
Brian Wilson BRIAN WILSON
Personnel: Brian Wilson (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, Emulator, vibraphone, glockenspiel, percussion, bells, chimes, sound effects); Andy Paley (acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion); Michael Bernard (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Russ Titelman, Terence Trent D'arby, Christopher Cross (background vocals).Reissue producers: Mark Linett, David Leaf, Gary Stewart.Includes liner notes by David Leaf.Digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt (Oceanview Digital).Brian Wilson's first solo album created a good share of media hoopla upon its release. This was not necessarily because of the music, but simply because his very existence -- or, at least, proof of his existence via his first fully engaged recording project in about a decade -- was greeted as a cause for celebration. Although it did not shift tons of units, it did spark a landslide of ecstatic-to-charitable reviews, largely because so many critics were eager to latch