Still Cruisin' | ||||
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Released | August 28, 1989 | |||
Recorded | February 27, 1987[1]–1989; Except "I Get Around": April 1964, "Wouldn't It Be Nice": January–April 1966, and "California Girls": April & June 1965 | |||
Genre | Rock, new wave, reggae fusion | |||
Length | 33:44 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Brian Wilson Terry Melcher Al Jardine Albert Calbrera Tony Moran Gary Usher[1] | |||
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Singles from Still Cruisin' | ||||
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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 it's 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.