I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (album)

1995 studio album and soundtrack album by Brian Wilson

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times is the second album by American musician Brian Wilson and the soundtrack to Don Was' documentary of the same name, released by MCA Records on August 15, 1995. It consists almost entirely of rerecordings of Wilson's past songs. The title is derived from the Beach Boys' 1966 song "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times".

Wilson commented of the rerecordings in a 1995 interview: “At first, I thought ‘This is gonna be contrived, the songs were all old hat. But then I understood the context of it all, so I felt free to talk without worrying about what I was saying. I got a sense of my self — a sense of worth.^[6]

Track listing

Personnel

From liner notes.^[7][8]

• Brian Wilson – vocals, piano
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar
• Benmont Tench – piano, organ
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Dave McMurray – saxophone, flute
• Andrew Gold – background vocals, "background vocal conductor"
• Donald Ray Mitchell – background vocals
• Sir Harry Bowens – background vocals
• Jeff Pescetto – background vocals, "background vocal conductor"
• Kip Lennon – background vocals
• Sweet Pea Atkinson – background vocals
• Carnie Wilson – background vocals on "Do It Again"
• Wendy Wilson – background vocals on "Do It Again"

Production and technical staff

• Don Was - producer (except "Still I Dream of It")
• Brian Wilson - producer
• Rik Pekkonen - engineer/recording, mixing
• Dan Bosworth - engineer/recording, assistant engineer
• Rail Rogut - mix assistant
• Doug Sax - mastering
• Gavin Lursson - mastering assistant
• Jane Oppenheimer - "chief of staff"
• Carrie McConkey ("for The Marsha Burn Co.") - production coordinator
• Vartan - art direction
• Don Engel - design
• Forest Fein - design
• Caroline Grayshock - photography

Recording studios

• Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, CA
• Additional recording done at The Chomsky Ranch, Los Angeles, CA
• Mixed at Record One, Los Angeles, CA
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA

See also

• Andy Paley sessions

References

1. Doe, Andrew G.; et al. "Gigs & Sessions 1995". Bellagio10452.com. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
2. Rabid, Jack. "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
4. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1233. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
5. Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 880. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
6. Holdship, Bill (August 1995). "Lost in Music" (PDF). MOJO. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 1998.
7. Brian Wilson I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times, MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, CA, 1995, liner notes
8. Brian Wilson and Don Was (1995). I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (booklet). Universal City, California.