The Beach Boys (album)

The Beach Boys (album)
The Beach Boys
Studio album by The Beach Boys
Released June 10, 1985
Recorded June 1984–March 1985
Genre Rock
Length 40:31
Label Brother/Caribou/CBS
Producer Steve Levine
The Beach Boys chronology
Ten Years of Harmony
(1981)
The Beach Boys
(1985)
Made in U.S.A.
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (C) [2]

The Beach Boys is the twenty-fifth studio album by The Beach Boys, released in 1985. It was the band's first album to be recorded after the death of Dennis Wilson. It was also the first of the band's albums to be recorded digitally and released on CD.

For the album, the band hired Culture Club producer Steve Levine, who took them into the world of drum machines, synthesizers, sampling, and hi-tech recording technology. Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and Al Jardine all took an active role in the project, writing several new songs for it, with Stevie Wonder and Culture Club each donating a song. The album was recorded during summer 1984 at Red Bus studio in London, and Westlake Audio in Los Angeles during late 1984/early 1985. It features Motown artist Stevie Wonder on harmonica and keyboards on the song "I Do Love You", which he also wrote.

Although "Getcha Back" (composed by Love and his new musical partner, former Byrds producer Terry Melcher), was a top 30 hit, the album only reached #52 in the U.S. (making it their highest charting album since the release of 1976's album 15 Big Ones). After the album, CBS Records let the band's contract expire, leaving them without a record deal for the first time in years.

Brian Wilson contributed a song written in 1982 by himself and Dennis Wilson called "Oh Lord", but the song did not make the final cut. Also cut from the album was a cover of "At The Hop" with lead vocals by Mike Love.

Contents

Promotional videos

Two videos were produced to promote the album: "Getcha Back" and "It's Gettin' Late". Both videos featured a stereotypical nerd as the central character who socializes near the beach. In "Getcha Back", all band members were featured in a story of childhood love separated until the couple reaches their teen years. The second video, "It's Gettin' Late", the central character is learning about the trials and tribulations of dating. The only Beach Boys member to be appear in "It's Gettin' Late" is Brian Wilson, who has a cameo at the end of the video where he picks up a seashell and listens to the song, "California Calling".

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Lead Vocals Length
1. "Getcha Back"   Mike Love/Terry Melcher Mike Love/Brian Wilson 3:02
2. "It's Gettin' Late"   Carl Wilson/Myrna Smith-Schilling/Robert White Johnson Carl Wilson 3:27
3. "Crack at Your Love"   Brian Wilson/Al Jardine/Eugene Landy Al Jardine/B. Wilson 3:40
4. "Maybe I Don't Know"   C. Wilson/Smith-Schilling/Steve Levine/Julian Stewart Lindsay C. Wilson 3:54
5. "She Believes in Love Again"   Bruce Johnston C. Wilson/Bruce Johnston 3:29
6. "California Calling"   Jardine/B. Wilson Love/Jardine 2:50
7. "Passing Friend"   George O'Dowd/Roy Hay C. Wilson 5:00
8. "I'm So Lonely"   B. Wilson/Eugene Landy B. Wilson/C. Wilson 2:52
9. "Where I Belong"   C. Wilson/Johnson C. Wilson/Jardine 2:58
10. "I Do Love You"   Stevie Wonder C. Wilson/Jardine 4:20
11. "It's Just a Matter of Time"   B. Wilson/Landy B. Wilson/Love 2:23
12. "Male Ego"   B. Wilson/Love/Landy B. Wilson/Love 2:32

Sources

  • Keepin' the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys CD booklet notes, Andrew G. Doe, c.2000.
  • "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
  • "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
  • "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
  • "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
  • Allmusic.com

References


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