THE BEACH BOYS FRIENDS 1968 VINTAGE LP CAPITOL RECORDS ST-2895

$

26

Description

Friends is the fourteenth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1968, through Capitol Records. The album is characterized by its calm and peaceful atmosphere, which contrasted the prevailing music trends of the time, and by its brevity, with five of its 12 tracks running less than two minutes long. It initially sold poorly, peaking at number 126 on the Billboard charts, the group's lowest U.S. chart performance at that point, although it reached number 13 in the UK.

Friends was recorded primarily at Brian Wilson's home but is a departure from the lo-fi production style of previous efforts. The album's sessions lasted from February to April 1968 at a time when the band's finances were rapidly diminishing. Despite crediting production to "the Beach Boys", Wilson actively led the entire project, later referring to it as his second unofficial solo album (the first being 1966's Pet Sounds). Some of the songs were inspired by the group's recent involvement with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his Transcendental Meditation practice. It was the first album to feature songs from Dennis Wilson.

Original release

Side one No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Length 1. "Meant for You"

• Brian Wilson
• Mike Love

Love 0:38 2. "Friends"

• B. Wilson
• Carl Wilson
• Dennis Wilson
• Al Jardine

C. Wilson with B. Wilson 2:32 3. "Wake the World"

• B. Wilson
• Jardine

B. Wilson with C. Wilson 1:29 4. "Be Here in the Mornin'"

• B. Wilson
• C. Wilson
• D. Wilson
• Love
• Jardine

Jardine and C. Wilson[111] 2:17 5. "When a Man Needs a Woman"

• B. Wilson
• D. Wilson
• C. Wilson
• Jardine
• Steve Korthof
• Jon Parks

B. Wilson 2:07 6. "Passing By" B. Wilson B. Wilson, C. Wilson, and Al Jardine 2:24 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocal(s) Length 1. "Anna Lee, the Healer"

• B. Wilson
• Love

Love 1:51 2. "Little Bird"

• D. Wilson
• Steve Kalinich

D. Wilson and B. Wilson 2:02 3. "Be Still"

• D. Wilson
• Kalinich

D. Wilson 1:24 4. "Busy Doin' Nothin'" B. Wilson B. Wilson 3:05 5. "Diamond Head"

• Al Vescovo
• Lyle Ritz
• Jim Ackley
• B. Wilson

instrumental 3:39 6. "Transcendental Meditation"

• B. Wilson
• Love
• Jardine

B. Wilson 1:51 Total length: 25:32

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