Beach Boys' Party!
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | |||||
| Released | November 8, 1965 | ||||
| Recorded | September 8–27, 1965 | ||||
| Studio | United Western Recorders, Hollywood | ||||
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| Length | 31:10 | ||||
| Label | Capitol | ||||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | ||||
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Beach Boys' Party! is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, and their third in 1965, consisting mostly of cover songs played with acoustic instruments. The album reached number 6 in the US and number 3 in the UK. It spawned one single, a cover of the Regents' "Barbara Ann", which reached number 2 in the US. In the UK, it became the Beach Boys' highest performing single yet, reaching number 3 in early 1966.
The album was created to buy time for Brian Wilson to produce Pet Sounds (1966), their next studio album. The original release of Party! included a sheet of photographs which misleadingly depicted the band at a party. The album was actually recorded in a music studio, presented as an impromptu live recording of a party with informal chatter by friends and family overdubbed later. Because of its stripped-down approach, Party! is considered the first "unplugged" album.
In 2015, Capitol issued Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged, an 81-track expansion and remix of Party!.
In August, after the release of Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), the Beach Boys' leader Brian Wilson was contemplating his next studio effort, which would turn out to be Pet Sounds. Capitol Records requested a new album for the holiday season. Since The Beach Boys' Christmas Album had been released the previous year, as had a live performance via Beach Boys Concert, the "live party" idea was selected to reflect the togetherness of the holiday spirit. Sporadically during September, the band and their friends rehearsed current and older hits (including revisiting the Rivingtons' "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow"). Although presented as a live recording, the individual songs were recorded carefully, and laughter and background chatter was mixed in during post-production.
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