The Beach Boys (album)
1985 self-titled studio album by The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys is the 25th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 10, 1985. Produced by Steve Levine, the album is the band's first after the death of founding member Dennis Wilson. The album saw the band incorporate 1980's contemporary musical styles into their own sound and was intended to be a "comeback" for the band. It was also the band's first album to be recorded digitally and the last released by James William Guercio's Caribou Records.
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".
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 wrote that the song "so wonderously recalls [the Beach Boys'] earlier times and earlier sounds." 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.
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