All Summer Long (album)

All Summer Long is the sixth album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released July 13, 1964 on Capitol Records. It rose to number 4 in the US during a 49-week chart stay, and was certified gold by the RIAA. Lead single "I Get Around" was issued in May and became the band's first number one hit in the U.S. The album also had a UK Top 10 debut with a number peak.

All Summer Long
Studio album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedJuly 13, 1964 (1964-07-13)
Recorded
  • October 10, 1963
  • February 4 – May 19, 1964
StudioUnited Western Recorders, Hollywood
Length25:10
LabelCapitol
ProducerBrian Wilson
The Beach Boys chronology
Shut Down Volume 2
(1964)		 All Summer Long
(1964)		 Four by the Beach Boys
(1964)
The Beach Boys UK chronology
Beach Boys Concert
(1965)		 All Summer Long
(1965)		 Surfin' U.S.A.
(1965)
Singles from All Summer Long
  1. "I Get Around"
    Released: May 11, 1964
For the 1965 film, see The Girls on the Beach.

Background

It was the first LP the group recorded since the British Invasion, and the last where their music reveled in California beach culture until the 1968 single "Do It Again".[1] Only one song explicitly references surfing: "Don't Back Down"; there are no hot rod songs at all for the first time, since "Little Honda" is about a motorcycle.[2]

"Drive-In" was recorded shortly after the release of Little Deuce Coupe in October 1963.[3]

That April, during the recording sessions of "I Get Around" and "Little Honda", Brian relieved his father Murry Wilson of his managerial duties after three years.[3] An attempt at reconciliation on Murry's part, much of it captured on the tapes for the 1965 recording sessions of "Help Me, Rhonda", cemented the break.[4] In an interview with Hit Parader, Brian later recalled, "We love the family thing – y'know: three brothers, a cousin and a friend is a really beautiful way to have a group – but the extra generation can become a hang-up."[5]

Reception
Professional ratings
Retrospective reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
MusicHound3.5/5[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

The Girls on the Beach

The Beach Boys were later featured in the 1965 film The Girls on the Beach, performing "Girls on the Beach", "Lonely Sea", and "Little Honda". Their appearance was filmed in April 1964, a month before All Summer Long was completed.[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLead vocal(s)Length
1."I Get Around"Brian Wilson with Mike Love2:14
2."All Summer Long"Love2:08
3."Hushabye" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)B. Wilson with Love2:41
4."Little Honda"Love with Dennis Wilson1:52
5."We'll Run Away" (B. Wilson, Gary Usher)B. Wilson2:02
6."Carl's Big Chance" (B. Wilson, Carl Wilson)instrumental2:03
Side two
No.TitleLead vocal(s)Length
1."Wendy"B. Wilson with Love2:21
2."Do You Remember?"Love with B. Wilson1:40
3."Girls on the Beach"B. Wilson with D. Wilson2:28
4."Drive-In"Love1:49
5."Our Favorite Recording Sessions" (B. Wilson, Dennis Wilson, C. Wilson, Love, Al Jardine)spoken word2:00
6."Don't Back Down"Love with B. Wilson1:52
Total length:25:10
  • 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 a 1990s court case.[11]

Personnel
The Beach Boys performing "I Get Around" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964

Partial credits courtesy of session archivist Craig Slowinski. They are amalgamated from all tracks except "We'll Run Away", "Carl's Big Chance", "Do You Remember?", "Drive-In", and "Our Favorite Recording Sessions'.[12]

The Beach Boys

Session musicians and technical staff

Charts

Weekly charts

Year Chart Position
1964 US Billboard 200 Albums Chart 4[1]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1964 "I Get Around" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 1
1964 "Little Honda" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 65
1964 "Wendy" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 44

References
  1. Unterberger, Richie. "All Summer Long – The Beach Boys | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  2. Holmes, Chris (October 25, 2011). "The Popdose Guide to the Beach Boys". Popdose.
  3. Doe, Andrew Grayham. "GIGS64". Endless Summer Quarterly. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  4. White 1996, pp. 230–238.
  5. ""The Beach Boy Empire" Taylor, Derek. October 5, 1966. Hit Parader, p13". photobucket.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  6. Wolk, Douglas (October 2004). "The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long". Blender. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  7. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002, ed. Larkin, Colin.
  8. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 83. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. Stebbins 2011.
  11. Doe, Andrew G. "Album Archiveq". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
  12. Boyd, Alan; Linette, Mark; Slowinski, Craig (2014). Keep an Eye On Summer 1964 (Digital Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. Mirror

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