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Brian was just asked question on Twitter (during the Q&A) asking if he'll always make music despite not touring one day, and he replied saying "yea, I plan to do another album this year some time!"

Is Brian just confused or is he truly dropping another new album this year?

Just posted about this in the twitter thread at exactly the same time  :lol

 ;D I figured someone would! If Brian is serious here, it's big news! 2 Brian Wilson LPs in one year? I'll take it!

Right. He's doing a Rock & Roll album. Hasn't he made that clear?

He has, I just didn't expect it to be as soon as this year.

We need an all-balls-out Rock & Roll album from Brian.  There's been a lot of talk about it over the years.  Maybe it's time.....

Has the talk been an album of rock n roll covers or original tunes in a rock n roll style?

Original tunes in a Rock and roll cover style

with "Proud Mary."  :smokin

A Chuck Berry album would be a very fitting project especially after having done the Gershwin album a few years ago.  Celebrating Berry music would be a great addition to his catalog.

Instead, he should do a Four Freshmen/Hi-Los album

If this album is successful, maybe it'll let his folks know that they can release a LOT more Brian Wilson music than we're currently getting.  We need an album a year!  Or f*** albums, just release a single every month!

It's great to hear he wants to do another one. From what's come out from No Pier Pressure, it seems like he's on a roll.

But just because he's going to work on an album this year doesn't mean it will be OUT this year.

Whenever it comes out, I'll look forward to it.

NPP took a long time compared to most album productions, but that's probably because of all the thought and commitment  Brian puts into his albums.

I think I'm on record for a solid decade thinking along these lines. OK, not one a month (unless he happens to have that many ideas and that much energy), but everyone has long commented how the quality of the release is always proportionate to Brian's engagement. Further, it's often described how quickly he gets sick of things. My dream scenario would be for him to take advantage of our modern era and just write-record-release as the muse dictates. One song, four songs, eight songs, 12 songs. Whatever. If it's done in a day, put it on iTunes that night. Once enough are done, sure, put out physical product for those people who care about that.

Just seems to me that it would be great for him. No "make a great album" pressure, less boredom with the project, more immediate results, potentially a bigger piece of the profits.

I've read the gamut since "Your Imagination" was released in 1999.  One of them is a "Spectorish" sounding album, which I kinda like. Another was "Pleasure Island".

Remember "This Could Be The Night"? That was a good cover. I wouldn't mind a couple of those like that on his album. The fast version of "Meet Me In My Dreams Tonight" comes to mind.

We need a Bootleg Box. As many of Brian's home demos as possible.

yup!  Way back in the day, artists used to do that, they'd release singles and then when they had enough singles they'd put them together on an album... now it's the other way around.  I'm positive there's good reasons why things are that way, but a legacy artist like Brian can do sh*t however he wants to do it... and you'd think that some of these record labels would want to experiment with ideas like this to see if it's financially viable. 

I think what it comes down to, though, is that almost all radio airplay is purchased anymore so the whole idea that he releases a song, people start playing it on the radio and it gets big just doesn't work that way anymore... so you'd be in a situation where the record label wouldn't be willing to pay to promote a different single with nothing 'bigger' behind it like a potential album purchase.

It still saddens me that Brian didn't sign up with an indie label in the mid-90s, back when Sub Pop was issuing promo singles for the PS box and he was at the height of his hipster cred. He could have issued however many albums he wanted, collaborating with anybody, doing whatever he liked.

I'm reasonably sure the option was presented to him. But he just chose not to.

At the very least some of the Paley stuff could've come out at the time.

I'm still praying they get an official release.

Just had this nightmarish vision of Joe Thomas being in charge of overseeing Brian's archive releases when he's no longer around himself.

Glitter EVERYWHERE!

You can't really take anything BW says at face value.  I mean when was the last time this guy gave an engaging interview?  Half the time he doesn't seem to know what's going on.  That's why I don't have much interest in these "Internet chat" sessions with him.  It's great that he agrees to reach out to his fans, but I don't think he's putting a lot of thought or substance to any answers he gives.  Although his response over the "banged mom" question was great, if he indeed came up with that response.

How could he NOT have came up with that response?   You think that was his publicists idea, or even Melinda's idea?

Perhaps he meant we would be working on a new album later this year... The beginning of what became NPP was certainly far-removed from the final product. I would doubt there'll be another release of new material this year, although I would happily purchase one...

Anything's possible at this point.

NO MORE COVERS!!!!  If I want a crappy cover album I will listen to 15BO.

it makes sense to me to release 2 CDs this year one released just before the movie to be sold during the movie and just after, and  few months later a second CD when the DVD is being released..it'll keep the momentum going... and who knows how many songs that he has recorded for NPP that didn't actually end up on it that could be placed on a second CD which would mean that he wouldn't have to go in the studio to record much between now and then if he already has songs that could be plopped on the CD..

He hasn't ever really done a... multi album concept thing, has he?  Lots of people have... usually it has disasterous results and doesn't sell well, but it would be good for us fans because we'd get much more music!  I think Prince has done something similar, I think Vince Gill did (although I think it was just a 4 cd box set of all new songs, not released at different times)... Ice Cube made "War & Peace" which was two seperate albums released a year or so apart. 

He should make

Brian Wilson: Summer Days



Brian Wilson: Summer Nights


Mike would probably sue him but f*** it, the idea was never fully realized Brian!  Right this wrong!  :)

They could just mix the Paley songs and release them. Album done.

yes THIS!!!!!!

re-cap please?

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,20224.msg508290.html#msg508290 (http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,20224.msg508290.html#msg508290)

Yes! I still feel they are relevent tracks....


Failing that, I just want to hear Brian cut loose on some obscure and inaccessble stuff, I'm sure he's got loads to say about parenthood and expectations and alike.