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As work on the album began in February 1968, Mike Love, a recent convert to transcendental meditation, departed on a two week trip to India (alongside The Beatles and Donovan) to study TM further with his new master, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In his absence, the remaining Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine and - now an official member - Bruce Johnston recorded the bulk of Friends along with selected members of The Wrecking Crew. This article is about The Beach Boys band member. ... // Transcendental Meditation, or TM, is the trademarked name of a meditation technique introduced in 1958 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917?-2008). ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... For other uses, see Donovan (disambiguation). ... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1917 – February 5, 2008), founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and universities with campuses in India[1], the United States[2], Mexico[3], the United Kingdom[4], and China. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Carl Wilson on the cover of his eponymous 1981 album. ... Alan Charles Al Jardine (born September 3, 1942 in Lima, Ohio) is a founding member of the Beach Boys, their occasional lead vocalist, and one of their guitarists. ... Bruce Arthur Johnston (born Benjamin Baldwin and then adopted, on June 27, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois) is a member of The Beach Boys and a Grammy Award-winning songwriter for composing I Write the Songs. ... The Wrecking Crew was a nickname given to a group of session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who earned wide acclaim in the 1960s. ...

Friends was the first Beach Boys album to feature significant songwriting contributions from Dennis Wilson, "Little Bird" and "Be Still"; the former's bridge incorporated elements of "Child Is The Father Of The Man", a then-unreleased song from the aborted Smile. Although production was credited to the group as a whole, this was the band's last album until 1977's Love You to feature Brian Wilson as a dominant creative force, writing or co-writing every song with the exception of his younger brother's contributions and actively participating in recording sessions.

In mid-March, Mike Love returned from his TM retreat and contributed to the subsequent vocal sessions, with leads on the brief "Meant for You", which opens the album, and the understated "Anna Lee, the Healer", who was in reality a spiritual healer and not a masseuse as has been claimed (that was Marcella, on a later album). Almost immediately, The Beach Boys embarked on two US tours, one with the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and another with, most controversially, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi himself (as a lecturer). Both were commercial failures, and were swiftly canceled (after they famously drew only 200 people in New York City). For the FM104 breakfast show, see The Strawberry Alarm Clock Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, known for their 1967 hit Incense and Peppermints. They are often thought of as a one-hit wonder, although they charted two Top 40 songs. ... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (January 12, 1917 – February 5, 2008), founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and universities with campuses in India[1], the United States[2], Mexico[3], the United Kingdom[4], and China. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

The first Beach Boys album to be released only in stereo, Friends was issued in June. It reached only #126 on American charts, as an indication of the band's depleted commercial fortunes at the time, but its later UK release was more popular, reaching #13.

Track listing

1. "Meant for You" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 0:38
   • Features Mike Love on lead vocals
2. "Friends" (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Dennis Wilson/Al Jardine) – 2:30
   • Features Carl Wilson on lead vocals
3. "Wake the World" (Brian Wilson/Al Jardine) – 1:28
   • Features Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson on lead vocals
4. "Be Here in the Mornin' " (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love/Dennis Wilson/Al Jardine) – 2:16
   • Features Alan Jardine [sped-up], Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson on lead vocals
5. "When a Man Needs a Woman" (Brian Wilson/Dennis Wilson/Carl Wilson/Al Jardine/Steve Korthof/Jon Parks) – 2:06
   • Features Brian Wilson on lead vocals
6. "Passing By" (Brian Wilson) – 2:23
   • Features Brian Wilson and Al Jardine on lead vocals
7. "Anna Lee, the Healer" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) – 1:51
   • Features Mike Love on lead vocals
8. "Little Bird" (Dennis Wilson/Steve Kalinich) – 1:57
   • Features Dennis Wilson on lead vocals
9. "Be Still" (Dennis Wilson/Steve Kalinich) – 1:22
   • Features Dennis Wilson on lead vocals
10. "Busy Doin' Nothin'" (Brian Wilson) – 3:04
    • Features Brian Wilson on lead vocals
11. "Diamond Head" (Al Vescovo/Lyle Ritz/Jim Ackley/Brian Wilson) – 3:37
    • Instrumental
12. "Transcendental Meditation" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Al Jardine) – 1:49
    • Features Brian Wilson and Alan Jardine on lead vocals

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Foreign Editions

The Australian release of Friends had "Good Vibrations" replace "Diamond Head" on Side 2. Good Vibrations is a pop single produced by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. ... Diamond Head is an instrumental song written by Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley and Brian Wilson. ...

The Japanese release of Friends added "Do It Again" as the first song on Side 2. Do It Again was a single which was released by The Beach Boys in 1968 on Capitol Records. ...

Singles

• "Friends" b/w "Little Bird" (Capitol 2160), 8 April 1968 US #47; UK #25
• "Wake the World" featured as the B-side of "Do It Again"

Friends is now paired on CD with 20/20, with bonus tracks from that period. 20/20 is the sole 1969 album release by The Beach Boys, and their last studio album to be released with Capitol Records for the next seventeen years. ...

Sources

• Friends/20/20 CD booklet notes, David Leaf, c.1990.
• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story", Brian Wilson and Todd Gold, c. 1991.
• "Top Pop Singles 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• All Music Guide.com

Timothy White (January 25, 1952 - June 27, 2002) was a noted rock music journalist and editor. ... For other persons named Brian Wilson, see Brian Wilson (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Friends lyrics
• Article by Matthew Asprey