar (4-5), rhythm guitar (4), SynthAxe (5)
- Ian Ritchie – tenor saxophone (2, 8), Lyricon (3)
- Dave Spence – trumpet (2)
- Ringo Starr – drums (6), timpani (6)
- Stevie Wonder – vocals (10), drums (10), synth bass (10), Fender Rhodes electric piano (10), harmonica (10)
References
Citations
- Ruhlmann, William. The Beach Boys at AllMusic
- Wolk, Douglas (October 2004). "The Beach Boys Keepin the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys". Blender. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- Dillon 2012, p. 249.
- Dillon 2012, pp. 249, 254.
- Dillon 2012, p. 254.
- "The Beach Boys". rollingstone.com. 15 August 1985. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Most Self Contained Beach Boys' Albums".
- "Settling the "Getcha Back" debate".
- Bachman, Randy; Doe, Andrew (2000). Keepin’ the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.
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Bibliography
- Dillon, Mark (2012). Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys: The Songs That Tell Their Story. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77090-198-8.
External links
- The Beach Boys at Discogs (list of releases)
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