Love You

by The Beach Boys

Overview

Judging by the title and the quilted design on the cover, Love You would appear to be an album of ballads or romantic tracks, maybe '70s remakes of "Surfer Girl" or "In My Room." But from the brutal synthesizer stabs and Carl Wilson's throaty yell, "Harrahhh!" on the opening track, it's clear this is no ordinary Beach Boys LP. Besides several hard-charging pop songs ("Honkin' Down the Highway," "Roller Skating Child," "Let Us Go On This Way"), there are a couple of baffling but ultimately endearing tracks whose titles ("Johnny Carson," "Solar System," "Ding Dang") are good indicators of the amateurish lyrics and subject matter. What makes Love You one of the best Beach Boys LPs of the 1970s, though, is the return to an uncommonly Brian Wilson sense of romantic naivete and "adult child" wonder at the world. "The Night Was So Young," "I'll Bet He's Nice," and "Let's Put Our Hearts Together" form a suite during the middle of side two that rivals Pet Sounds for breadth of emotional attachment. Originally slated to be a Brian Wilson solo album (titled Brian Loves You), it shows the aging genius with many of his pop smarts intact, his wildly eccentric lifestyle tweaking his sense of songcraft in an intriguing direction. [In 2000, Love You was made available on the two-fer compilation 15 Big Ones/Love You.] ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2016
Label:	Imports
UPC:	4988031145203
Rank:	31548

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Beach Boys   Primary Artist
Carl Wilson   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Mike Love   Vocals
Brian Wilson   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Carl Wilson   Mixdown Producer
Dean Torrence   Design
Mike Love   Composer
Al Jardine   Composer
Brian Wilson   Composer,Producer
The Byrds   Composer
Phil Spector   Composer
Earle Mankey   Engineer
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Guy Webster   Photography
Stephen Moffitt   Engineer
Lester Cohen   Photography
Stephen W. Desper   Engineer
David Leaf   Photography