All Summer Long (album)
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Released | July 13, 1964 | |||
Recorded | April 2 – May 19, 1964 (except "Drive-In", October 18, 1963) | |||
Studio | Western and Radio, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 25:10 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Brian Wilson | |||
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All Summer Long is the sixth album by the American
The album was recorded between April and May 1964 during the height of Beatlemania and the British Invasion. It was produced and largely written by Brian Wilson, who sought to raise the quality of his group's repertoire and sound following the disappointing results of Shut Down Volume 2. Also intended as a riposte to the Beatles, All Summer Long contained the band's most complex arrangements and refined vocal performances on a record to date. Among the included songs are "Wendy", "Drive-In", "Don't Back Down", and a rendition of the Mystics' 1959 hit "Hushabye".
Heralding the
Wilson later cited All Summer Long as "a turning point" for the band, and his first LP that could compete against Phil Spector and the Beatles. Subsequent to this album, the Beach Boys rarely recorded songs about cars or surfing, but continued to be stereotyped as a group who exclusively sang about such subject matter, even as their musical sophistication continued to grow with such releases as The Beach Boys Today! (1965) and Pet Sounds (1966).
Background
When I hear really fabulous material by other groups, I feel as small as the dot over the i in "nit." Then I just have to create a new song to bring me up on top. [...] That's probably my most compelling motive for writing new songs—the urge to overcome an inferiority feeling.
Early in 1964, the Beach Boys completed their fifth album, Shut Down Volume 2, and embarked on their first tour of Australia and New Zealand, lasting from January 13 to February 2.[5] The tour was highly successful, but led to the dismissal of their manager, Murry Wilson, who had frustrated the group with his overbearing practices and his disruptive behavior at recording sessions.[6][7] Concurrently, the band were conscious of a new rival group, the Beatles, whose "I Want to Hold Your Hand" topped the U.S. charts on February 1.[8] The Beach Boys' latest single, "Fun, Fun, Fun", then stalled at number five, with the Beatles occupying the top three positions.[9][10] The fourth position was held by the Four Seasons, the act that most closely rivaled the Beach Boys before this point.[11]
By February 7, the
Capitol Records, whose roster included both the Beach Boys and the Beatles, responded the next month by rush-releasing Shut Down Volume 2, becoming the first Beach Boys LP to miss the top 10 since their second, Surfin' U.S.A. (1963).[17] Moreover, the record company had begun allocating much of their marketing resources to the Beatles. Band promoter Fred Vail recalled, "The Beach Boys had been it for two years, but now people thought the Beatles were the future. And loyalties ran thin at Capitol. Now they didn't have to cater to Murry and the Beach Boys, and so they didn't."[18] In the meantime, Wilson continued working freelance, writing and producing several singles for other acts, none of which became hits.[19][20][nb 1]
Style and production
All Summer Long was largely recorded between April 2 and May 19, 1964, at United Western Recorders in Hollywood.[21][nb 2] According to music historian Keith Badman, Wilson had been disappointed by the simplicity, reliance on filler, and overall rushed quality of Shut Down Volume 2, and endeavored for All Summer Long to be a more refined and sophisticated effort.[23] The album marked the band's most complex arrangements on a record to date, as well as their first that was not focused on themes of cars or surfing.[24] Wilson remarked, "We needed to grow. Up to this point we had milked every idea dry. We milked it fucking dry. We had done every possible angle about surfing and then we did the car routine. But we needed to grow artistically."[25]
Academic Kier Keightley writes that All Summer Long consists of seven "up-tempo/dance numbers", four "ballads", and one "novelty
Biographer Mark Dillon states that the album generally projects "a whole season of teenaged good times" with the exception of "a couple of numbers that threaten to kill the buzz", listing "We'll Run Away" and "Wendy".[28] He goes on to describe the lyrical content as "the entire scrapbook [...] of mid-'60s SoCal teenage life", a theme that is reinforced by the front cover.[29] Biographer David Leaf referred to the album as "more autobiographical" than previous records and "the first time the Beach Boys recorded a complete album about their own Southern California lifestyle."[2] He suggested that the album qualified as one of "the first real concept albums".[30]
Production-wise, the album introduced exotic textures to the band's sound as exemplified by the use of
