Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys , a greatest hits compilation, was released in 2003, going multi-platinum. In 2004, Wilson recorded and released his solo album Brian Wilson Presents Smile , a reinterpretation of the unfinished Smile project. That September, Wilson issued a free CD through…
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2003 saw the release of the prog-styled Earthquake Glue , followed by the anthology box set Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere and the greatest hits compilation Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates .
In 2003, Let It Be… Naked , a reconceived version of the Let It Be album, with McCartney supervising production, was released.
On July 25, 2003, Erik Brann died of heart failure at the age of 52.
Derek Hilland returned to play keyboards for the group’s 2003 dates when Larry Rust was not available.
In 2003, Get the Picture? was released, It is their last studio album to chart in the US. Peaking at number 100 on the Billboard 200. It featured the singles “You Are My Number One”, “Hang On” and “Always Gets Her Way”. Smash Mouth was dropped from Interscope shortly after…
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McCartney and Starr were among the musicians who performed at the Concert for George , organised by Eric Clapton and Harrison’s widow, Olivia . The tribute event took place at the Royal Albert Hall on the first anniversary of Harrison’s death.
After departing from TVT in 2002, Guided by Voices returned to Matador and released Universal Truths and Cycles , a departure from the previous two radio-aspiring albums, and a return to the band’s mid-90s, mid-fi aesthetic.
Guitarist/vocalist Charlie Marinkovich joined the band in 2002. Originally from Seattle, Marinkovich had played with Randy Hansen and others.
The day before the case was set to go to trial in October 2002, Love, Novoselic, and Grohl announced that they had reached a settlement.