Wild Honey (album)

Occupation

Wild Honey is an album by the U.S. band The Beach Boys. The album was released by the record label Capitol Records in 1967.

The story of the album

The album Wild Honey was in contrast to his predecessors, not produced by Brian Wilson, but from the Beach Boys as a group. Brian Wilson withdrew more and more from the public back, put the Beach Boys but some newly written or yet unreleased songs available. He also took over during the recording of Wild Honey some vocals, however, had to do with the other recordings only slightly. As his musical masterpiece Smile had not been published, he suffered from depression. Although he still had lots of ideas for new songs, but managed often only with difficulty, the pieces also to complete. On the album Wild Honey The Beach Boys played their instruments for the first time in a long himself a.

Another difference from the previous Beach Boys albums is the economical production. The Beach Boys gave up this album to the sound effects of the two previous album and only play with the underlying instruments. Through this earthy recording technology they needed for filming a few weeks.

Wild Honey is today the worst -selling Beach Boys album. It still reached # 24 in the U.S. charts (15 weeks of stay ) and # 7 in the UK charts.

Title list

Additional information about the songs

Wild Honey is an ode to a jar of honey, which was located on the kitchen table in Brian Wilson's apartment. The song was influenced by soul music. The song was released as a single. It reached number 31 on the Billboard singles chart. In the UK the maximum placement was 29. It is the third song of the band in which a theremin is used.

I Was Made to Love Her is a cover, the original is by Stevie Wonder.

Darlin ' is another single from the album. It reached number 34 in the U.S. and 19th in the UK space The song is based on a composition that Brian Wilson for Sharon Marie, a former girlfriend of Mike Love wrote. The song was first called Thinkin '' Bout You Baby was released under this title in 1963. The revised version was initially intended for the produced by Brian Wilson The Redwoods Group, who stood by Brother Records. The recordings under the direction of Brian Wilson were never published. The band was called later to in Three Dog Night.

Here Comes the Night was released in 1979 in a disco version as a single and finds himself in a ten-minute version on the album LA (Light Album).

Let Wind Blow: This song represents another footnote in the history dar. Beach Boys Mike Love was up to this time as a copywriter for many Beach Boys songs known. In this song he also stands out for the first time in charge of a part of the composition

How She Boogalooed It is the first Beach Boys production, was not involved in the Brian Wilson - the cover versions and instrumental tracks not included. While it appears to a " Wilson " in the credits, but is meant Brian's younger brother Carl.

Mama Says is a holdover from the Smile sessions. You can hear parts of the song in the original version of Vegetables.

Swell

Alan Jardine Bruce Johnston • • • Mike Love David Lee Marks • Brian Wilson

Carl Wilson Dennis Wilson • • Blondie Chaplin • Ricky Fataar

Surfin 'Safari (1962 ) • Surfin ' USA (1963 ) • Surfer Girl (1963 ) • Little Deuce Coupe ( 1963) • Shut Down Vol 2 (1964 ) • All Summer Long ( 1964) • The Beach Boys ' Christmas Album ( 1964) • The Beach Boys Today! (1965 ) • Summer Days ( And Summer Nights! ) ( 1965) • Beach Boys ' Party! (1965 ) • Pet Sounds (1966 ) • Smiley Smile ( 1967) • Wild Honey (1967 ) • Friends (1968 ) • Stack -O- Tracks (1968 ) • 20/20 (1969 ) • Sunflower (1970 ) • Surf 's Up (1971 ) • Carl and the Passions - " So Tough " (1972) • Holland (1973 ) • 15 Big Ones (1976 ) • The Beach Boys Love You (1977 ) • MIU Album ( 1978) • LA (Light Album) (1979 ) • Keepin ' the Summer Alive ( 1980) • The Beach Boys (1985 ) • Still Cruisin' (1989 ) • Summer in Paradise (1992 ) • Stars and Stripes Vol 1 (1996 ) • That's Why God Made the Radio (2012 )

Discography

  • The- Beach -Boys album
  • Album ( rock )
  • Surf
  • Album 1967
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