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That's Why God Made the Radio provided a bittersweet coda to the Beach Boys' career but the soothing sounds of the 2012 reunion didn't linger long before they were soured by the internal fighting endemic to the band. Mere weeks afterward, Mike Love announced Brian Wilson wouldn't join the Beach Boys for any dates after the summer 2012 tour, leaving Brian free to capitalize on the good press of That's Why God Made the Radio. He headed into the studio with guitarist Jeff Beck and producer Don Was in 2013 with the intention of cutting a full album but that collaboration quickly fell apart, leaving Wilson to re-team with his longtime collaborator Joe Thomas to turn these abandoned sessions into what turned out to be No Pier Pressure. Caught halfway between a back-to-basics move along the lines of TWGMTR and a star-studded extravaganza, No Pier Pressure is all sand, sun, and Saturday night nostalgia, a sensibility goosed by the addition of Al Jardine, David Marks, and Blondie Chaplin -- the part of the Beach Boys camp that threw in their lot with Brian -- who help give their numbers ("What Ever Happened," "The Right Time," "Sail Away") a bit of the classicist AM pop sheen that made That's Why God Made the Radio so soothing. Elsewhere, the album relies on guest stars to give it a bit of showbiz sheen. She & Him breeze in to deliver some Caribbean camp on "On the Island," Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities gives Brian a dance club makeover on "Runaway Dancer," and Kacey Musgraves graces "Guess You Had to Be There." By the time Nate Ruess of Fun. shows up for "Saturday Night," a throwback that seems to belong the early-'80s soft rock glory days of Carole Bayer Sager and not American Graffiti (and is the better for it), No Pier Pressure seems a fusion of Wilson's classic sunshine instincts and modern Hollywood pop.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebu Simonian, ComposerLyricist - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sebu, Producer, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Jardine, FeaturedArtist - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Marks, FeaturedArtist - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - She & Him, FeaturedArtist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Isham, FeaturedArtist - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOE THOMAS, Producer, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Hollens, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Jardine, FeaturedArtist - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Marks, FeaturedArtist - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kacey Musgraves, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Salgado, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bennett, ComposerLyricist - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Jardine, FeaturedArtist - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Jim Peterik, ComposerLyricist - Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Jardine, FeaturedArtist - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blondie Chaplin, FeaturedArtist - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Bennett, ComposerLyricist - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Nate Ruess, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Gary Griffin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Rowe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE THOMAS, Producer, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - FRANK PAPPALARDO, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick DeWitte, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Darian Sahanaja, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Walusko, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Millas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rouble Kapoor, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wesley M. Seidman, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Hare, Additional Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergio Ruelas Jr., Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Twiss, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Evelyn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Czaszwicz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Parkinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
Album review
That's Why God Made the Radio provided a bittersweet coda to the Beach Boys' career but the soothing sounds of the 2012 reunion didn't linger long before they were soured by the internal fighting endemic to the band. Mere weeks afterward, Mike Love announced Brian Wilson wouldn't join the Beach Boys for any dates after the summer 2012 tour, leaving Brian free to capitalize on the good press of That's Why God Made the Radio. He headed into the studio with guitarist Jeff Beck and producer Don Was in 2013 with the intention of cutting a full album but that collaboration quickly fell apart, leaving Wilson to re-team with his longtime collaborator Joe Thomas to turn these abandoned sessions into what turned out to be No Pier Pressure. Caught halfway between a back-to-basics move along the lines of TWGMTR and a star-studded extravaganza, No Pier Pressure is all sand, sun, and Saturday night nostalgia, a sensibility goosed by the addition of Al Jardine, David Marks, and Blondie Chaplin -- the part of the Beach Boys camp that threw in their lot with Brian -- who help give their numbers ("What Ever Happened," "The Right Time," "Sail Away") a bit of the classicist AM pop sheen that made That's Why God Made the Radio so soothing. Elsewhere, the album relies on guest stars to give it a bit of showbiz sheen. She & Him breeze in to deliver some Caribbean camp on "On the Island," Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities gives Brian a dance club makeover on "Runaway Dancer," and Kacey Musgraves graces "Guess You Had to Be There." By the time Nate Ruess of Fun. shows up for "Saturday Night," a throwback that seems to belong the early-'80s soft rock glory days of Carole Bayer Sager and not American Graffiti (and is the better for it), No Pier Pressure seems a fusion of Wilson's classic sunshine instincts and modern Hollywood pop.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:52
- Main artists: Brian Wilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records (CAP)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2015 Brimel, Inc. ℗ 2015 Brimel, Inc.
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