Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson
Making God Smile | |
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | 2002 |
Genre | Contemporary Christian, surf rock |
Label | Silent Planet |
Producer | Steve West, Tony Shore |
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AllMusic | [1] |
Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson is a tribute album featuring cover versions of songs by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys performed by Contemporary Christian musicians. Originally released as a single CD, a double album version was released for sale only on the Internet through pastestore.com, the retail website of Paste Music. According to Silent Planet Records' website, this double album quickly sold out. As a result, Silent Planet Records sells individual CD-R copies of the second disc on its website for people who missed their chance to buy the double album.
The cover picture was made by Kurt Lightner. Lightner wrote in the CD's liner notes that the cover is his interpretation of Frank Holmes' original design for the Beach Boys' Smile album. Lightner also wrote that Jimmy A was responsible for directing Silent Planet Records to Lightner to do the cover work for the album. Jimmy A appears on the album in a duet with dc Talk member Kevin Max performing Help Me Rhonda. How Jimmy A and Lightner became acquaintances is unknown but Lightner is known to have other ties to musicians on the album as well; he and Jason Harrod, who plays on the album (see below), both attended Wheaton College (Illinois) at the same time in the early 1990s.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Your Imagination" Tom Prasada-Rao & Amilia K. Spicer
- "Good Vibrations" Phil Keaggy
- "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" Sixpence None the Richer
- "I Know There's an Answer (Hang On to Your Ego)" Aaron Sprinkle
- "Love and Mercy" Randy Stonehill
- "Help Me Rhonda" Kevin Max and Jimmy Abegg
- "Heroes and Villains" Phil Madeira
- "Add Some Music to Your Day" Kate Campbell
- "'Til I Die" Doug Powell
- "In My Room" Jason Harrod
- "This Whole World" Dolour
- "Vegetables" Terry Scott Taylor
- "Don't Worry Baby" Derrick Harris
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" Jan Krist
- "Pet Sounds" Brooks Williams
- "Lay Down Burden" Jane Kelly Williams
- "Surf's Up" Rick Altizer
Disc two
- "Caroline No" Frank Lenz & Richard Swift
- "With Me Tonight" The Lost Dogs
- "You Still Believe in Me" Jeff Elbel and Ping
- "God Only Knows" Kate Miner
- "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" Jacob Lawson and Riki Michele
- "Sloop John B" Irwin Icon
- "Good Vibrations (Guitar Ending Mix)" Phil Keaggy
- "Your Imagination (extended mix)" Tom Prasada-Rao and Amilia K. Spicer
- "Brian Wilson's Room" (bonus track) Harrod and Funck
See also
References
- ^ "Making God Smile - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
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- Brian Wilson
- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
- Orange Crate Art
- 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
- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
- Long Promised Road
- The Beach Boys Classics Selected by Brian Wilson
- Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions
- The Big Beat 1963
- Sessions '64
- Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology
- "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"
Beach Boys
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Album tracks |
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Guest features |
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- Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
- I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
- I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
- Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
- Long Promised Road
- 2001 Radio City Music hall concert
- "Brian Wilson"
- Caroline Now!
- Making God Smile
- Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson
- "Pancreas"
- Smiles, Vibes & Harmony
- Smiling Pets
- "This Could Be the Night"
- Adult/Child
- The Beach Boys Love You
- Catch a Wave
- The Cocaine Sessions
- Cows in the Pasture
- Folkways: A Vision Shared
- Friends
- Inside the Music of Brian Wilson
- Love & Mercy
- Andy Paley sessions
- Pet Sounds
- "Shortenin' Bread"
- Smile
- Spring
- Sweet Insanity
- The Wilson Project
- The Wilsons
- A World of Peace Must Come
- American Spring
- The Beach Boys
- Bellagio home studio
- Bob & Sheri
- "Brian Wilson is a genius"
- California Music
- California sound
- The Honeys
- Eugene Landy
- Melinda Ledbetter
- Mike Love
- Stan Love
- Love v. Wilson
- Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour
- Radiant Radish
- Wilson–Beck 2013 Tour
- Carl Wilson
- Carnie Wilson
- Dennis Wilson
- Wendy Wilson
- Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford
- Wondermints
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