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Inside the Music of Brian Wilson

Author	Philip Lambert
Subject	Brian Wilson
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date	2007
Pages	404
ISBN	978-0-8264-1877-7
OCLC	654236799

Inside the Music of Brian Wilson (subtitled The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius) is a 2007 book that analyzes the music of Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, authored by American musicologist Philip Lambert. It is the first book dedicated primarily to Wilson's music, rather than his personal life.^[1]

Background

Philip Lambert (1960–2022) was a professor of music at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.^[2] He was initially known for specializing in the music of composer Charles Ives, and authored a book on the subject, The Music of Charles Ives (1997).^[3]^[2] After the mid-2000s, he specialized in popular music and musical theatre. His textbooks Basic Post-Tonal Theory (2018) and Analysis and Principles of Music (2017) are also widely used.^[2]

Reception

In his review for PopMatters, Adam Bunch rued that the book has limited appeal to casual fans of the Beach Boys, as it requires the reader to have a rudimentary understanding of music theory.^[1] Quentin Rowan of the New York Post concurred, "Lambert himself is a professor of music theory, and at times, although enlightening, his prose borders on being for music scholars alone."^[4]

London Times reviewer Jesse Jarnow declared, "Lambert’s work is extraordinary for what it is, examining the young songwriter piece by piece as Wilson teases out his own voice. It’s not exactly poetry, but it is of extraordinary value."^[5] Academic Robert Iannapollo referred to it as the finest book ever written about the Beach Boys.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Bunch, Adam (March 28, 2007). "Inside the Music of Brian Wilson by Philip Lambert". PopMatters. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "In Memoriam: Professor Philip Lambert". gc.cuny.edu. City University of New York. February 10, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ Salazar, Amanda (March 18, 2022). "Baruch music professor of nearly 35 years dies at 63". Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ Rowan, Quentin (April 15, 2007). "Inside the Music of Brian Wilson". New York Post.
^ Jarnow, Jesse (April 14, 2007). "A couple of mono maniacs". The Times. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008.
^ Iannapollo, Robert (2013). "Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963". Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal. 46 (2): 307–309.

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"Caroline, No"
"Gettin' Hungry"
"Let's Go to Heaven in My Car"
"Love and Mercy"
"Melt Away"
"Do It Again"
"Your Imagination"
"Wonderful"
"Good Vibrations"
"Our Prayer" (Freeform Reform)
"Walking Down the Path of Life / Love & Mercy"
"What I Really Want for Christmas"
"Midnight's Another Day"
"What Love Can Do"
"The Like In I Love You"
"God Only Knows"
"The Right Time"
"Runaway Dancer"
"On the Island"

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Album tracks	"Rio Grande" "Still I Dream of It" "Smart Girls" "She Says That She Needs Me" "California Feelin'" "Soul Searchin'" "Can't Wait Too Long" "One Kind of Love" "The Last Song" "Somewhere Quiet"
Co-written	"The Big Beat" "Dead Man's Curve" "Drag City" "I Do" "Guess I'm Dumb" "He's a Doll" "The New Girl in School" "Push It" "Sidewalk Surfin'" "Surf City"
Guest features	"When Love Is Dying" "Any Emotions" "Falling Apart" "Dirty Computer" "Resentment"

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Unreleased	Smile Lei'd in Hawaii Charles Manson sessions Adult/Child Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Andy Paley sessions
EPs	Four by the Beach Boys Mount Vernon and Fairway
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Fictionalized	Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990) An American Family (2000) Love & Mercy (2014)
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