| "Rio Grande" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Brian Wilson | |
| from the album Brian Wilson | |
| Released | July 12, 1988 |
| Recorded | 1987–1988 |
| Genre | Progressive pop[1] |
| Length | 8:12 |
| Label | Sire/Reprise |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Andy Paley |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson, Andy Paley, Lenny Waronker |
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"Rio Grande" is a song by American musician Brian Wilson from his 1988 album Brian Wilson. It was written and produced by Wilson and Andy Paley, and co-produced by Lenny Waronker. Its modular set of movements hearkened back to the style that Brian Wilson used during the "Good Vibrations"/Smile era with musique concrète. "Rio Grande" was evidence that he could still create brilliant, pictorial landscapes of music similar to Smile whenever he had the freedom, confidence, and courage to do so.[2][according to whom?] It is the longest piece of music in the Brian Wilson catalogue at eight minutes and 12 seconds.
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