Gettin' In Over My Head

Gettin ' in Over My Head is an album by U.S. musician Brian Wilson. It was released in June 2004 and peaked in the U.S. Billboard charts 100th place in the UK charts, it was to be found at number 53 was produced in Germany ranked 60th album of Brian Wilson.

The story of the album

After his last solo album, which was published in 1998, Wilson went on world tours and released several live recordings of it. In 2003, he announced a new studio album.

In the 1990s, Brian Wilson had often collaborated with his friend Andy Paley. The songs were planned partly for his solo album, Sweet Insanity (1992) and for a new Beach Boys album (1996 ), however, both albums were never released. Sire Records had heard the tapes and Brian Wilson in 1998, a considerable sum of money offered to publish this material may. Melinda Wilson, Wilson's wife and manager, and Joe Thomas rejected this, however. 1996, during the recording of the Beach Boys album Stars and Stripes, Melinda Wilson had concluded with Joe Thomas a contract that Brian Wilson undertook two albums to write together with Joe Thomas and produce. This agreement made ​​it impossible for Wilson to publish the material from him and Andy Paley, he had to cancel Sire Records. 2003 Thomas Wilson dismissed from the contract.

Contributors

Most of the songs were written in the 1990s by Brian Wilson and Andy Paley. Wilson gathered his ten-member tour band and played the album with them. Wilson sang a few exceptions, the lead and backing vocals himself

On the album Elton John, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney appeared as a guest musician. For this is the song Soul Searchin ' on the album, sung by Carl Wilson. Soul Searchin ' was scheduled for a Beach Boys album. It was the last Brian Wilson song, to which Carl Wilson had taken the lead vocals. The piece was created during a Beach Boys session from the year 1996. Brian Wilson removed the vocal parts of the rest of the Beach Boys and sang herself a new.

In addition to Andy Paley and the Californian poet Steve Kalinich worked with on this album as a copywriter. Kalinich the late 1960s and mid-1970s had worked with Dennis and Brian Wilson, but few songs were released from it.

Track list

• Album ( rock )