L.A. (Light Album)

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L.A. (Light Album)
Artist	The Beach Boys
Type	Studio album
Released	March 19, 1979
Recorded	April 1974-January 1979
Length	41:33
Label	Brother/Caribou/CBS
Producer(s)	Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys, James William Guercio

L.A. (Light Album) is the 22nd studio album by the Beach Boys, released on March 19, 1979. It was the first album to feature Bruce Johnston as a member of the band since Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" in 1972.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Good Timin'" (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson) - 2:12
2. "Lady Lynda" (Johann Sebastian Bach: arranged by Al Jardine and Ron Altbach) - 3:58
3. "Full Sail (C. Wilson, Geoffrey Cushing-Murray) - 2:56
4. "Angel Come Home" (C. Wilson, Cushing-Murray) - 3:39
5. "Love Surrounds Me" (D. Wilson, Cushing-Murray) - 3:41
6. "Sumahama" (Mike Love) - 4:30

Side two

1. "Here Comes the Night" (B. Wilson, Love) - 10:51
2. "Baby Blue" (D. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson, Karen Lamm) - 3:25
3. "Goin' South" (C. Wilson, Cushing-Murray) - 3:16
4. "Shortenin' Bread" (Traditional; arranged by B. Wilson) - 2:49

Credits

The Beach Boys

• Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
• Brian Wilson – harmony and backing vocals on "Angel Come Home", piano on "Good Timin'" and "Shortenin' Bread," Moog synthesizer on "Shortenin' Bread," harpsichord and keyboards on "Good Timin'"
• Carl Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar
• Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals, guitar
• Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals, drums, percussion
• Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals, keyboards, vocal and orchestral arrangements, production

Additional musicians

• Ed Carter – guitar, bass guitar
• Carlos Munoz – piano
• Bobby Figueroa – drums
• Sterling Smith – harpsichord
• Phil Shenale – synthesizer
• James William Guercio – bass guitar
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Ritchie Zito – guitar
• Mike Baird – drums
• Joel Peskin – alto saxophone solo on "Here Comes The Night"
• Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone solos
• Mike Meros – clavinet
• Bob Esty – synthesizer
• Wah Wah Watson – guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
• Steve Forman – percussion
• Victor Feldman – percussion
• Ron Altbach – keyboards
• Lyle Ritz - upright bass on "Goin' South"

Recording personnel

• Bruce Johnston – producer
• The Beach Boys – producer
• James William Guercio – producer
• Curt Becher – co-producer ("Here Comes the Night"), engineer
• Bill Fletcher – engineer
• Chuck Britz – engineer
• Joel Moss – engineer
• Earle Mankey – engineer
• Tom Murphy – engineer
• Chuck Leary – engineer
• Greg Venable – engineer
• Jeff Guercio – engineer
• John Hanlon – engineer

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