Brian Wilson is the former bassist, co-lead vocalist, and chief songwriter of The Beach Boys. Due to his unorthodox approaches to pop composition and arrangement, as well as his extraordinary mastery of the recording studio, he is widely acknowledged to be one of the most innovative and influential songwriters ever in the pop idiom. Brian Wilson has released eight solo albums. His first tentative step back into the world of recorded music was Brian Wilson, released in 1988. He was again quiet until 1995, when both I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, a collection of re-recordings seemingly meant to reintroduce him to the public, and Orange Crate Art, a song cycle written by Van Dyke Parks with contributions by Wilson, were released. An album of new compositions entitled Imagination followed in 1998, and Wilson began performing live again in 1999. His confidence onstage at a peak, he chose to release a live album documenting the Imagination tour (Live at the Roxy Theatre). In 2002 he began incorporating the whole of Pet Sounds into his set; this, too, was documented in a live album titled Pet Sounds Live. In 2004 Wilson began performing the entirety of SMiLE, theretofore an unfinished work, to great acclaim. That same year, he released Gettin' in Over My Head, featuring Elton John, Carl Wilson (posthumously), Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, and the completed Smile. Wilson released a collection of Christmas songs entitled What I Really Want for Christmas, in October of 2005. Brian released his latest album That Lucky Old Sun on September 2, 2008 after returning to Capitol Records. Read more at: http://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Wilson/+wiki. |