Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"

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Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"
Studio album by The Beach Boys
Publication ; (s)	May 15, 1972
Label (s)	Brother Records , Reprise Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	8th
running time	34 min 26 s
occupation	Singing : Mike Love ; Guitar , vocals: Carl Wilson ; Bass , vocals: Blondie Chaplin ; Guitar, vocals: Al Jardine ; Drums , keyboards , vocals: Dennis Wilson ; Drums, keyboard, vocals: Ricky Fataar ;
production	Carl Wilson , Brian Wilson , Dennis Wilson , Mike Love , Al Jardine , Ricky Fataar , Blondie Chaplin
Studio (s)	Brother Studios, Los Angeles

Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" is an album by the US band The Beach Boys . It was released on May 15, 1972 .

The album title is a nod to a high school band that consisted of Brian Wilson , his brother Carl, and their cousin Mike Love , and thus practically a forerunner of the Beach Boys.

The album was produced by the Beach Boys, but especially by Carl Wilson. The album is - for the Beach Boys - unusually R&B- heavy.

History of origin

Brian Wilson, head of the band in the 1960s, was hardly involved in the recording of the album, he still suffered from the mental health problems that arose while working on Smile . Bruce Johnston had left the band after falling out with Jack Rieley , the band's manager at the time. He now wanted to continue working as a freelance songwriter and producer. Drummer Dennis Wilson sustained a serious hand injury in 1971 and was unable to play the drums for years. This led to the Beach Boys adding two new members to the band, Ricky Fataar and Blondie Chaplin. Fataar and Chaplin were colored from South Africa . Together with Fataar's brothers they formed the band The Flame . This band had received a recording contract with the Beach Boys own record company Brother Records and was produced by Carl. In 1971 the band broke up. This was one of the reasons Fataar and Chaplin gladly accepted the offer to switch to the Beach Boys.

Carl and the Passions - “So Tough” reached number 50 on the US Billboard charts. In the UK charts, it advanced to number 25.

The album was reissued in 2000 together with the successor Holland and the EP Mt. Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale) . The liner notes for Carl and the Passions were written by Elton John and Scott McCaughey.

Track list

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone (Brian Wilson / Jack Rieley) - 3:27
Here She Comes (Ricky Fataar / Blondie Chaplin) - 5:10
He Come Down (Brian Wilson / Al Jardine / Mike Love) - 4:41
Marcella (Brian Wilson / Jack Rieley / Tandy Almer) - 3:54
Hold On Dear Brother (Ricky Fataar / Blondie Chaplin) - 4:43
Make It Good (Dennis Wilson / Darryl Dragon) - 2:36
All This Is That (Al Jardine / Carl Wilson / Mike Love) - 4:00
Cuddle Up (Dennis Wilson / Darryl Dragon) - 5:30

Additional information about the songs

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was written by Brian Wilson and Tandym Alder. The working title was Beatrice from Baltimore . Jack Rieley, manager of the Beach Boys, rewrote the text. The song contains borrowings from the Doo Wop .
Here She Comes was written by the two new members Fataar and Chaplin. Musically it is a blues number.
He Come Down is a song about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , the founder of Transcendental Meditation . Carl and Mike Love were or are followers of this meditation technique. The song is held in the gospel style and was recorded with the help of a Hammond organ and a church organ. The dynamic arrangement of the song also includes sound gestures and choral singing in which the Beach Boys sound like a whole gospel choir.
Marcella was again a song based on a Wilson Allmer composition. It was a somewhat crude declaration of love to his masseuse. Rieley also changed these lyrics to make the band sound more serious.
Hold On Dear Brother is a country song written by Fataar and Chaplin. The country arrangement also includes the use of a steel guitar .
Make It Good should initially be used for a planned solo album by Dennis Wilson. However, the album never came out.
All This Is That is based on a poem by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken . This song also relates to the Transcendental Meditation .
Cuddle Up was written by Dennis and Daryl Dragon (from the duo Captain & Tennille ). Dragon arranged the piece. This piece was also intended for Dennis' solo album and appeared there under the title "Old Movie". Dragon was touring with the Beach Boys for many years.

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↑ Back cover of the LP.
↑ http://home.planet.nl/~molle565/docs/bchaplin.htm
^ Booklet of the CD Carl & The Passions / Holland , Capitol Records 2000

[1] Back cover of the LP.

[2] ttp://home.planet.nl/~molle565/docs/bchaplin.htm

[3] Booklet of the CD Carl & The Passions / Holland , Capitol Records 2000


Studio albums	Surfin 'Safari (1962) • Surfin' USA (1963) • Surfer Girl (1963) • Little Deuce Coupe (1963) • Shut Down Vol. 2 (1964) • All Summer Long (1964) • The Beach Boys' Christmas Album ( 1964) • The Beach Boys Today! (1965) • Summer Days (And Summer Nights !!) (1965) • Beach Boys' Party! (1965) • Pet Sounds (1966) • Smiley Smile (1967) • Wild Honey (1967) • Friends (1968) • Stack-O-Tracks (1968) • 20/20 (1969) • Sunflower (1970) • Surf's Up (1971) • Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (1972) • Holland (1973) • 15 Big Ones (1976) • The Beach Boys Love You (1977) • MIU Album (1978) • LA (Light Album) ( 1979) • Keepin 'the Summer Alive (1980) • The Beach Boys (1985) • Still Cruisin' (1989) • Summer in Paradise (1992) • Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996) • That's Why God Made the Radio ( 2012)
Live albums	Beach Boys Concert (1964) • Live in London (1970) • The Beach Boys in Concert (1973) • Good Timin ': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)