Still Cruisin'
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||
| Released | 28 August 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1987–1989, Except "I Get Around": April 1964, "Wouldn't It Be Nice": January–April 1966, and "California Girls": April & June 1965 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 33:44 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson, Terry Melcher, Al Jardine, Albert Calbrera and Tony Moran | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Beach Boys chronology | ||
| Made in U.S.A. (1986) |
Still Cruisin' (1989) |
Summer in Paradise (1992) |
Still Cruisin' is the last studio album release by The Beach Boys in the 1980s, and their thirty-fifth official album (counting compilations and live packages). It is also the last album of new material released during a brief return to Capitol Records.
After "Kokomo" (when released as a single from the "Cocktail" film soundtrack) gave the Beach Boys their first number-one hit in the U.S. since 1966's Good Vibrations, the band decided to put together an album of recent and classic songs that had been heard in recent films. To help fill out the album, four recent non-film songs were also included. Due to his ongoing relationship with self-professed svengali Dr. Eugene Landy, Brian Wilson's lone contribution to this album was "In My Car", which is almost entirely self-performed except for harmony overdubs by Carl Wilson and Al Jardine.
Riding on "Kokomo"'s steam, Still Cruisin' went gold in the U.S., and gave The Beach Boys their best chart showing since 1976. During Capitol's Beach Boys re-issue campaign in 2000 and 2001 however, Still Cruisin' was left behind and allowed to go out of print. The album is available to download though on iTunes and other music downloading sites.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Still Cruisin'" (Mike Love/Terry Melcher) – 3:35
- From "Lethal Weapon 2"
- "Somewhere Near Japan" (Bruce Johnston/Mike Love/Terry Melcher/John Phillips) – 4:48
- "Island Girl" (Al Jardine) – 3:49
- "In My Car" (Brian Wilson/Eugene E. Landy/Alexandra Morgan) – 3:21
- "Kokomo" (Mike Love/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher/John Phillips) – 3:35
- From "Cocktail"
- "Wipe Out" (Bob Berryhill/Pat Connolly/Jim Fuller/Ron Wilson) – 4:00
- With The Fat Boys
- "Make It Big" (Mike Love/Bob House/Terry Melcher) – 3:08
- From "Troop Beverly Hills"
- "I Get Around" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:09
- From "Good Morning Vietnam"
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) – 2:22
- From "The Big Chill (film)", features an alternative mono mix with more prominent lead vocal
- "California Girls" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 2:35
- From "Soul Man"
[edit] Singles
- "Happy Endings" (with Little Richard) b/w "California Girls" (Critique), November 1987 (non-LP single)
- "Kokomo" b/w "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard) (Elektra), 18 July 1988 US #1; UK #25
- "Still Cruisin' " b/w "Kokomo" (Capitol), 7 August 1989 US #93
- "Somewhere Near Japan" b/w "Kokomo" (Capitol), January 1990
- "Problem Child" b/w "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard) (RCA), July 1990 (non-LP single)
Still Cruisin' (Capitol) reached #46 in the U.S. during a chart stay of 22 weeks.
[edit] Sources
- "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
- "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
- "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
- All Music Guide.com