On archive tapes we hear an exhausted Dennis imploring Brian to call it a day. "Sleep is very important," he ventures, but he is ignored and the taping continues. On the vocal overdubs for "Wendy," Brian is heard chastising Dennis for not reading the lyric properly. As another attempt is made at the song, Dennis snaps, "My brother was a teenage faggot!"[33]
It was their last album for which Brian approved a
Content
Side one
"I Get Around" is an autobiographical song that describes the group's reaction to their newfound fame and success.[35] Mike Love said that it was "really about our own experiences: how we had this instant fame, some fortune, had traveled all over the country, but did any of that bring us happiness? Maybe we needed to find a different kind of place."[36] Biographer Peter Ames Carlin distinguished the song for its "jarring rhythmic shifts, fuzz guitar, off-kilter organ riffs, and Brian's own wailing falsetto",[20] while Leaf called it "a major, revolutionary step in Brian's use of dynamics".[2]
"All Summer Long" encapsulated the album's general theme, with the lyrics offering a list of activities, events, and feelings associated with summertime.[26] The line "Remember when you spilled Coke all over your blouse?" is a reference to Wilson's first meeting with singer Marilyn Rovell, his girlfriend at the time, although in real life, he had accidentally spilled hot chocolate on her.[38] The song later became popularly known for its use in the ending credits of George Lucas's 1973 film American Graffiti.[28]
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"Little Honda" is about Honda-brand scooters, which are also mentioned in "All Summer Long" ("miniature golf and Hondas in the heat").[40] The song contains pioneering usage of guitar fuzz tone.[41] It was briefly considered for release as a Beach Boys single. After Capitol voiced objections, Wilson gave it to his collaborator, Gary Usher, who produced a version that became a hit for the Hondells in late 1964.[42]
"We'll Run Away" portrays a young couple wishing to elope while their respective parents warn them against such an impulse.[28] It was the last song that Wilson co-wrote with Gary Usher for many years,[39] and had likely been written in 1962.[41] Leaf notes that the "church-like sound of the Hammond organ", heard prominently at the end, was an unorthodox application of the instrument on a rock record.[2]
"Carl's Big Chance", recorded to showcase Carl's guitar-playing, is the album's only instrumental track and the final
Side two
"Wendy" portrays a man's dejection after discovering that the woman whom he thought was his girlfriend was actually romantically involved with somebody else.[28] Wilson, who later named his second-born child "Wendy", stated that the song was musically influenced by the Four Seasons.[44] Leaf suggests that the song has "one of the most unusual introductions of any record from the rock era", making it "one of the most distinctive Beach Boys tracks ever."[2]
"Do You Remember?" is a celebration of 1950s rock 'n' roll performers such as Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley.[45][nb 3] It is essentially a revision of "The Big Beat", a song that Wilson had written and produced for Bob & Sheri in 1963.[47]
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"Our Favorite Recording Sessions" is a collage of outtakes and studio chatter culled from the album's recording sessions.
"Don't Back Down" is the last surfing-themed song that the Beach Boys recorded during this early era of the band's history.[28][55] Initial pressings mislabeled the title as "Don't Break Down".[56]
Packaging
The front cover of All Summer Long is a
Unlike earlier album covers, Brian, Mike, Carl, Dennis, and Al look like a group of young men more at ease in their beach surroundings without the conspicuous surfboard or hot rod in the picture. They have fully grown into themselves as a group of individuals, appearing confident in the sort of way that makes you believe there is something about growing up in Southern California that defines a person's attitude toward the world.[57]
The back of the sleeve included written comments from each of the band members.[2] Dennis wrote: "They say I live a fast life. Maybe I just like a fast life. I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. It won't last forever, either. But the memories will."[59] Brian answered a frequently asked question about "how I come up with my ideas" by explaining that he drew inspiration from the "feelings" associated with common teenage experiences. He then remarked, “A sociologist might say I am trying to generate a feeling of social superiority."[60]
Release
Commercial performance
