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"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys and the opening track from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson , Tony Asher , and Mike Love , it is distinguished for its sophisticated Wall of Sound -style arrangement and refined vocal performances, and is regarded among the band's finest songs.
On July 18, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (B-side "God Only Knows") was released as a single, peaking at number 8 on September 2. [307] Billboard ultimately ranked the album at number 43 on its "Top Pop Albums of 1966" list.
On June 4, 1996, Sub Pop released a stereo mix of "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" as a single with a vocal only version of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and with the stereo backing to "Here Today" as the B-side. [36] It was an unusual release for the label, which had traditionally issued records by alternative rock groups such as Nirvana and ...
Surf's Up is the 17th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 30, 1971 on Brother/Reprise.It received largely favorable reviews and reached number 29 on the U.S. record charts, becoming their highest-charting LP of new music in the U.S. since 1967.
[1] [2] It was intended to supplant Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story, Wilson's disowned autobiography from 1991. [3] I Am Brian Wilson was published by Da Capo Press on October 11, 2016, one month after the release of Mike Love 's autobiography: Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy .
"(Wouldn't It Be Nice to) Live Again" Dennis Wilson Stan Shapiro 1971 Made in California ‡ 2013 "Wouldn't It Be Nice" † Brian Wilson Tony Asher Mike Love 1966 Pet Sounds: 1966 "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" † Brian Wilson Jack Rieley 1971–1972 Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" 1972 "You Never Give Me Your Money" John Lennon
The Beach Boys in Concert is the third live album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released in November 1973.It was their first live album since Live in London (1970), as well as the only live album and the final album on which Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar appeared as official members.
Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story is the first memoir by American musician Brian Wilson, written with celebrity journalist Todd Gold and published by HarperCollins in 1991. The book was heavily criticized for the implausibility of Wilson being its actual author, and it inspired multiple defamation lawsuits from his family members and associates.