California by Wilson Phillips (CD, May-2004, Columbia (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	827969210321
Artist:	Wilson Phillips
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Columbia (USA)
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY:
1. You're No Good
2. Old Man
3. California
4. Already Gone
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
7. Monday Monday
8. Get Together
9. Doctor My Eyes
10. Dance Dance Dance
11. In My Room

Details
Producer:	Peter Asher, David Rolfe, Sherratt Reicher, Tiffany Miller
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Wilson Phillips: Chynna Phillips, Wendy Wilson, Carnie Wilson.Personnel: Wilson Phillips (vocals); Brian Wilson (vocals, piano); Carnie Wilson (vocals, keyboards); Chynna Phillips, Wendy Wilson (vocals); Dean Parks (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); David Rolfe (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion programming); Robert Bonfiglio (acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar); Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (piano, Farfisa, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron); Russ Kunkel (drums, congas, tambourine); Peter Asher (sleigh bell, percussion programming); Jay Ruston (percussion programming); Owen Elliot (background vocals).Additional personnel: Dan Dugmore (pedal steel guitar); John Gilutin (Hammond b-3 organ); Roger Manning (Mellotron); David Rolfe, Larry Klein (bass guitar); Dean Parks, Russ Kunkel, Robert Bonfiglio.Audio Mixers: Jay Ruston; Dave Way.Liner Note Author: Mitchell Cohen.Recording information: Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; The Park Studios, Studio City, CA.Illustrator: Kevo Sassouni.Photographer: Sheryl Nields.As the offspring of 1960s California pop royalty (Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Mamas & Papas' John and Michelle Phillips), female vocal trio Wilson Phillips seems uniquely qualified to turn out a comeback album (after 12 years of silence) featuring covers of L.A.-centric hits from the '60s and '70s. Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" is ripe for revival, and here it gets a bit of a pumped-up Britney Spears-style treatment. Neil Young's "Old Man" is also the recipient of techno-friendly modernization. The trio's take on the Eagles' "Already Gone" sounds like a natural fit for contemporary-country radio.Unsurprisingly, the most faithful renditions are the strongest--Joni Mitchell's title cut and the Youngbloods' pacific anthem "Get Together." The girls dig into the catalogs of their parents too, for a "Monday, Monday" that owes more to Sheryl Crow than to the Mamas & the Papas, and a zesty romp through the Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance." The most affecting moment on CALIFORNIA, though, is the closing track, where Brian Wilson joins his daughters and their pal for a piano-and-vocal version of his classic "In My Room."

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - This is the album that Wilson Phillips was always destined to make....They plucked some of Southern California's more defining tunes and gave the songs their own winsome spin.
Mojo

3 stars out of 5 - [T]he song choice is steady...the arrangements innovative and the threesome harmonise as if born to the task. Which, of course, they were.
Q