- pop, pop rock
- 41 min
- 12 tracks
- Caribou Records
The Beach Boys is the 25th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 10, 1985. Produced by Steve Levine, the album is the band's first after the death of founding member Dennis Wilson. The album saw the band incorporate 1980's contemporary musical styles into their own sound and was intended to be a "comeback" for the band. It was also the band's first album to be recorded digitally and the last released by James William Guercio's Caribou Records.
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Classical in form, spare, warm and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic2/5 ★
- Blender1/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Getcha Back3:02
- 2It’s Gettin’ Late3:27
- 3Crack at Your Love3:39
- 4Maybe I Don’t Know3:54
- 5She Believes in Love Again3:34
- 6California Calling2:52
- 7Passing Friend4:60
- 8I’m So Lonely2:53
- 9Where I Belong2:58
- 10I Do Love You4:20
- 11It’s Just a Matter of Time2:23
- 12Male Ego2:35
12 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Beach Boys
- Label
- Caribou Records
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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