From There to Back Again
| "From There to Back Again" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Beach Boys | |
| from the album That's Why God Made the Radio | |
| Released | June 5, 2012 |
| Genre | Baroque pop, soft rock |
| Length | 3:23 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson/Joe Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
"From There to Back Again" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Joe Thomas for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released in 2012 on the album That's Why God Made the Radio. The song has Al Jardine and Wilson in the lead vocals, and is part of a four-song suite which concludes the album.
The song received critical acclaim from critics, who variously praised it for Jardine's vocal performance, its harmonies, and melodic beauty, with one considering it one of the band's best ballads since the 1960s.
Composition
"From There to Back Again" was one of the new songs composed for the album That's Why God Made the Radio, and is the sole new song from its concluding four-song suite, which includes "Strange World", "Pacific Coast Highway", and "Summer's Gone".[1]
Critical reception
"From There to Back Again" received critical acclaim from critics. John Bush of Allmusic deemed it the "most beautiful" of the album's songs and "one of their best ballads since the '60s", stating that it is "a Side 2 ballad epic that Wilson frames impeccably around Jardine's voice, aging but still sweet."[2] Ryan Reed of Paste highly praised the song for its "particularly intricate harmonic development, lovely flute runs, and a stand-out lead vocal from Al Jardine".[3] Alex Phillimore of Beats Per Minute stated that the song "sounds both youthful and beautiful. ... It could easily be a song from their professional peak".[4]
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian considered the concluding suite the song is a part of as "easily the best thing Brian Wilson has put his name to in the last 30 years."[5] Randall Roberts of Los Angeles Times shared this sentiment, writing that the last three songs "are as exquisitely rendered as anything in the group's catalog."[6]
Personnel
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine - lead vocals, whistle
- Brian Wilson - lead vocals
- Bruce Johnston - vocals
- Mike Love - vocals
Additional musicians
- Jeffrey Foskett - vocals
- Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- John Hobbs - tack piano
- Joel Deroulin, Sharon Jackson, Peter Kent, Songa Lee, Julie Rogers, John Wittenberg - violins
- Alisha Bauer, Vanessa Freebarin-Smith - cellos
- Paul Mertens - string arrangements, flute
References
- ^ Romano, Andrew (May 2012). "The Joe Thomas Interview: On Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys Reunion, and That's Why God Made the Radio". Andrew Romano. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bush, John. "That's Why God Made the Radio - The Beach Boys : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (June 5, 2012). "The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made the Radio". Paste. Paste Media Group. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Phillimore, Alex (July 19, 2020). "Album Review: The Beach Boys – That's Why God Made the Radio". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (May 31, 2012). "The Beach Boys: That's Why God Made the Radio – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Randall (June 5, 2012). "Album review: The Beach Boys' 'That's Why God Made the Radio'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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