Still Cruisin'

Still Cruisin'
Studio album by The Beach Boys
Released	August 28, 1989
Recorded	1988–1989; Except "I Get Around": April 1964, "Wouldn't It Be Nice": January–April 1966, and "California Girls": April & June 1965
Genre	Rock, reggae fusion
Length	33:44
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson Terry Melcher Al Jardine Albert Calbrera Tony Moran
The Beach Boys chronology
Made in U.S.A. (1986) Still Cruisin' (1989) Summer in Paradise (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Still Cruisin' is the twenty-sixth studio album by The Beach Boys, their thirty-fifth official album (counting compilations and live packages), and their last release of the 1980s. It is also the last album of new material released during a brief return to Capitol Records.

After "Kokomo" (when released as a single from the Cocktail film soundtrack) gave the Beach Boys their first number-one hit in the U.S. since 1966's "Good Vibrations", the band decided to put together an album of recent and classic songs. The classic songs included had been heard in recent films. The songs "Still Cruisin'", "Somewhere Near Japan" and "Island Girl" were recorded for the album by the touring Beach Boys band as well as studio musicians and producer Terry Melcher. Due to his ongoing relationship with Dr. Eugene Landy, Brian Wilson's lone contribution to this album was "In My Car", a song credited as being co-written by Landy and girlfriend Alexandra Morgan. However, as subsequent court cases have seen Landy's name removed from other period songs,^[3] such as those on Wilson's 1988 album, these credits may be negated. "Kokomo" was a recent single, as was "Wipe Out", a duet with American rap group the Fat Boys. (The song was originally to be recorded with Run-DMC, but Mike Love apparently struck a deal with the other group.)^[3] "Make It Big" was recorded for the film Troop Beverly Hills, and the remaining three songs- "I Get Around", "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "California Girls" - were the 'classic' recordings, ones from the group's earlier period, that had been used in recent films.

Riding on the coattails of "Kokomo", Still Cruisin' went gold in the U.S., and gave The Beach Boys their best chart showing since 1976. During Capitol's Beach Boys re-issue campaign in 2000 and 2001 however, Still Cruisin' was left behind and allowed to go out of print. The album is available to download though on iTunes and other music downloading sites.

Promotional videos

Four music videos were produced for Still Crusin'

• "Still Cruisin'"
• "Somewhere Near Japan"
• "Kokomo"
• "Wipe Out"

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Still Cruisin'" (from Lethal Weapon 2)	Mike Love/Terry Melcher	Mike Love/Carl Wilson/Al Jardine/Bruce Johnston	3:35
2.	"Somewhere Near Japan"	Bruce Johnston/Love/Melcher/John Phillips	Love/C. Wilson/Jardine/Johnston	4:48
3.	"Island Girl"	Al Jardine	C. Wilson/Jardine/Love	3:49
4.	"In My Car"	Brian Wilson/Eugene Landy/Alexandra Morgan	Brian Wilson/C. Wilson/Jardine	3:21
5.	"Kokomo" (from Cocktail)	Love/Scott McKenzie/Melcher/Phillips	Love/C. Wilson	3:35
6.	"Wipe Out"	Bob Berryhill/Pat Connolly/Jim Fuller/Ron Wilson	The Fat Boys/B. Wilson	4:00
7.	"Make It Big" (from Troop Beverly Hills)	Love/Bob House/Melcher	C. Wilson/Love/Jardine/B. Wilson	3:08
8.	"I Get Around" (from Good Morning Vietnam)	B. Wilson/Love	B. Wilson/Love	2:09
9.	"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (from The Big Chill)	B. Wilson/Tony Asher	B. Wilson/Love	2:22
10.	"California Girls" (from Soul Man)	B. Wilson/Love	Love	2:35

Singles

• "Kokomo" b/w "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard) (Elektra), July 18, 1988 US #1; UK #25
• "Still Cruisin' " b/w "Kokomo" (Capitol), August 7, 1989 US #93
• "Somewhere Near Japan" b/w "Kokomo" (Capitol), January 1990

Still Cruisin' (Capitol) reached #46 in the U.S. during a chart stay of 22 weeks.

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Rolling Stone review
3. ^ ^{a b} Doe, Andrew and Tobler, John G. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys- The Complete Guide to Their Music. Omnibus Press, 1997.

• 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.
• Allmusic.com