Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology

Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology is a compilation album devoted to the solo career of American musician Brian Wilson, released on September 22, 2017. It covers three decades of music with selections from nine of Wilson's solo albums, released between 1988 and 2015. The album includes two previously unreleased tracks: "Run James Run", an outtake from No Pier Pressure completed for the compilation, and "Some Sweet Day", a song Wilson wrote and recorded with Andy Paley in the early 1990s.[1]

Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
Recorded1987–2017
LabelRhino
Brian Wilson chronology
Brian Wilson and Friends: A Soundstage Special Event
(2016)
Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology
(2017)
At My Piano
(2021)

The packaging features a selection of photos from throughout Wilson's solo career, including a candid shot taken in the studio during the recording of "Run James Run".

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Love and Mercy"Brian WilsonBrian Wilson, 19882:56
2."Surf's Up"Wilson, Van Dyke ParksBrian Wilson Presents Smile, 20044:06
3."Heroes and Villains"Wilson, ParksBrian Wilson Presents Smile4:53
4."Melt Away"Brian WilsonBrian Wilson2:59
5."Let it Shine"Wilson, Jeff LynneBrian Wilson3:58
6."Some Sweet Day"Wilson, Andy PaleyAndy Paley sessions, previously unreleased2:39
7."Rio Grande"Wilson, PaleyBrian Wilson8:12
8."Cry"WilsonImagination, 19984:59
9."Lay Down Burden"Wilson, Joe ThomasImagination3:44
10."The First Time"WilsonLive at the Roxy Theatre, 20003:32
11."This Isn't Love"Wilson, Tony AsherLive at the Roxy Theatre3:55
12."Soul Searchin'"Wilson, PaleyGettin' In Over My Head, 20044:08
13."Gettin' In Over My Head"Wilson, PaleyGettin' In Over My Head4:27
14."The Like In I Love You"George Gershwin, Wilson, Scott BennettBrian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, 20103:19
15."Midnight's Another Day"Wilson, BennettThat Lucky Old Sun, 20084:12
16."Colors of the Wind"Alan Menken, Stephen SchwartzIn the Key of Disney, 20113:59
17."One Kind of Love"Wilson, BennettMusic from Love & Mercy, 2014 (also No Pier Pressure, 2015)3:34
18."Run James Run"Wilson, ThomasNo Pier Pressure sessions, previously unreleased3:27

References

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  1. ^ "Hear Brian Wilson's Retro Nineties Rarity 'Some Sweet Day'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-12-08.