I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (album)

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I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (Brian Wilson album - cover art).jpg
Studio album / soundtrack album by
Brian Wilson
ReleasedAugust 15, 1995 (1995-08-15)
Recorded
Length29:27
LabelMCA
ProducerDon Was, Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson chronology
Brian Wilson
(1988) 		I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
(1995) 		Orange Crate Art
(1995)
Singles from I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
  1. "Do It Again" / "'Til I Die"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[2]
MusicHound4/5[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 stars[4]

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is the second studio album by Brian Wilson. Co-produced by Don Was, the album followed Wilson's eponymous debut seven years after its release. It also serves as a soundtrack album for the documentary Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, also directed by Was. The titles are derived from the Beach Boys' song "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" (1966).

Background[]

See also: Sweet Insanity, Orange Crate Art, and Andy Paley sessions

After his solo debut, Wilson's psychotherapist, Eugene Landy, had significant influence on Wilson's projected follow-up, Sweet Insanity, which was shelved in 1990 and never released. After Landy's court-ordered departure, Wilson returned to the studio and embarked on multiple projects.

Wilson admitted in 1995: “At first, I thought ‘This is gonna be contrived, the songs were all old hat. But then I understood the context of it all, so I felt free to talk without worrying about what I was saying. I got a sense of my self — a sense of worth.[5]

Chart performance[]

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times reached No. 59 on the UK Albums Charts. It did not chart in the U.S.

Track listing[]

"Love and Mercy" and "Melt Away" were originally credited as Brian Wilson and Eugene Landy, but those credits have since been revised to show Wilson as the only composer.[citation needed]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Meant for You"Brian Wilson, Mike Love0:50
2."This Whole World"Wilson1:55
3."Caroline, No"Wilson, Tony Asher2:39
4."Let the Wind Blow"Wilson, Love2:44
5."Love and Mercy"Wilson3:13
6."Do It Again" (featuring Carnie and Wendy Wilson)Wilson, Love2:44
7."The Warmth of the Sun"Wilson, Love3:48
8."Wonderful"Wilson, Van Dyke Parks2:14
9."Still I Dream of It" (original home demo, 1976)Wilson3:35
10."Melt Away"Wilson2:58
11."'Til I Die"Wilson2:47
Total length:29:27

Personnel[]

From liner notes.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Rabid, Jack. "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1233. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 880. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Holdship, Bill (August 1995). "Lost in Music" (PDF). MOJO. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 1998.
  6. ^ Brian Wilson I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, CA, 1995, liner notes
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