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Last album = ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]''<br> (1979)| |
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This album = ''Keepin' the Summer Alive'' <br> ([[1980]])| |
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Next album = ''[[Ten Years of Harmony]]''<br> ([[1981]])| |
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'''''Keepin' the Summer Alive''''' is the first 1980s [[Album (music)|album]] by [[The Beach Boys]], and their second release under their contract with CBS Records (now [[Sony Music]]). After the commercial failure of ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]'', the executives at CBS demanded [[Brian Wilson]]'s full involvement, and thus, there was another attempt to lure him back into the producer's chair. |
'''''Keepin' the Summer Alive''''' is the first 1980s [[Album (music)|album]] by [[The Beach Boys]], and their second release under their contract with CBS Records (now [[Sony Music]]). After the commercial failure of ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]'', the executives at CBS demanded [[Brian Wilson]]'s full involvement, and thus, there was another attempt to lure him back into the producer's chair. |
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Keepin' the Summer Alive is the first 1980s album by The Beach Boys, and their second release under their contract with CBS Records (now Sony Music). After the commercial failure of L.A. (Light Album), the executives at CBS demanded Brian Wilson's full involvement, and thus, there was another attempt to lure him back into the producer's chair.
In July 1979, after Brian and Mike Love quickly composed some new originals, The Beach Boys all reconvened at Western Recorders in Los Angeles (where most of the band's classic 1960s material had been produced by Brian) and hoped for the best. Unfortunately, things did not work out as planned. Dennis Wilson, at extreme odds with the rest of the group, lasted a couple of sessions before storming out, taking no further part in the album. The initial sessions themselves were halted when Brian, who was very much in a bad way, only wanted to work on oldies again (hence the inclusion of Chuck Berry's "School Days").
The band took a small break to re-think the project, with Bruce Johnston taking complete control of the album, and placing them in a slick contemporary-sounding context. Although Carl Wilson composed a few pleasant tracks with Canadian rocker Randy Bachman and did some fine singing, Keepin' the Summer Alive was mostly a patch job of old ideas and mediocre new ones. "When Girls Get Together" had been left off of Sunflower in 1970 for being too weak, but was deemed good enough here. Al Jardine's "Santa Ana Winds" was an L.A. (Light Album) outtake, and Bruce's own "Endless Harmony" was a Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" reject in early 1972. Of the new songs, only "Goin' On" just barely scraped the singles chart.
Keepin' the Summer Alive was virtually ignored upon release in March 1980, reaching seventy-five in the U.S. and fifty-four in the U.K. With all of their personal problems and the band's commercial standing in dire straits, The Beach Boys decided to put their recording career on hiatus for the time being.
Track listing
- "Keepin' the Summer Alive" (Carl Wilson/Randy Bachman) - 3:43
- "Oh Darlin' " (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 3:52
- "Some of Your Love" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 2:36
- "Livin' with a Heartache" (Carl Wilson/Randy Bachman) - 4:06
- "School Day ("Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell") (Chuck Berry) - 2:52
- "Goin' On" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 3:00
- "Sunshine" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 2:52
- "When Girls Get Together (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 3:31
- "Santa Ana Winds" (Brian Wilson/Al Jardine) - 3:14
- "Endless Harmony" (Bruce Johnston) - 3:10
Singles
- "Goin' On" b/w "Endless Harmony" (Brother/Caribou), 11 March 1980 US #83
- "Livin' with a Heartache" b/w "Santa Ana Winds" (Brother/Caribou), 20 May 1980
Keepin' the Summer Alive is now paired on CD with The Beach Boys.
Keepin' the Summer Alive (Brother/Caribou/CBS JZ 36283) reached seventy-five in the U.S. during a chart stay of six weeks. It reached fifty-four in the U.K.
Sources
- Keepin' the Summer Alive/The Beach Boys CD booklet notes, Andrew G. Doe, c.2000.
- "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
- "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
- "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
- All Music Guide.com