No Pier Pressure

No Pier Pressure
Studio album by
Brian Wilson
ReleasedApril 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)
RecordedEarly 2013 (2013) – November 2014 (2014-11)
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length42:55
LabelCapitol
ProducerBrian Wilson, Joe Thomas
Brian Wilson chronology
The Big Beat 1963
(2013) 		No Pier Pressure
(2015) 		Sessions '64
(2015)
Singles from No Pier Pressure
  1. "The Right Time"
    Released: February 17, 2015
  2. "Runaway Dancer"
    Released: March 17, 2015
  3. "On the Island"
    Released: March 31, 2015

No Pier Pressure is the tenth studio album by American musician Brian Wilson, released April 7, 2015 on Capitol Records.[2] Originally planned as a follow-up to the Beach Boys' 2012 reunion album That's Why God Made the Radio, No Pier Pressure is the first solo Wilson LP devoted primarily to new and original material since That Lucky Old Sun (2008). It features guest performances by contemporary artists Sebu Simonian of Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves, She & Him, Nate Ruess of Fun and Peter Hollens. Original Beach Boys members Al Jardine and David Marks also feature alongside former band member Blondie Chaplin.

Peaking at number 28 on the US Billboard 200, the album received mixed reviews which largely criticized its adult contemporary arrangements, production and auto-tune – directions which were allegedly at the behest of co-producer Joe Thomas, who previously co-produced That's Why God Made the Radio. The track "One Kind of Love" was written for the film Love & Mercy, a biopic of Wilson's life, and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards.

  1. ^ Deevoy, Adrian (April 9, 2015). "Beach Boy Brian Wilson: 'Punk rock? I don't know what that is'". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WilsonJan2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).