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3	''Stars And Stripes Vol. 1'' is the twenty-eigth album in Music/TheBeachBoys' discography. It was released in 1996 and was the last album to feature band member Music/CarlWilson before his passing two years later.
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5	This is another album in the band's discography which easily stands out from the rest. ''Stars and Stripes Vol. 1'' is a collaborative effort between The Beach Boys and various country artists, ranging from icons such as Music/WillieNelson to then newcomers like Music/TobyKeith. These country acts provide the lead vocals while the Boys only sing backing vocals.
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7	In the mid-90s, Music/BrianWilson was released from the control his psychiatrist Eugene Landy and was looking forward to work with Andy Paley. However, one of his collaborator, the wrestler-turned-producer Joe Thomas envisioned an album celebrating Beach Boys hit songs with a country twist (this idea coincides with the fact that Joe was the owner of River North Records which had a country subdivision). Outside of ''Long, Tall Texan'', the tracklist comprises of many of the band's most popular songs which were released during the sixties. This album also marks Brian's return to the band, after his absence on Music/SummerInParadise, where he's on producing duties along with Thomas.
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9	Reception to the album was poor, much like any Beach Boys album released after Music/TheBeachBoysLoveYou up to this point. Some critics would recall it as "an embarrassement to anybody involved" and hardly any member of the band would talk about it since. ''Stars And Stripes Volume 1'' also has the reputation of being completly ignored as a Beach Boys album due to the fact that the band has a minor involvement on it and no new original song is featured on it. The failure of ''Summer In Paradise'' also led people to believe that it killed any atttempt for the band to record an album and that their next LP would be 2012's ''Music/ThatsWhyGodMadeTheRadio''.
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11	Due to its critical and commercial fiasco, ''Stars And Stripes Vol. 1'' didn't get a sequel, and also cancelled any oppportunity for the band to record an album in the 90s, including the [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes now coveted]] ''[[Music/ThePaleySessions Paley Sessions]]''. A documentary about the album's making called ''Nashville Sounds'' was made and can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aReNif20hcg here]].
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15	!! Tracklist:
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17	# "Don't Worry Baby" (from ''Music/ShutDownVolume2'') (3:16)
18	# "Little Deuce Coupe" (from ''Music/SurferGirl'') (2:50)
19	# "409" (from ''Music/SurfinSafari'') (2:20)
20	# "Long, Tall Texan" (4:02)
21	# "I Get Around" (From ''Music/AllSummerLong'' (2:29)
22	# "Be True To Your School" (from ''Music/LittleDeuceCoupe'') (3:18)
23	# "Fun, Fun, Fun" (from ''Music/ShutDownVolume2'' (2:20)
24	# "Help Me, Rhonda" (from ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday'') (3:10)
25	# "The Warmth Of The Sun" (''Music/ShutDownVolume2'') (3:18)
26	# "Sloop John B" (from ''Music/PetSounds'' (3:45)
27	# "I Can Hear Music" (from ''Music/TwentyTwenty'') (3:14)
28	# "Caroline, No" (from ''Music/PetSounds'') (3:19)
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32	!!Principal Members:
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34	* Music/AlJardine - Backing vocals
35	* Music/BruceJohnston - Backing vocals
36	* Music/MikeLove - Backing vocals, executive producer
37	* Music/BrianWilson - Backing vocals, producer
38	* Music/CarlWilson - Backing vocals
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41	!! ''Stars And Tropes'':
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43	* AbortedArc: A Volume 2 of ''Stars And Stripes'' never saw the light of the day since the first one was a commercial failure.
44	* AlliterativeTitle: '' '''St'''ars and '''St'''ripes'' and '' '''F'''un, '''F'''un, '''F'''un''.
45	* BadassBoast: ''I Get Around''
46	--> ''My buddies and me are getting real well known\
47	Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone''
48	** ''[[Music/LittleDeuceCoupe Be True To Your School]]'':
49	--> ''I got a letterman's sweater''
50	--> ''With a letter in front''
51	--> ''I got for footbal and track''
52	--> ''I'm proud to where it now''
53	--> ''When I cruise around''
54	--> ''The other parts of the town''
55	--> ''I got a decal in back''
56	* BreakUpSong: ''Help Me, Rhonda'' and ''Caroline, No''.
57	* CarSong: ''Little Deuce Coupe'' and ''409''.
58	* ContinuityNod: The album ends with "Caroline, No" the same way ''Pet Sounds'' ended with that song.
59	* CountryMusic: The album's main theme, although the cover of "Caroline, No" strays itself from the rest by being closer to the song's original arrangement.
60	* CoverVersion: Even though ''I Can Hear Music'' is known for its version appearing on The Beach Boys' ''Music/TwentyTwenty'' album, it was originally recorded by [[Music/RonnieSpector The Ronettes]].
61	** ''Long Tall Texan'' was played live by The Beach Boys early in their career, but it was written by Henry Strzelecki.
62	* DownerEnding: Just like ''Music/PetSounds'', the album ends with the break-up song ''Caroline, No''.
63	* TheDrunkenSailor: ''Sloop John B''.
64	--> ''The first mate he got drunk''
65	--> ''And broke in the captain's trunk''
66	--> ''The constable had to come and take him away''
67	* FootballFightSong: ''Be True To Your School'':
68	--> ''Come Friday we'll be jacked up on the football game''
69	--> ''And I'll be ready to fight''
70	--> ''We're gonna smash 'em now''
71	* HomesicknessHymn: ''Sloop John B'' is about the narrator's sailing misadventures, punctuated by his pleas to the Captain to let him go home.
72	--> ''Well I feel so broke-up''
73	--> ''I wanna go home''
74	* ImportantHaircut: "Caroline, No"
75	--> ''Where did your long hair go?''
76	--> ''Where is the girl I used to know?''
77	--> ''How could you lose that happy glow?''
78	* NewSoundAlbum: While country music has rarely been present in The Beach Boys' discography (particularily ''Cottonfields'' from the Music/TwentyTwenty album), this is the first (and last) country album from the band.
79	* OneWomanSong: ''Help Me, Rhonda'' and ''Caroline No''.
80	* OneWordTitle: ''409''.
81	* ThePowerOfRock: ''I Can Hear Music''.
82	* RearrangeTheSong: All of the songs are previous Beach Boys songs from the sixties with a country rearrangement (with the exception of ''Caroline, No'' having a similar arrangement to its Pet Sounds counterpart).
83	* ShapedLikeItself: In "Be True to Your School", the narrator boasts that he's "got a letterman's sweater with a letter in front".
84	* SpecialGuest: Each song features a country artist from various sub-genres.
85	* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: ''Sloop John B'' is about a sailor who wants to go home after a long voyage at sea which he considers to be the worst trip he's ever been on.
86	* Title1: The first and only volume of ''Stars And Stripes''.
87	* WorstWhateverEver: ''Sloop John B''.
88	--> ''Why don't they let me go home?''

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