Still cruisin '
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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12 |
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33 min 44 s |
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Still Cruisin ' is an album by the US band The Beach Boys . It was released in 1989 under the Capitol Records label. It includes five new songs that were produced by Terry Melcher - exceptions are "In my car" (produced by Brian Wilson) and "Island girl" (produced by Al Jardine).
Emergence
In 1988 there were only four of the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson had announced his departure from the band and recorded a solo album . The rest of the Beach Boys went on tour.
In 1988 they contributed the song Kokomo to the soundtrack of the film " Cocktail ". The song was the first number 1 in America since 1966 and was Good Vibrations . After that, the Beach Boys were given a contract for an album by their old record company Capitol Records. The Beach Boys were allowed to release five new songs on the album. Mike Love and Terry Melcher co-wrote three new titles. Alan Jardine contributed the song Island Girl , which he also produced. In addition there were the already released songs Wipe Out and Kokomo . Brian Wilson contributed the seventh song In My Car . In addition to these pieces, Capitol added three songs from the 60s to the album, which met protests from the Beach Boys.
successes
The album peaked at # 46 on the US Billboard charts. The single Kokomo and the album were awarded a gold record in the USA .
Track list
- Still Cruisin ' (Mike Love / Terry Melcher) (US charts # 93) - 3:35
- Somewhere Near Japan (Bruce Johnston / Mike Love / Terry Melcher / John Phillips) - 4:48
- Island Girl (Al Jardine) - 3:49
- In My Car (Brian Wilson / Alexandra Morgan / Eugene Landy) - 3:21
- Kokomo (Mike Love / Scott McKenzie / Terry Melcher / John Phillips) (UK # 25, US # 1) - 3:35
- Wipe Out (Bob Berryhill / Pat Connolly / Jim Fuller / Ron Wilson) - 4:00
- Make It Big (Mike Love / Bill House / Terry Melcher) - 3:08
- I Get Around (Brian Wilson / Mike Love) - 2:09
- Wouldn't It Be Nice (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher) - 2:22
- California Girls (Brian Wilson / Mike Love) - 2:35
Song info
Most of the songs come from various soundtrack albums. The title track comes from the soundtrack to the film Brennpunkt LA , the three older tracks were used in films beforehand: I Get Around was featured in “ Good Morning, Vietnam ”, “Wouldn't It Be Nice” in “ Der große Frust ” and California Girls used in Soul Man . The latter was also re-released in 1985 by David Lee Roth . One of the new songs, Make It Big , was used in the movie "The Beverly Hills Wild".
In my car , produced by Brian Wilson, is an outtake from his solo album of the same name.
Wipe Out is a cover version of the popular hit by The Surfaris , with text added for the instrumental piece. The hip-hop group The Fat Boys is involved in this version . The two groups take turns in the style of the Walk This Way collaboration between Run-DMC and Aerosmith . Mike Love initially wanted to stage this song with Run-DMC, but then terminated his own contract. Apart from Brian Wilson, no other Beach Boys are featured on this recording. This piece was produced by Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran.
After Kokomo, Somewhere Near Japan is the second collaboration between the Beach Boys and John Phillips , the former band leader of The Mamas and the Papas .
The album was no longer reproduced by Capitol Records and is therefore no longer available in stores.