Gettin' in Over My Head

Infobox Album | Name = Gettin' in Over My Head
Type = Album
Artist = Brian Wilson


Released = 22 June 2004
Recorded = sporadically 2002 – 2004
(except Carl Wilson's vocal on "Soul Searchin'": circa 1996)
Genre = Rock
Length = 53:08
Label = Brimel Records/
Rhino Records
Producer = Brian Wilson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:p8z8b594zsq4 link]
*Review-Christgau|hm2|cgurl=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/wilson-ble.php
Last album = "Pet Sounds Live"
(2002)
This album = "Gettin' in Over My Head"
(2004)
Next album = "Smile"
(2004) |

"Gettin' in Over My Head" is Brian Wilson's seventh solo album, and fourth of new studio material. It was recorded over several years and, making use of many previously written songs never before released, was issued in mid-2004 on Rhino Records.

Featuring celebrity guests, such as Paul McCartney, Elton John, Eric Clapton and the late Carl Wilson, "Gettin' in Over My Head" received satisfactory reviews upon release but was not commercially successful. In his first ever collaboration with Brian Wilson, pop art icon and "Sgt. Pepper" artist Sir Peter Blake created the cover art and assigned2004 "Smile" artist Mark London to art direct the rest of the package.

Some reviewers noted that all but a handful of the songs were not new; "Make a Wish", "Fairy Tale", "Rainbow Eyes" and "Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel" all hail from the 1990/1991 sessions from the abandoned "Sweet Insanity" album, though they were re-recorded, and "Desert Drive" is based around riffs over 40 years old. Furthermore, with the concurrent live performances of the recently completed "Smile" album, and the announcement of its impending issue on CD, it completely overshadowed "Gettin' in Over My Head"'s release, with all attention going to the former.

Track listing

#"How Could We Still Be Dancin'?" (Brian Wilson, Joe Thomas) – 4:42
#* "Featuring Elton John on lead vocals"
#"Soul Searchin' " (Brian Wilson, Andy Paley) – 4:07
#* "Recorded by The Beach Boys in 1996, but discarded. This version features Carl Wilson on lead vocals"
#"You've Touched Me" (Brian Wilson, Steve Kalinich) – 3:21
#"Gettin' in Over My Head" (Brian Wilson, Andy Paley) – 4:27
#"City Blues" (Brian Wilson, Scott Bennett) – 4:20
#* "Features Eric Clapton on electric guitar"
#"Desert Drive" (Brian Wilson, Andy Paley) – 3:34
#"A Friend Like You" (Brian Wilson, Steve Kalinich) – 3:37
#* "Features Paul McCartney on co-lead vocal"
#"Make a Wish" (Brian Wilson) – 3:49
#"Rainbow Eyes" (Brian Wilson) – 4:06
#"Saturday Morning In The City" (Brian Wilson, Andy Paley) – 2:53
#"Fairy Tale" (Brian Wilson, David Foster) – 5:28
#"Don't Let Her Know She's an Angel" (Brian Wilson) – 4:17
#* "Tracks 8, 9 and 12 originally recorded for the scrapped Sweet Insanity album in 1990/1991"
#"The Waltz" (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks) – 4:09

"Gettin' in Over My Head" (Brimel/Rhino R2 76471) hit #100 in the US during a chart stay of 1 week. It reached #53 in the UK.

ources

*AllMusicGuide.com