Summer in Paradise

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Summer in Paradise
Studio album by the Beach Boys
Released	August 3, 1992
Recorded	July 1991 – May 1992
Genre	Pop rock
Length	44:10 (US) 41:15 (UK)
Label	Brother (US) EMI (UK)
Producer	Terry Melcher (except "Forever", Gary Griffin and Lanny Cardola)
The Beach Boys chronology
Lost & Found (1961–62) (1991) Summer in Paradise (1992) Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys (1993)
Summer in Paradise (International version)
Singles from Summer in Paradise
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" Released: July 14, 1992

Summer in Paradise is the twenty-seventh studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 3, 1992, by Brother Records. Produced by Terry Melcher, it is the only album not to feature any new contributions from Brian Wilson, and has been regarded as the band's critical and commercial low point, failing to chart in either the US or UK and receiving almost unanimously negative reviews. In North America, it was the group's first album to be released only on CD and cassette, with a rare vinyl pressing released only in South Korea. The Beach Boys did not record another album of predominately original material until That's Why God Made the Radio in 2012. Summer in Paradise was left out of Capitol's Beach Boys CD reissue campaign of 2000 to 2001, as well as all other reissues for most of the group's discography. Both it and its predecessor, Still Cruisin', are currently out of print. Summer in Paradise, along with Still Cruisin, were pulled from later re-releases due to poor public reception.