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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''I need a spark by a fire/ To stop the cold of my winter/ I need a burst of your raindrops/ To keep a flow in my river/ I need a call for my phone will ring/ I need your song for my voice will sing''.]]
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4	''Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"'' is the eighteenth studio album by Music/TheBeachBoys, released in 1972. It is their first album with Blondie Chaplin and [[Music/TheRutles Ricky Fataar]], and the first since the departure of Music/BruceJohnston -- although he appeared on "Marcella" before he quit. As a result, this is the Beach Boys album with the most members, with every member they ever had bar David Marks officially appearing on this album. Johnston would rejoin The Beach Boys permanently in 1978. This album is a major NewSoundAlbum, to the point where the casual fan would not realise this is The Beach Boys if they are not told who this is by. Music/EltonJohn is a known fan of this album, citing it as his favourite by The Beach Boys.
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6	The title of this album is a ShoutOut to a band Music/CarlWilson was in when he was a teenager (although he didn't recall such a band to exist). Upon release, this album was a moderate success commercially and received generally positive reviews. However, in the US it was [[ExecutiveMeddling paired with]] ''Music/PetSounds'', which indicated the lack of confidence their record company, Creator/RepriseRecords, had with this album. Reprise would later reissue ''Pet Sounds'' on its own.
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8	Fan favorites include "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone", "Marcella", "All This Is That" and "Cuddle Up".
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11	!! Tracklist:
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13	[[AC: Side One]]
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15	# "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (3:27)
16	# "Here She Comes" (5:10)
17	# "He Come Down" (4:41)
18	# "Marcella" (3:54)
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20	[[AC: Side Two]]
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22	# "Hold On Dear Brother" (4:43)
23	# "Make It Good" (2:36)
24	# "All This Is That" (4:00)
25	# "Cuddle Up" (5:30)
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28	!!Principal Members:
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30	* Blondie Chaplin - lead vocals, guitar, bass
31	* [[Music/TheRutles Ricky Fataar]] - drums, backing and co-lead vocals
32	* Music/AlJardine - backing and co-lead vocals
33	* Music/BruceJohnston - vocals
34	* Music/MikeLove - backing and co-lead vocals
35	* Music/BrianWilson - vocals, piano, percussion
36	* Music/CarlWilson - lead vocals, guitar, bass, piano
37	* Music/DennisWilson - lead vocals, piano
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40	!! You Need A Mess Of Help To Trope Alone:
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42	* DarkerAndEdgier: "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" is very powerful heavy rock by the Beach Boys' standards.
43	* EtherealChoir: "All This Is That" has harmony singing that sounds much like this. The religious texts, "Jai guru dev, jai..." only add to the atmosphere.
44	* GenreRoulette: Includes Roots Rock, Hard Rock, Gospel, Soul, Blues Rock, Rhythm And Blues, etc.
45	* GodIsLoveSongs: "He Came Down" is a song that praise God, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Krishna.
46	--> ''People have you heard of the world plan''
47	--> ''To know the inner nature of every man''
48	--> ''Jesus came down to save the world from sin''
49	--> ''Sayin' "Seek ye first the kingdom within"''
50	* MythologyGag: This album partially gets its name from one of the bands Carl Wilson had formed in school prior to The Beach Boys.
51	* NewSoundAlbum: The album! A complete change of sound to a style not so different from the likes of Music/TheBand, Music/TheGratefulDead, Music/SteelyDan and Music/FleetwoodMac.
52	* OneWomanSong: "Marcella".
53	* PepTalkSong:
54	** "Make It Good", where the protagonist cheers a sad woman up and tells her he'll stay with her.
55	** "Hold On Dear Brother"
56	--> ''What can I love that isn't you''
57	--> ''But you never understand inside of me''
58	--> ''Till you realize a look''
59	--> ''You never get more than you took''
60	--> ''Won't you please''
61	--> ''Hold on dear Brother''
62	* ThePowerOfLove:
63	** "All This Is That"
64	--> ''Golden auras glow around you''
65	--> ''Omnipresent love surrounds you''
66	--> ''Wisdom warming as the sun''
67	--> ''You and I are truly one''
68	** "Cuddle Up"
69	--> ''I know a man who's so in love ... the night has come.... cuddle up to me''
70	--> ''Keep warm, close to me''
71	* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
72	** It is widely believed that "Hold On Dear Brother" was written in tribute to Music/BrianWilson, who was mentally going through a severe breakdown at the time.
73	** The reason why ''Pet Sounds'' was included on the US release was solely because the only widely-available version at the time was the Duophonic (fake stereo) version of the album. It's even pointed out on the labels:
74	---> ''This recording is pressed in monophonic sound, the way Brian cut it.''
75	* ShoutOut:
76	** The album title to a band which a teen-aged Carl Wilson was a member of.
77	** Music/SaintEtienne named their 1993 album ''So Tough'' as a homage to The Beach Boys. That same year, they named their compilation ''You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone''.
78	* SpecialGuest: Daryl Dragon -- best known from Music/CaptainAndTennille, as well as a former touring member of The Beach Boys -- co-wrote some of the ballads on this album with Music/DennisWilson.
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