The Beach Boys (album)

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The Beach Boys
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Studio album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedJune 10, 1985
Recorded1984–1985
Length40:31
LabelBrother/Caribou/CBS
ProducerSteve Levine
The Beach Boys chronology
Rarities
(1983) 		The Beach Boys
(1985) 		Made in U.S.A.
(1986)
Singles from The Beach Boys
  1. "Getcha Back"/"Male Ego"
    Released: May 8, 1985
  2. "It's Gettin' Late"
    Released: July 17, 1985
  3. "She Believes in Love Again"/"It's Just a Matter of Time"
    Released: September 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]
Blender1/5 stars[2]
Christgau's Record GuideC[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 stars[5]

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]

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.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Getcha Back"
Mike Love and Brian Wilson3:02
2."It's Gettin' Late"
Carl Wilson3:27
3."Crack at Your Love"
Al Jardine and B. Wilson3:40
4."Maybe I Don't Know"
C. Wilson3:54
5."She Believes in Love Again"Bruce JohnstonC. Wilson and Bruce Johnston3:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."California Calling"
  • Jardine
  • B. Wilson
Love and Jardine2:50
2."Passing Friend"
C. Wilson5:00
3."I'm So Lonely"B. WilsonB. Wilson and C. Wilson2:52
4."Where I Belong"
  • C. Wilson
  • Johnson
C. Wilson and Jardine2:58
5."I Do Love You"Stevie WonderC. Wilson and Jardine4:20
6."It's Just a Matter of Time"B. WilsonB. Wilson and Love2:23
Bonus CD track
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
12."Male Ego"B. Wilson, LoveB. Wilson and Love2:32

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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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)

Chart positions[]

Chart (1980) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 52
UK Top 40 Albums[13] 60

References[]

Citations

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. The Beach Boys at AllMusic
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Dillon 2012, p. 249.
  7. ^ Dillon 2012, pp. 249, 254.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Dillon 2012, p. 254.
  9. ^ "The Beach Boys". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ^ http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,26597.0.html
  11. ^ http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,22606.msg533090.html#msg533090
  12. ^ Bachman, Randy; (2000). Keepin’ the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys (booklet). The Beach Boys. California: Capitol Records. p. 2.
  13. ^ The Beach Boys The Beach Boys

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