Summer in Paradise
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
| Released | August 3, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | late 1991 – mid 1992 | |||
| Genre | Rock, electronic rock | |||
| Length | 44:10 | |||
| Label | Brother | |||
| Producer | Terry Melcher | |||
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
| Released | May 1993 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:15 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Terry Melcher | |||
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Summer in Paradise is the 27th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 3, 1992 on Brother Records. Produced by Terry Melcher, it has been described as the band's critical and commercial low point. It was the first and only studio album not to feature any new contributions from founding member Brian Wilson. The Beach Boys did not record another album of original material until That's Why God Made the Radio in 2012.
Summer in Paradise was left out of Capitol's Beach Boys re-issue campaign in 2000 and 2001, and is currently out of print.
The entire album was recorded using a Beta version of Pro Tools on a Macintosh Quadra computer, being one of the first albums to do so. Musically, it continued in the vein of The Beach Boys and Still Cruisin' in its use of electronic instrumentation. The entire rhythm section was electronic on most songs, with all the drum parts being programmed (although not credited as such) and most of the bass parts were also synthesized.
All the surviving original band members except Brian Wilson (who was in legal process of being removed from the care of Eugene Landy) contributed to this project, though the only band member actually to play on the record was Bruce Johnston. Significantly, Van Dyke Parks played accordion on two tracks. Terry Melcher was the other significant keyboard musician taking part. Though Al Jardine's son Adam sang backup vocals on the title track and touring musician Adrian Baker also sang backup, other regular members of the current Beach Boys' touring band did not contribute to the album. Mike Love and Terry Melcher were the main composers on the album; Johnston was the only other member to contribute a new song to the album. Jardine had allegedly been "suspended" from the band prior to the album's recording, supposedly because of a dispute about content; however he sang lead vocals on two of the album's songs, and contributed to the partial rerecording of tracks for the UK issue on EMI.
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