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1978 studio album by Celebration

Almost Summer

Studio album by Celebration

Released

May 8, 1978 (1978-05-08)

Genre

Pop rock

Length

34:55

Label

MCA Records

Celebration chronology

Almost Summer
(1978)

Celebration
(1979)

Almost Summer is the first album release by the Mike Love fronted band Celebration. The album was released in support of the motion picture of the same name. The album included the band's only charting single "Almost Summer" co-written by Love's Beach Boys bandmates Al Jardine and Brian Wilson.

Track listing

"Almost Summer" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Al Jardine) – 2:40
"Sad Sad Summer" (Love) – 3:44
"Cruisin’" (Love) – 2:10
"Lookin’ Good" (Ron Altbach) – 2:05
"Summer In The City" (John Sebastian/Mark Sebastian/Steve Boone) – 3:00
"It's O.K." (Wilson/Love) – 2:18
"Football" (Charles Lloyd/Altbach) – 1:32
"Island Girl" (Lloyd) – 7:24
"Christine and Bobby" (Altbach) – 3:47
"We Are the Future" (Laws/Holiday/Bolton/Womack) – 3:42
- Performed by High Inergy
"She Was a Lady" (Bill Pratt) – 2:35
- Performed by Fresh

Personnel

Mike Love - lead vocals (1, 2, 3)
Charles Lloyd - saxophone, flute
Ron Altbach - Keyboards
Dave "Doc" Robinson - backing vocals, bass, lead vocals (5, 6)
Paul Fauerso - Vocals and Keyboards
Mike Kowalski - Drums, Percussion
Ed Carter - Guitar
Wells Kelly - Bass
Gary Griffin - Keyboards

Additional musicians:

Steve Douglas - Sax
Rusty Ford - Bass
Tom Smith - Drums
Sterling Smith - Synthesizers
Ed Tuleja - Guitars
Dave Bunch - Guitars
Maureen Love - Harp

Single

"Almost Summer" - #28 Billboard Hot 100

References

"BeachBoys.com: The Complete Guide". www.beachboys.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
"Celebration - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Nirvana (1962–65) Discovery! (1964) Of Course, of Course (1965) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966) Dream Weaver (1966) Forest Flower (1966) The Flowering (1966) Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union (1967) Journey Within (1967) Love-In (1967) Soundtrack (1968) Moon Man (1970) Warm Waters (1971) Geeta (1973) Autumn in New York (1979) Montreux 82 (1982) A Night in Copenhagen (1983) Fish Out of Water (1989) Notes from Big Sur (1991) Acoustic Masters I (1993) The Call (1993) All My Relations (1994) Canto (1996) Voice in the Night (1998) Hyperion with Higgins (1999) The Water Is Wide (1999) Which Way Is East (2001) Lift Every Voice (2002) Jumping the Creek (2004) Sangam (2004) Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (and Jason Moran, 2012) Wild Man Dance (2013) I Long to See You (2015) Passin' Thru (2016) 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (2020) Tone Poem (2021)
With Cannonball Adderley	Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Cannonball Adderley Live! (1964) Radio Nights (1967–68)
With Chico Hamilton	Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960) The Chico Hamilton Special (1960) Drumfusion (1962) Passin' Thru (1962) A Different Journey (1963) Man from Two Worlds (1963) Chic Chic Chico (1965)
With The Beach Boys	Surf's Up (released 1971) Holland (1972) 15 Big Ones (released 1976) M.I.U. Album (released 1978)
With others	Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat, 1971) Almost Summer (Celebration, released 1978) Celebration (Celebration, released 1979) Les McCann Sings (1961) Roger McGuinn (1973) Full Circle (The Doors, 1972) Vanished Gardens (2018)

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