Photo by Renee Silverman
On Nov. 19, Brian Wilson will release At My Piano, a new, 15-track instrumental album featuring some of the Beach Boy’s most famous tunes, from “In My Room” to “California Girls” to LP’s lead single take on “God Only Knows.”
Recalls Wilson via a press release, “We had an upright piano in our living room and from the time I was 12 years old I played it each and every day. I never had a lesson, I was completely self-taught. I can’t express how much the piano has played such an important part in my life. It has bought me comfort, joy and security. It has fueled my creativity as well as my competitive nature. I play it when I’m happy or feeling sad. I love playing for people and I love playing alone when no one is listening. Honestly, the piano and the music I create on it has probably saved my life.”
Check out the tracklist of At My Piano and listen to his stripped-down version of “God Only Knows” below:
At My Piano:
01 God Only Knows
02 In My Room
03 Don’t Worry Baby
04 California Girls
05 The Warmth of the Sun
06 Wouldn’t It Be Nice
07 You Still Believe in Me
08 I Just Wasn’t Made for these Times
09 Sketches of Smile: Our Prayer/Heroes and Villains/Wonderful/Surfs Up
10 Surf’s Up
11 Friends
12 Till I Die
13 Love and Mercy
14 Mt Vernon Farewell
15 Good Vibrations
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