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Stars and Stripes Vol. 1

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{{Infobox album

| name = Stars and Stripes Vol. 1

| type = Studio album

| artist = The Beach Boys and various artists

| cover = BBStarsCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 19, 1996

| recorded = October 5, 1995 – June 12, 1996

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Country pop}}

| length = 37:47

| label = River North

| producer = {{hlist|Joe Thomas|Brian Wilson}}

| chronology = The Beach Boys

| prev_title = Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = The Pet Sounds Sessions

| next_year = 1997

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r239079}}

| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite book|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin |year=2006|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |edition=4th|location=London |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=479}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = D{{cite web |last=Nash |first=Alanna |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1996/08/23/stars-and-stripes-vol-1 |title=Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly }}

| rev1score =

}}

Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 19, 1996, by River North Records. Produced by Joe Thomas and Brian Wilson, Stars and Stripes is a collaborative album between the Beach Boys and various country acts.

The idea for the album was conceived by Thomas,{{sfn|Love|2016|p=384}} who was then the owner of River North Records.{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=Mike Love Wasn't Happy With the Beach Boys Reunion|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mike-love-unhappy-beach-boys-reunion/|date=August 15, 2013}} According to Wilson's wife Melinda, during the album's recording, "They [the Beach Boys] treated [Brian] like an invalid, all the time saying, 'Do this, don't do that, are you okay?'"{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=285}}

In music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine's description, the release was "an unmitigated disaster and an outright embarrassment for all involved".{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author1-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stars-and-stripes-vol-1-mw0000648961 |website=AllMusic}} The album's failure prevented Brian from securing a record contract, leaving his highly anticipated recording collaborations with Andy Paley in limbo.{{cite journal|last1=Crisafulli |first1=Chuck |title=Why Can't Brian Wilson Get a Record Deal? |journal=Request |date=June 1997 |url=http://www.petsounds.com/request.pdf |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980630153717/http://www.petsounds.com/request.pdf |archive-date=June 30, 1998 }} A planned second volume never materialized, and Stars and Stripes became the last studio album to feature Carl Wilson, who died in 1998.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 track listing

| extra_column = Lead vocals / featured artist

| title1 = Don't Worry, Baby

| writer1 = Brian Wilson, Roger Christian

| extra1 = Lorrie Morgan

| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Little Deuce Coupe

| writer2 = Wilson, Christian

| extra2 = James House

| length2 = 2:50

| title3 = 409

| writer3 = Wilson, Mike Love, Gary Usher

| extra3 = Junior Brown

| length3 = 2:20

| title4 = Long, Tall Texan

| writer4 = Henry Strzelecki

| extra4 = Doug Supernaw

| length4 = 4:02

| title5 = I Get Around

| writer5 = Wilson, Love

| extra5 = Sawyer Brown

| length5 = 2:29

| title6 = Be True to Your School

| writer6 = Wilson, Love

| extra6 = Toby Keith

| length6 = 3:18

| title7 = Fun, Fun, Fun

| writer7 = Wilson, Love

| extra7 = Ricky Van Shelton

| length7 = 2:20

| title8 = Help Me, Rhonda

| writer8 = Wilson, Love

| extra8 = T. Graham Brown

| length8 = 3:10

| title9 = The Warmth of the Sun

| writer9 = Wilson, Love

| extra9 = Willie Nelson

| length9 = 3:18

| title10 = Sloop John B

| writer10 = Traditional; arranged by Wilson

| extra10 = Collin Raye

| length10 = 3:45

| title11 = I Can Hear Music

| writer11 = Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector

| extra11 = Kathy Troccoli

| length11 = 3:14

| title12 = Caroline, No

| writer12 = Wilson, Tony Asher

| extra12 = Timothy B. Schmit

| length12 = 3:19

}}

Personnel

Credits from album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1|others=The Beach Boys |year=1996 |type=booklet |url= http://albumlinernotes.com/Stars___Stripes__Vol_1.html |location=California}}

The Beach Boys

  • Al Jardine – harmony and backing vocals
  • Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals
  • Mike Love – harmony and backing vocals, additional vocals on “Long Tall Texan,” executive producer
  • Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, producer
  • Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals except “Long Tall Texan”

Special guests

Additional musicians

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

  • Eddie Bayers – drums; percussion on “The Warmth of the Sun”
  • Jackie Bertoni – percussion on “Don’t Worry Baby” and “Caroline, No”
  • Richie Cannata – saxophone on “I Get Around” and “I Can Hear Music,” handclaps on “I Get Around”
  • Steve Eisen – flute on “Caroline, No”
  • Larry Franklin – fiddle on “Long Tall Texan”, “The Warmth of the Sun,” and “Sloop John B.”
  • Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar on “Sloop John B.”
  • Henry Gross – additional backing vocals on “I Can Hear Music”
  • Drew Jardine – finger snaps on “I Can Hear Music”
  • Matt Jardine – harmony and backing vocals, handclaps on “I Get Around”, second verse lead vocals on “Sloop John B.”
  • Robbie Jardine – finger snaps on “I Can Hear Music”
  • Greg Leisz – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar on “Don’t Worry Baby” and “Caroline, No”
  • Steve Nathan – piano, B-3 on “I Get Around” and “Help Me Rhonda”, keyboards on “Sloop John B”
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica on “The Warmth of the Sun”
  • Michael Rhodes – bass
  • Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Dobro on “Long Tall Texan”
  • Bill Ruppert – electric guitar on “I Can Hear Music”
  • Joe Thomas – piano, keyboards, percussion on “Sloop John B.” and “I Can Hear Music”, handclaps on “I Get Around”, producer
  • Jimmy Webb – string arrangements on “Caroline, No”
  • Nashville String Machine – orchestra on “Caroline, No”

}}

Charts

;Album

class="wikitable"

! Chart (1996)

! Peak
Position

U.S. Billboard 200 Albums

| align="center"| 101

U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums

| align="center"| 12

Canadian RPM Country Albums

| align="center"| 11

;Singles

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart Positions

width="50"| US AC

! width="50"| US Country

! width="50"| CAN Country

rowspan="4"| 1996

| "I Can Hear Music" (with Kathy Troccoli)

| align="center"| 16

|

|

"Don't Worry Baby" (with Lorrie Morgan)

|

| align="center"| 73

|

"Little Deuce Coupe" (with James House)

|

| align="center"| 69

| align="center"| 41

"Long Tall Texan" (with Doug Supernaw)

|

| align="center"| 69

| align="center"| 82

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|first=Peter Ames|last=Carlin|author-link=Peter Ames Carlin|title=Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYyovo_AbqAC|year=2006|publisher=Rodale|isbn=978-1-59486-320-2}}
  • {{cite book|last=Love|first=Mike|author-link=Mike Love|title=Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioG0CwAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-698-40886-9}}

External links

  • {{Discogs master|type=album|456612|name=Stars and Stripes Vol. 1}}

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Category:1996 albums

Category:Country albums by American artists

Category:Albums arranged by Jimmy Webb

Category:Albums produced by Brian Wilson

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Category:River North Records albums

Category:1990s covers albums

Category:Country pop albums