The Beach Boys (album)

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Supported by the release of its lead single "Getcha Back", The Beach Boys charted at number fifty-two in the United States and number sixty in the United Kingdom. A further two singles – "It's Gettin' Late" and "She Believes in Love Again" were released in July and October 1985 respectively.

Among the guest musicians, Ringo Starr played drums on "California Calling", while Stevie Wonder played most of the instruments on "I Do Love You".Template:Sfn

Release and promotion

To promote the release of the album, "Getcha Back" was released as the lead single on 8 May 1985 to moderate commercial success, reaching number twenty-six on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, and narrowly charting within the top one hundred of the singles charts in the United Kingdom, peaking at number ninety-seven. Cash Box credited the song as being "so wonderously recalls [the Beach Boys'] earlier times and earlier sounds."<ref name=cb>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A second single, "It's Gettin' Late", was released on 17 July 1985, achieving moderate commercial success in the United States where it reached number eighty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, twenty on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts and twelve on the Gavin Report Adult Contemporary charts. A third and final single, "She Believes in Love Again", was released in October 1985.

The album was released on 10 June 1985 and proved a modest success, becoming their highest-charting album in the US since 15 Big Ones. The Beach Boys was the group's final album for CBS. The following year they returned to Capitol with a 25th anniversary greatest hits album Made in U.S.A, which featured two new tracks, "Rock 'n' Roll to the Rescue" and a cover of the Mamas and the Papas' "California Dreamin'", with the latter featuring Roger McGuinn of the Byrds on lead guitar. Made in U.S.A eventually went double platinum.

On July 4, 1985, the group played to an afternoon crowd of over one million in Philadelphia, and the same evening they performed for over 750,000 people on the Mall in Washington.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They also appeared nine days later at the Live Aid concert<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and performed at the "opening campfire" of the 1985 National Scout Jamboree for a crowd of over 32,000 members and guests of the Boy Scouts of America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band's performances on July 4, 1985, marked the first time that actor John Stamos would sit in with The Beach Boys. Stamos would also collaborate with the band on You Again? and Full House and promote the band's later releases on the show. Stamos' occasional guest appearances have continued since 1985.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jardine's son Matt joined the touring band in 1988 as a percussionist, with Figueroa leaving by that summer.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Beach Boys spent the next several years touring, often playing in front of large audiences, and recording songs for film soundtracks and various artists compilations. Brian Wilson's psychologist Eugene Landy, who was originally awarded co-writing credits on Wilson's songs, stated in a contemporary interview, "I'm practically a member of the band [...] Brian's got the talent to make the music. [...] He's the creator. The other band members are just performers. So I'm the one who's making the album."Template:Sfn Commenting on his relationship to the band in 1988, Brian said that he avoided his family at Landy's suggestion, adding that "Although we stay together as a group, as people we're a far cry from friends."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Mike denied the accusation that he and the band were keeping Brian from participating with the group.Template:Sfn

Reception

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Critical reaction was mixed.Template:Sfn Writing in Rolling Stone, Parke Puterbaugh called the album 'pretty entertaining', adding 'though not a world-beating act of artistic reassertion, the LP does serve to showcase those amazing voices, and to remind the world that nobody does it better—still.'<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Commercially, The Beach Boys marked a moderate return for the band, with the album debuting at number sixty on the albums charts in the United Kingdom, spending two weeks in total within the top one hundred.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the United States, it debuted at number fifty-two on the Billboard 200 albums charts, and spent a combined total of fourteen weeks on the charts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Similarly, it achieved moderate success in the national albums charts in territories including Australia, Canada and Germany.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album was ranked as the 26th best Beach Boys album of all time by Classic Rock magazine, saying that despite the single "Getcha Back" reaching the top thirty of the Billboard Hot 100, "there's little else here to care about".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Levine reflected that he had remained "immensely proud" of the album and lamented its poor sales.Template:Sfn

Track listing

Eugene Landy originally received co-writer's credit for all Brian Wilson compositions. This credit was omitted starting with the album's 2000 CD reissue.Template:Sfn Template:Track listing Template:Track listing

Personnel

Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington.<ref name="Slowinski2023">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Track numbers refer to the CD release.

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Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
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U.S. Billboard 200 (Billboard)Template:Sfn 52
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>The Beach Boys The Beach Boys</ref> 60
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67
Canada (RPM)<ref name="ReferenceA">Compiled by RPM magazine. Copies are missing from the collectionscanada.gc.ca archive meaning some chart peaks could be inaccurate.</ref> 74
Germany (GfK)<ref name="Deutsche Charts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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60

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