In memoriam: Brian Wilson 1942-2025

Brian Wilson (loudersound.com)

Brian Douglas Wilson
06/20/1942
06/11/2025
American musician, singer, composer, producer and co-founder of The Beach Boys. He was considered a genius who introduced compository innovations to his songs and utilized the recording studio as an instrument in its own right. He was kwnown for his high end productions, complex harmonies and impressive ingenious choirs and vocal arrangements. The Beach Boys album Pet Sounds is widely acknowledged one of the best albums of all time
The Beach Boys:
Surfin’ Safari
Surfin’ U.S.A.
Surfer Girl
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down Volume 2
All Summer Long
The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album
The Beach Boys Today!
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Wild Honey
Friends
20/20
Sunflower
Surf’s Up
Carl And The Passions – “So Tough”
Holland
15 Big Ones
The Beach Boys Love You
M.I.U. Album
L.A. (Light Album)
Keepin’ The Summer Alive
The Beach Boys
Still Cruisin’
Summer In Paradise
Stars And Stripes Vol. 1
That’s Why God Made The Radio

Solo:
Brian Wilson
I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
Orange Crate Art (met Van Dyke Parks)
Imagination
Gettin’ In Over My Head
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
What I Really Want For Christmas
That Lucky Old Sun
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
In The Key Of Disney
No Pier Pressure
At My Piano
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road

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