60年代，The Beach Boys和主唱Brian Wilson的才华一直被The Beatles所掩盖，纵然他们也创作出了许多脍炙人口的作品。各方面的压力让Brian Wilson在25岁那年得了抑郁症，根本没法参与创作和录音。那时正好是1967年，他和乐队正在录音室里筹备《Smile》，于是抑郁症让这场本应十分优秀的唱片流产。直到2004年Brian Wilson才以个人名义将这张埋藏已久的唱片出版，虽然距离他当时的状态以有30余年，但我们听起来却觉不出年龄差异导致的有失真切。 　　 　　由于这张唱片的出现，Brian Wilson得以再次活跃在舞台之上，同时也想通过个人的努力，为The Beach Boys拨乱反正，让他们当年被掩盖的才华重见天日。因此他继《Smile》之后又推出了系列作品《That Lucky Old Sun》，准确地说，他听上去不像一张我们理解中的音乐专辑，更像是配合着音乐做出的个人传记，讲述了他当年的心酸。当中有一首《Goin' Home》表达得最为明显，歌词中这样写到，“25岁那年，我不得不转身背对灯光，疲惫的双眼禁不起强光的照射(At 25, I turned out the light/'Cause I couldn't handle the glare in my tired eyes)”，同时这也是专辑当中最为不同的一首歌，Funk带出的粗旷有别于其他歌曲的细致。 　　 　　 　　That Lucky Old Sun is the eighth studio album by Brian Wilson, released on CD and LP on September 2, 2008 by Capitol Records. Originally commissioned by the Southbank Centre for its 2007 opening season, the work was debuted in a series of concerts at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England during September 2007. In January 2008 it was also performed at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia for the Sydney Festival. 　　 　　The album was written in collaboration with Van Dyke Parks (previous collaborator on Smile) and Wilson bandmate Scott Bennett. Wilson describes the album as "consisting of five 'rounds', with interspersed spoken word".[4] Its main theme is celebration of life in Southern California, harking back to the themes of Wilson's earlier work with The Beach Boys. "California Role" and numerous spoken interludes such as "Cinco de Mayo" and "Between Pictures" celebrate the unique culture of Venice Beach, the Los Angeles film industry and numerous Californian landmarks including the Capitol Tower and Hollywood Bowl. Rolling Stone called it a "musical love letter to his native Los Angeles".[5] 　　 　　A pervasive feeling of nostalgia and romance is visible in songs such as "Good Kind of Love", "Oxygen to the Brain" and "Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl", which lyrically echoes the 1963 Beach Boys hit "Surfer Girl". The album also addresses Wilson's personal struggles in "Midnight's Another Day" and "Going Home". The 1940s' song "That Lucky Old Sun" originally made famous by Frankie Laine who had a number one hit with it in 1949, serves as the overture, and the Wild Honey-era outtake "Can't Wait Too Long" also briefly features. 　　 　　Early demos of the tracks "Midnight's Another Day" and "Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl" were released on Wilson's official website in August 2007. Live bootlegs and studio demos of the complete work also circulated on Internet filesharing networks. 　　 　　That Lucky Old Sun entered the UK Album Chart at #37 and the Billboard 200 at #21.