Lead single "I Get Around" was issued on May 11, 1964, and subsequently became the Beach Boys' first chart-topping U.S. hit, as well as America's first number-one hit by a native group since November 1963.[62][nb 6] In the UK, the single was released in June 1964 and reached number 7 on the Record Retailer chart[64] – the band's first UK hit to breach the top ten.[63] The single represented both a successful response by Wilson to the British Invasion, and the launch of an unofficial rivalry between him and the Beatles.[65][42]
Released on July 13, All Summer Long debuted on the U.S. Billboard charts on August 1 and remained there for 49 weeks, peaking at number 4 on August 22.[66] On September 21, Capitol issued the extended play record Four by the Beach Boys, a truncated version of All Summer Long that consisted of "Little Honda", "Hushabye", "Don't Back Down", and "Wendy". It sold at underwhelming volumes, charting at number 44.[61]
All Summer Long was certified gold by the
Touring and Beach Boys Concert
From July 3 to August 8, 1964, the Beach Boys embarked on a 36-date "Summer Safari" tour of the U.S., followed by a 30-date regional tour that lasted from August 21 to September 30.[69] This was the band's first extensive tour, as their prior public appearances had been limited by the scholastic obligations of one or more members (Carl Wilson, the final hold-out in the group, graduated from high school that June).[70] The setlists at these concert dates included three All Summer Long selections: "I Get Around", "Wendy", and "Little Honda".[71] At least two concert reviewers referred to the Beach Boys as "America's answer to the Beatles".[72] Every date was sold out, earning the group approximately $20,000 per show (equivalent to $196,000 in 2023).[70] From the second summer tour alone, they grossed a total of $328,693 (equivalent to $3.23 million in 2023).[61]
On September 27, the band made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, where they performed "I Get Around" and "Wendy".[61] Two days later, the band concluded their tour with a performance at the Memorial Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts, however, the show was cancelled after 15 minutes due to fan bedlam that had surrounded the venue.[61] Brian felt that audiences at Beach Boys concerts had become more uproarious as a result of the excitement that had been generated by the Beatles. He said, "[W]e'd do a concert and the kids would scream at us but we'd think, 'Hey, wait a minute. You're screaming for the Beatles through us.'"[14]
In October, recordings from the band's August 1 performance at the Civil Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California were released as the live album Beach Boys Concert – their first LP to top the national charts. The album included only one All Summer Long track: "I Get Around.[73] An expanded reissue, Live in Sacramento 1964 (2014), added performances of "Wendy" and "Little Honda".[74]
Critical reception
Contemporary
A reviewer from the magazine Record Mail wrote of the album, "With their surfing and high pitched harmony sounds they have become extremely distinctive along with some kooky lyrics".[76] In Britain, NME's reviewer stated, "The Beach Boys are an acquired taste which I don't have, but at least they produce some solid 'beatful' sounds."[76]
Actress
Retrospective
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [79] |
MusicHound | 3.5/5[80] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [81] |
Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5[82] |
AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger wrote that All Summer Long was the band's best album of the early 1960s, though he lamented the inclusion of "disposable filler" in the form of "Our Favorite Recording Sessions" and "Do You Remember?".[77]
Icons of Rock co-editor Scott Schinder praised All Summer Long as an improvement over their previous LP and "the most consistent and satisfying Beach Boys album to date", affording highlights to the title track, "I Get Around", "Wendy", and "Don't Back Down".[31] Mike Segretto, author of 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, said that the album marked the point when the band "really entered the game" and delivered a "completely solid" album.[83]
Among biographers, Jon Stebbins cited All Summer Long as one of the band's "strongest LPs ever".[84] Mark Dillon opined that Wilson "took a Beach Boys album to new heights" and successfully "held his own against the Beatles", with "Our Favorite Recording Sessions" being the only weak track.[28] In John Tobler's 100 Great Albums of the Sixties (1994), All Summer Long is praised for its "fine harmonies".[85]
Luis Sanchez, author of the 33⅓ book about Smile, wrote of All Summer Long, "None of the group's previous albums come close to the unity of vision and feeling they show here. [...] The brilliance of All Summer Long is in the way it enlarges the outlook of the group's brand of California pop to the point where genre labels seem unable to contain it."[57]
Impact and legacy
In the estimation of music historian
