The Beach Boys

Released: October 31, 2011

Songwriter: Brian Wilson

Producer: Alan Boyd Mark Linett

Brian:
We have to get it out

Mike:
Accomplished. The accomplishment of this...

Al:
This- this can be another...uh. This could be considered a track. Brian?

Brian:
Not really, though. We don't wanna do that

Al:
I think it's beautiful

Brian:
This is a little intro, ya know, to the album. Okay, this is "Intro to the Album: Take 1", and uh, we're gonna definitely need a C#

Al:
Brian, direct, okay?

Brian:
Alright. Let's try to really pull it off good now. Here we go. Three, four...

[Our Prayer: Take 1]

Brian:
Take it again. Once again. One minute, Mike. Not enough breath. Take it from the top of the second verse

Al:
And then what after that, Brian? What do we just do?

Brian:
And then it goes...[sings]

Al:
That's the end, right? Great. And then the hum

Brian:
Okay, take it from the top of the second verse where you go down and you can... Three, four...

[Our Prayer: Take 2]

Brian:
That one note has to be a little smoother comin' up, Mike. Deeper breaths, here we go. Is this opened all the way around, Jim? That's weird that we're not picking up Mike in it

Mike:
[Sings] This is now goin' all around. Shake it up, shake it up, so we'll hear the sound!

Jim Hockman:
Close?

Carl:
Yeah, very close

Brian:
Denny, do ya have any hash joints left? I know you do

Al:
Okay, move in

Brian:
Okay, three, four...

[Our Prayer: Take 3]

Brian:
Hey, what's the matter with the notes? A whole note up, Mike

Al:
What's the chord? What's the key?

Brian:
It's... What're you doin' on the bottom, Mike?

Mike:
[Sings his part]

Brian:
Here we go. Three, four...

[Our Prayer: Take 4]

Al:
Get right in there

Dennis:
You want all of us, now?

Al:
Get a balance

Brian:
You guys feel any acid yet?

Al:
I feel brand new

Mike:
Let's go

Brian:
Three, four...

[Our Prayer: Take 5]

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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