Still Cruisin'

Still Cruisin'
Two flags, one red and the other checkered, crossed over a top-down view of a boat in red-tinted water, with the title and artist name superimposed
Studio album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedAugust 28, 1989
RecordedFebruary 27, 1987[1]–1989;
Except "I Get Around": April 1964, "Wouldn't It Be Nice": January–April 1966, and "California Girls": April & June 1965
GenreRock, new wave, reggae fusion
Length33:44
LabelCapitol
ProducerBrian Wilson
Terry Melcher
Al Jardine
Albert Calbrera
Tony Moran
Gary Usher[1]
The Beach Boys chronology
Made in U.S.A.
(1986) 		Still Cruisin'
(1989) 		Lost & Found (1961–62)
(1991)
Singles from Still Cruisin'
  1. "Kokomo"
    Released: July 18, 1988
  2. "Still Cruisin'"
    Released: August 7, 1989
  3. "Somewhere Near Japan"
    Released: January 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Still Cruisin' is the twenty-sixth studio album by the Beach Boys, their thirty-fifth official album (counting compilations and live packages), and their last release of the 1980s. It is also the last album of new material released during a brief return to Capitol Records.

Released on August 28, 1989, the album was panned by critics, with AllMusic referring to the band's sound by producer Terry Melcher as sounding "like a professional '60s cover band".[2] Despite the poor critical reception, the album was Certified Gold by RIAA in 1989 and has since gone on to be Certified Platinum for sales of 1,000,000 copies.[6]

Despite its commercial success, Still Cruisin' was left out of Capitol's Beach Boys re-issue campaign in 2000 and 2001, along with their following album Summer in Paradise. Its lead single "Kokomo", however, has made subsequent appearances on compilation albums.

  1. ^ a b Doe, Andrew G.; et al. "Gigs & Sessions 1987". Bellagio 10452. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Allmusic review
  3. ^ Wolk, Douglas (October 2004). "The Beach Boys Still Cruisin". Blender. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone Review
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2022-11-30.