Brian Wilson – No Pier Pressure

Name: Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure
Brand: Brian Wilson
SKU: 1768861888
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€129,99

That’s Why God Made the Radio provided a bittersweet coda to the Beach Boys‘ career but the soothing sounds of the 2012 reunion didn’t linger long before they were soured by the internal fighting endemic to the band. Mere weeks afterward, Mike Love announced Brian Wilson wouldn’t join the Beach Boys for any dates after the summer 2012 tour, leaving Brian free to capitalize on the good press of That’s Why God Made the Radio. He headed into the studio with guitarist Jeff Beck and producer Don Was in 2013 with the intention of cutting a full album but that collaboration quickly fell apart, leaving Wilson to re-team with his longtime collaborator Joe Thomas to turn these abandoned sessions into what turned out to be No Pier Pressure. Caught halfway between a back-to-basics move along the lines of TWGMTR and a star-studded extravaganza, No Pier Pressure certainly doesn’t have much to do with the high art that’s marked Wilson’s new millennium; there’s nary an echo of the SMiLE revival or the Van Dyke Parks collaboration That Lucky Old Sun. This is all sand, sun, and Saturday night nostalgia, a sensibility goosed by the addition of Al Jardine, David Marks, and Blondie Chaplin — the part of the Beach Boys camp that threw in their lot with Brian — who help give their numbers (“What Ever Happened,” “The Right Time,” “Sail Away”) a bit of the classicist AM pop sheen that made That’s Why God Made the Radio so soothing. It’s a nice anchor for the record and, frankly, No Pier Pressure needs such a grounding force because it often threatens to drift far away on the surging tides of showbiz schmaltz. When She & Him breeze in to deliver some Caribbean camp on “On the Island,” the results are agreeably camp but “Runaway Dancer,” a collaboration with Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities seems determined to revive the arch camp peak of Stock, Aitken & Waterman, feels like a half-imagined Ibizaian hangover. By any measure, “Runaway Dancer” is bizarre but by arriving second on No Pier Pressure, it throws the whole feel of the album out of whack, turning such otherwise nice moments as Kacey Musgraves‘ “Guess You Had to Be There” cloying. By the time Nate Ruess of Fun. shows up for “Saturday Night,” a throwback that seems to belong the early-’80s soft rock glory days of Carole Bayer Sager and not American Graffiti (and is the better for it), No Pier Pressure seems genuinely weird, as it’s perilously perched between the best and worst of Wilson’s pop talent and Thomas’ showbiz instincts.

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SKU: 1768861888 Categories: Pop, Rare & Collectable, Rock & Roll Tags: Brian Wilson, Kacey Musgraves, Zooey Deschanel

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Capitol Records 0602537918959 2xLP, Album Europe 2015-04-07

Side 1.

1. This Beautiful Day 1:24
2. Runaway Dancer 3:58
3. Saturday Night 3:30
4. On The Island 2:14

Side 2.

1. The Right Time 2:54
2. What Ever Happened 2:51
3. Guess You Had To Be There 3:23
4. Tell Me Why 3:40

Side 3.

1. Don’t Worry 2:42
2. One Kind Of Love 3:34
3. Sail Away 3:42
4. The Last Song 4:36

Side 4.

1. I’m Feeling Sad 2:17
2. Somewhere Quiet 3:02
3. Half Moon Bay 3:22
4. Our Special Love 3:43

Credits:

