Brian Wilson will return to Capitol Records - his original label home with the Beach Boys - with the Sept. 2 release of "That Lucky Old Sun."
Last summer, Wilson became inspired by the 1949 song, “That Lucky Old Sun.” He bought Louis Armstrong’s version of the track and was inspired to again collaborate with former crony Van Dyke Parks and bandmate Scott Bennett to create spoken narratives.
Wilson describes That Lucky Old Sun as an “interwoven series of ‘rounds’ with interspersed spoken word,” and as an autobiographical travelogue of sorts. Album was produced by Wilson.
Wilson debuted "That Lucky Old Sun" at London’s Royal Festival Hall in September. It has been described as a musical love letter from Southern California; “Midnight’s Another Day” was termed by Mojo magazine as “glorious.”
The track listing:
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Morning Beat
3. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
4. Good Kind Of Love
5. Forever My Surfer Girl
6. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
7. Live Let Live
8. Mexican Girl
9. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
10. California Role
11. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
12. Oxygen
13. Can’t Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
14. Midnight’s Another Day
15. Going Home
16. Southern California