Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology

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Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology
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Compilation album by
Brian Wilson
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
Recorded1987–2017
Label Rhino
Brian Wilson chronology
Sessions '64
(2015)		Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology
(2017)		 At My Piano
(2021)

Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology is a compilation album devoted to the solo career of American musician Brian Wilson, released on September 22, 2017. It covers three decades of music with selections from nine of Wilson's solo albums, released between 1988 and 2015. The album includes two previously unreleased tracks: "Run James Run", an outtake from No Pier Pressure completed for the compilation, and "Some Sweet Day", a song Wilson wrote and recorded with Andy Paley in the early 1990s. [1]

The packaging features a selection of photos from throughout Wilson's solo career, including a candid shot taken in the studio during the recording of "Run James Run".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Love and Mercy"Brian Wilson Brian Wilson , 19882:56
2."Surf's Up"Wilson, Van Dyke Parks Brian Wilson Presents Smile , 20044:06
3."Heroes and Villains"Wilson, ParksBrian Wilson Presents Smile4:53
4."Melt Away"Brian WilsonBrian Wilson2:59
5."Let it Shine"Wilson, Jeff Lynne Brian Wilson3:58
6."Some Sweet Day"Wilson, Andy Paley Andy Paley sessions, previously unreleased2:39
7."Rio Grande"Wilson, PaleyBrian Wilson8:12
8."Cry"Wilson Imagination , 19984:59
9."Lay Down Burden"Wilson, Joe Thomas Imagination3:44
10."The First Time"Wilson Live at the Roxy Theatre , 20003:32
11."This Isn't Love"Wilson, Tony Asher Live at the Roxy Theatre3:55
12."Soul Searchin'"Wilson, Paley Gettin' In Over My Head , 20044:08
13."Gettin' In Over My Head"Wilson, PaleyGettin' In Over My Head4:27
14."The Like In I Love You" George Gershwin, Wilson, Scott Bennett Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin , 20103:19
15."Midnight's Another Day"Wilson, Bennett That Lucky Old Sun , 20084:12
16."Colors of the Wind" Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz In the Key of Disney , 20113:59
17."One Kind of Love"Wilson, Bennett Music from Love & Mercy , 2014 (also No Pier Pressure , 2015)3:34
18."Run James Run"Wilson, ThomasNo Pier Pressure sessions, previously unreleased3:27

References

  1. ↑ "Hear Brian Wilson's Retro Nineties Rarity 'Some Sweet Day'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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