Accordion – Gary Griffin
Accordion – Joey Gryzyb
Accordion – Sebu Simonian
Acoustic Guitar – Dean Parks
Acoustic Guitar – Jim Riley
Acoustic Guitar – M. Ward
Acoustic Guitar – Mark Goldenberg
Acoustic Guitar – Nick Walusko
Acoustic Guitar – Probyn Gregory
Acoustic Guitar – Richie Davis
Acoustic Guitar – Tom Bukovac
Arranged By – Brian Wilson
Arranged By – Peter Von Mertens
Art Direction – Mark London
Backing Vocals – Alan Jardine
Backing Vocals – Blondie Chaplin
Backing Vocals – Brian Wilson
Backing Vocals – Jeffrey Foskett
Backing Vocals – Jim Riley
Backing Vocals – Kacey Musgraves
Backing Vocals – Matt Jardine
Backing Vocals – Peter Hollens
Backing Vocals – Scott Bennett
Backing Vocals – Sebu Simonian
Backing Vocals – Thom Griffin
Backing Vocals – Zooey Deschanel
Bass – Bob Lizik
Bass – Brett Simons
Bass – Don Was
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Bass – Shane Soloski
Bass – Zachary Dawes
Bass Harmonica – Peter Von Mertens
Cello – Alisha Bauer
Cello – Cameron Stone
Cello – Giovanna Moraga Clayton
Cello – Jill Kaeding
Cello – Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
Concertmaster – Peter Kent
Conductor – Peter Von Mertens
Drums – Chad Cromwell
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Drums – Jim Keltner
Drums – Kenny Aronoff
Drums – Nelson Bragg
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Electric Guitar – David Marks
Engineer – Andrew Twiss
Engineer – Darian Sahanaja
Engineer – Gary Griffin
Engineer – Larry Millas
Engineer – Mike Czaszwicz
Engineer – Nick Rowe
Engineer – Nick Walusko
Engineer – Sergio Relas, Jr.
English Horn – Amy Barwan
Flugelhorn – Mark Isham
Flute – Peter Von Mertens
French Horn – John Mason
French Horn – Probyn Gregory
Keyboards – Brian Wilson
Keyboards – Jeff Lantz
Keyboards – Joe Thomas
Keyboards – Sebu Simonian
Layout – Rachel Gutek
Lead Vocals – Alan Jardine
Lead Vocals – Blondie Chaplin
Lead Vocals – Brian Wilson
Lead Vocals – Kacey Musgraves
Lead Vocals – Nate Ruess
Lead Vocals – Peter Hollens
Lead Vocals – Sebu Simonian
Lead Vocals – Zooey Deschanel
Management [Business Affairs] – Josh Kamzan
Management [Business Affairs] – Michael Cantor
Management [Marketing] – Peter Fletcher
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mastered By – Mike Marsh
Mixed By – Bill Hare
Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
Mixed By – Brian Wilson
Mixed By – Frank Pappalardo
Mixed By – Joe Thomas
Mixed By – Sebu Simonian
Mixed By – Wesley Seidman
Oboe – Amy Barwan
Organ [Hammond B3] – Brian Wilson
Organ [Hammond B3] – Darian Sahanaja
Organ [Hammond B3] – Joe Thomas
Organ [Hammond B3] – Scott Bennett
Percussion – Scott Bennett
Photography By [Additional] – Mark London
Photography By [Brian Wilson] – Brian Bowen Smith
Photography By [Cover] – Daria Wilson
Piano – Brian Wilson
Piano – Darian Sahanaja
Piano – Joe Thomas
Piano – Scott Bennett
Producer – Brian Wilson
Producer – Joe Thomas
Producer – Sebu Simonian
Programmed By – Sebu Simonian
Recorded By – Bill Hare
Recorded By – Frank Pappalardo
Recorded By – Wesley Seidman
Saxophone – Peter Von Mertens
Trombone – Charles Morallis
Trombone – Dave Stahlberg
Trombone – Tom Garling
Trumpet – Bob Parton
Trumpet – Carey Deadman
Trumpet – Larry Hall
Trumpet – Mark Isham
Trumpet – Tim Bales
Trumpet – Wayne Bergeron
Vibraphone – Darian Sahanaja
Vibraphone – Scott Bennett
Viola – Briana Bandy
Viola – Caroline Buckman
Viola – Darrin McCann
Viola – JoAnn Tominaga
Viola – Scott Hosfeld
Violin – Amy Wickman
Violin – Charlie Bisharat
Violin – Chihsuan Yang
Violin – Clayton Haslop
Violin – John Wittenberg
Violin – Julie Rogers
Violin – Marisa Kuney
Violin – Mark Robertson
Violin – Sharon Jackson
Violin – Songa Lee

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 6 02537 91895 9
Label Code LC00148
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Matrix / Runout B002177101LP01-B
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