Wilson's 1991 memoir states of All Summer Long, "I finally felt the Beach Boys had put out an LP that was competitive with [Phil] Spector and the Beatles. The vocals were tight, the production was sharper and more inventive than anything we'd done previously. We were in a higher harmonic place and generally more exciting musically."[88] His 2016 memoir, I Am Brian Wilson, calls it "a turning point for me and for the band—or maybe it makes more sense to say it's a turning point for how I understood how to write for the band."[89]
Subsequent to this album, the Beach Boys rarely recorded songs about cars or surfing, but continued to be stereotyped as a group who exclusively sang about such subject matter.[2][nb 7] Their 1965 release The Beach Boys Today! was their first album that completely avoided those subjects, and like All Summer Long, represented another leap forward in the group's musical sophistication, later to culminate with the 1966 album Pet Sounds.[90]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Get Around" | Mike Love with Brian Wilson | 2:14 | |
2. | "All Summer Long" | Love with group | 2:08 | |
3. | "Hushabye" | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | B. Wilson with Love | 2:41 |
4. | "Little Honda" | Love | 1:52 | |
5. | "We'll Run Away" | B. Wilson, Gary Usher | B. Wilson | 2:02 |
6. | "Carl's Big Chance" | B. Wilson, Carl Wilson | instrumental | 2:03 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Length |
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1. | " audio vérité | 2:00 | ||
6. | "Don't Back Down" | Love with B. Wilson | 1:52 | |
Total length: | 25:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Length |
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13. | "Be True to Your School" (single version) |
| Love | 2:10 |
14. | "All Dressed Up for School" | B. Wilson | Carl Wilson | 2:24 |
15. | "Little Honda" (alternate take) |
| Love | 2:13 |
16. | "Don't Back Down" (alternate take) |
| Love | 1:39 |
Total length: | 33:51 |
Notes
- Mike Love was not originally credited for "I Get Around", "All Summer Long", "Wendy", "Do You Remember?", "Drive-In", and "Don't Back Down". His credits were awarded after his
Personnel
Per Craig Slowinski. These credits are incomplete, having been amalgamated from all tracks except "Drive-In", "We'll Run Away", "Carl's Big Chance", "Do You Remember?", and "Our Favorite Recording Sessions'.[32]
The Beach Boys
- Al Jardine – harmony, backing, and second tenor/baritone vocals; bass guitar; electric rhythm guitar
- Mike Love – lead, harmony, backing, and bass vocals
- Brian Wilson – lead, harmony, backing, and falsetto vocals; piano; electric piano, harpsichord; Hammond B3 organ; xylophones or marimba
- Carl Wilson – harmony, backing, and second tenor vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
- drums; brushed drums; percussion; opening voice on "Little Honda"
Session musicians (later known as "the Wrecking Crew")
- Hal Blaine – timbales with brush, rim with thin stick, drums
- Glen Campbell – 6-string electric bass guitar
- Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone
- Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone; piccolo or fife
- Ray Pohlman – 6-string electric bass guitar
Technical staff
- Bob (surname unknown) – engineer on "Girls on the Beach"
- Chuck Britz – engineer
Charts
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Canadian CHUM's Album Index[93] | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs[71] | 4 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Albums[94] | 4 |
U.S. Record World Top 100 LPs[95] | 3 |
Notes
- Thinkin' 'Bout You Baby" by Sharon Marie.[19]
- ^ The only song that was not recorded in this timespan was "Drive-In" (the backing track was recorded on October 18, 1963 at Radio Recorders).[22]
- ^ Berry, whose "Sweet Little Sixteen" was reconfigured by Wilson into "Surfin' U.S.A.", is called "the greatest" among the rock 'n' roll stars.[46]
- ^ The women were two models who changed their clothes in between snapshots to appear as though there were more women on the beach than there actually were.[56]
- ^ Coincidentally, "I Get Around" made its entry at number one on the same day as America's annual Independence Day holiday.[63]
- ^ The band did not revisit these themes until the 1968 single "Do It Again".[77]
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- Covach, John Rudolph (2015) [2006]. What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History (4th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393937251.
External links
- All Summer Long at Discogs (list of releases)
- All Summer Long on YouTube (official playlist)
- The Beach Boys "I Get Around" on The Ed Sullivan Show on YouTube
- The Beach Boys "Wendy" on The Ed Sullivan Show on YouTube
- Little Saint Nick (Drive In) on YouTube
- Untitled Jam / Let's Live Before We Die (Session Highlights / Instrumental) on YouTube