| Still Cruisin' | ||||
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
| Released | August 28, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989; 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, reggae fusion | |||
| Length | 33:44 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Brian Wilson Terry Melcher Al Jardine Albert Calbrera Tony Moran |
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| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Still Cruisin' is the twenty-sixth studio album by The Beach Boys, their thirty-fifth official album (counting compilations and live packages), and their last release of the 1980s. 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. The classic songs included had been heard in recent films. The songs "Still Cruisin'", "Somewhere Near Japan" and "Island Girl" were recorded for the album by the touring Beach Boys band as well as studio musicians and producer Terry Melcher. Due to his ongoing relationship with Dr. Eugene Landy, Brian Wilson's lone contribution to this album was "In My Car", a song credited as being co-written by Landy and girlfriend Alexandra Morgan. However, as subsequent court cases have seen Landy's name removed from other period songs,[3] such as those on Wilson's 1988 album, these credits may be negated. "Kokomo" was a recent single, as was "Wipe Out", a duet with American rap group the Fat Boys. (The song was originally to be recorded with Run-DMC, but Mike Love apparently struck a deal with the other group.)[3] Make It Big was recorded for the film Troop Beverly Hills, and the remaining three songs- "I Get Around", "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "California Girls" - were the 'classic' recordings, ones from the group's earlier period, that had been used in recent films.
Riding on the coattails of "Kokomo", 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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Four music videos were produced for Still Crusin'
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Still Cruisin'" (from Lethal Weapon 2) | Mike Love/Terry Melcher | Mike Love/Carl Wilson/Al Jardine/Bruce Johnston | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Somewhere Near Japan" | Bruce Johnston/Love/Melcher/John Phillips | Love/C. Wilson/Jardine/Johnston | 4:48 |
| 3. | "Island Girl" | Al Jardine | C. Wilson/Jardine/Love | 3:49 |
| 4. | "In My Car" | Brian Wilson/Eugene Landy/Alexandra Morgan | Brian Wilson/C. Wilson/Jardine | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Kokomo" (from Cocktail) | Love/Scott McKenzie/Melcher/Phillips | Love/C. Wilson | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Wipe Out" | Bob Berryhill/Pat Connolly/Jim Fuller/Ron Wilson | The Fat Boys/B. Wilson | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Make It Big" (from Troop Beverly Hills) | Love/Bob House/Melcher | C. Wilson/Love/Jardine/B. Wilson | 3:08 |
| 8. | "I Get Around" (from Good Morning Vietnam) | B. Wilson/Love | B. Wilson/Love | 2:09 |
| 9. | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (from The Big Chill) | B. Wilson/Tony Asher | B. Wilson/Love | 2:22 |
| 10. | "California Girls" (from Soul Man) | B. Wilson/Love | Love | 2:35 |
Still Cruisin' (Capitol) reached #46 in the U.S. during a chart stay of 22 weeks.