Gettin 'in over my head

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Gettin 'in Over My Head is an album by the US musician Brian Wilson . It was released in June 2004 and reached number 100 in the US Billboard charts. It was at number 53 in the UK charts and at number 60 in Germany. The album was produced by Brian Wilson.

The story of the album

After his last solo album , which was released in 1998, Wilson went on world tours and released some live recordings of it. In 2003 he announced a new studio album.

Brian Wilson had worked with friend Andy Paley many times in the 1990s . The songs were partly planned for his solo album Sweet Insanity (1992) and for a new Beach Boys album (1996), but both albums were never released. Sire Records had heard the tapes and had already offered Brian Wilson a substantial sum of money in 1998 to release this material. However, Melinda Wilson, Wilson's wife and manager, and Joe Thomas turned it down. In 1996, during the recording of the Beach Boys album Stars and Stripes , Melinda Wilson had signed a contract with Joe Thomas that obliged Brian Wilson to write and produce two albums with Joe Thomas. This contract made it impossible for Wilson to publish the material of him and Andy Paley, he had to cancel Sire Records. 2003 Thomas Wilson released from the contract.

Contributors

Most of the songs were written by Brian Wilson and Andy Paley in the 1990s. Wilson gathered his ten-piece tour band and recorded the album with them. With a few exceptions, Wilson sang the lead and backing vocals himself.

Elton John , Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney appeared on the album as guest musicians. There is also the song Soul Searchin ' on the album, sung by Carl Wilson . Soul Searchin ' was planned for a Beach Boys album. It was the last Brian Wilson song that Carl Wilson recorded the lead vocals for. The piece was written during a Beach Boys session in 1996. Brian Wilson removed the vocal parts of the rest of the Beach Boys and sang them in again.

In addition to Andy Paley, the Californian poet Steve Kalinich also worked as a lyricist on this album. Kalinich had worked with Dennis and Brian Wilson in the late 1960s and mid 1970s, but very few songs from them were published.

Track list

  1. How Could We Still Be Dancin ' (Brian Wilson / Joe Thomas)
    A duet by Brian Wilson and Elton John from 2003. Elton John sings the verse, Wilson the chorus. The song was planned for the last unreleased Beach Boys album.
  2. Soul Searchin ' (Brian Wilson / Andy Paley)
    The title is from 1997 and comes from a "Beach Boys Session". It was the last Brian Wilson song that his brother Carl Wilson recorded the lead vocals for. Carl Wilson died in 1998. Carl Wilson's voice can be heard in the verse, Brian Wilson sang the remaining parts. The song was also intended for a new "Beach Boys" album, but it never came about. The title was written in a London hotel in 1996.
  3. You Have Touched Me (Brian Wilson / Steve Kalinich)
    A song that Brian Wilson wrote for his wife Melinda in the early 1990s.
  4. Gettin 'in Over My Head (Brian Wilson / Andy Paley)
    The song is about a man who is afraid of falling in love again because he is afraid of getting hurt. The piece was written in the mid-1990s.
  5. City Blues (Brian Wilson)
    Brian Wilson wrote this title in the early 1980s. It came from the "Hamburger Sessions", in which Brian Wilson and his brother Dennis Wilson were involved. Brian Wilson's band member Scott Bennett rewrote some text passages, but did not mention them in the credits. Eric Clapton plays the blues guitar on this song.
  6. Desert Drive (Brian Wilson / Andy Paley)
    A rock song from the early 1990s. The only track on the album that Wilson's tour band is also part of vocally.
  7. A Friend Like You (Brian Wilson / Steve Kalinich)
    Paul McCartney worked on the song as a singer and guitarist. The title is the only new song written in 2003.
  8. Make a Wish (Brian Wilson)
    A song from the Sweet Insanity album that has been reworked. Here too, Wilson wrote music and lyrics.
  9. Rainbow Eyes (Brian Wilson)
    This piece was also planned for the Sire Records album. Wilson wrote lyrics and music.
  10. Saturday Morning in the City (Brian Wilson / Andy Paley)
    A 1920s style song written around 1995.
  11. Fairy Tale (Brian Wilson / David Foster)
    This composition is from the late 1980s. It was also planned for Sweet Insanity . Brian Wilson first wrote lyrics and music for this song. Then David Foster wrote a new text about it. Some time later this piece reappeared, again with new lyrics, on an album by the Chicago group .
  12. Don't Let Her Know She Is an Angel (Brian Wilson)
    Another piece that was planned for the Sweet Insanity . It was written in the early 1990s.
  13. The Waltz (Brian Wilson / Van Dyke Parks)
    The music for this song was written by Wilson in the early 1990s and was planned for the Sweet Insanity album. Van Dyke Parks wrote new lyrics for the song in 2003, which prompted Wilson to include it on the album.