''I Just Wasn't Made for These Times'' is the second album by American musician
Brian Wilson and the soundtrack to
Don Was
Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced so ...
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documentary of the same name, released by
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group.
Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 w ...
on August 15, 1995. It consists almost entirely of rerecordings of Wilson's past songs. The title is derived from
the Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...
' 1966 song "
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album ''Pet Sounds''. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, the lyrics describe the disillusionment of someone who struggles to fit into socie ...
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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.
Track listing
Personnel
From liner notes.
[Brian Wilson ''I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times'', MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, CA, 1995, liner notes]
See also
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Andy Paley sessions
References
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1995 albums
Brian Wilson albums
MCA Records albums
Albums produced by Brian Wilson
Albums produced by Don Was
Self-covers albums