- pop, pop rock, rock
- 33 min
- 10 tracks
- Caribou Records
Keepin' the Summer Alive is the 24th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released March 24, 1980, on Brother, Caribou and CBS Records. Produced by Bruce Johnston, the album peaked at number 75 in the US, during a chart stay of 6 weeks, and number 54 in the UK. It is the group's last album to feature Dennis Wilson, who drowned in 1983, although he only appears on one song recorded in 1969.
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Classical in form, warm, spare and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic1.5/5 ★
- Blender1/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music1/5 ★
- MusicHound2/5 ★
- (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Keepin’ the Summer Alive3:44
- A2Oh Darlin’3:55
- A3Some of Your Love2:37
- A4Livin’ With a Heartache4:06
- A5School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)2:53
- B1Goin’ On3:05
- B2Sunshine2:54
- B3When Girls Get Together3:34
- B4Santa Ana Winds3:16
- B5Endless Harmony3:06
10 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Beach Boys
- Label
- Caribou Records
- Released
- March 24, 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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