Still Cruisin'
Occupation
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Production
- Brian Wilson
- Terry Melcher
- Al Jardine ( Iceland Girl)
- Albert Calbrera ( Wipe out )
- Tony Moran ( Wipe out )
Still Cruisin ' is an album by the U.S. band The Beach Boys. It was published in 1989 under the record label Capitol Records. It included five new songs, which were produced by Terry Melcher - as an exception are " In My Car " (produced by Brian Wilson) and " Iceland girl" (produced by Al Jardine ) call.
Formation
In 1988, the Beach Boys only four. Brian Wilson had given his departure from the band known and recorded a solo album. The other Beach Boys were on tour.
In 1988, she contributed the song Kokomo in the soundtrack of the movie " Cocktail ". The song was the first number one in America since 1966 and Good Vibrations. After that, the Beach Boys are endowed by their old record label Capitol Records with a contract for an album. The Beach Boys were allowed to publish five new songs on the album. Mike Love and Terry Melcher wrote with coauthors three new titles. Alan Jardine contributed the song Iceland Girl, which he also produced. Then there were the already released songs Wipe Out and Kokomo. As a seventh song Brian Wilson contributed In My Car. In addition to these pieces, three songs were enclosed from the 60's the album from Capitol, which was met with protest by the Beach Boys.
Achievements
The album peaked in the U.S. Billboard charts ranked # 46 The single and the album Kokomo were awarded in the United States with a gold record.
Title list
Song Info
Most of the songs come from various soundtrack albums. The title track comes from the soundtrack to the film focal LA, the three older pieces were used in advance in movies: I Get Around was in "Good Morning, Vietnam ," " Would not It Be Nice " in " The Big Chill " and California Girls in Soul Man used. For the latter, there was also a 1985 reissue of David Lee Roth. Make It Big, one of the new songs was used in the movie " Troop Beverly Hills ".
In my car, produced by Brian Wilson, is an outtake from his eponymous solo album.
Wipe Out is a cover version of the well-known hits by The Surfaris, where a text is given for the instrumental. In this version, the hip- hop group The Fat Boys interacts with. In the style of collaboration Walk This Way by Run-DMC and Aerosmith alternate the two groups. Mike Love wanted this song also initially with Run-DMC set the scene, he then broke his own contract but on. Except Brian Wilson is represented on this recording no other Beach Boys. Was produced this piece by Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran.
Somewhere Near Japan is the second collaboration Kokomo by the Beach Boys with John Phillips, the former band leader of The Mamas and the Papas.
The album was not reproduced by Capitol Records and is no longer commercially available.