The second
Beach Boys album of
1967,
Wild Honey saw them toying with a sparse,
R&B-flavoured style very unlike previous work (though simillar to their early-70s sound).
Carl Wilson, who sang lead on most of the album, called this 'a very un-Brian album'. Despite this,
Brian Wilson co-wrote 9 of the album's 11 songs with
Mike Love. The other two songs were
I Was Made To Love Her - originally a hit for
Stevie Wonder, and
How She Boogalooed It, the band's first effort at songwriting without Brian's help, which doesn't really come off.
Despite having the hit single
Darlin', and being of an excellent overall quality, the album had little success, and did nothing to slow the band's inevitable decline into commercial oblivion.
Tracklisting:
- Wild Honey
- Aren't You Glad
- I Was Made To Love Her
- Country Air
- A Thing Or Two
- Darlin'
- I'd Love Just Once To See You
- Here Comes The Night
- Let The Wind Blow
- How She Boogalooed It
- Mama Says
The line-up for this album was
Brian Wilson,
Carl Wilson,
Dennis Wilson,
Mike Love,
Al Jardine and
Bruce Johnston
The album is available on a
Capitol records twofer CD with
Smiley Smile
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