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Adult/Child is an unreleased album by American rock band the Beach Boys which was produced and largely written by Brian Wilson. Had the album been released after it were assembled on June 27, 1977 it would have been the band's twenty-second studio album.

Recording
Following the assembly of the Love You album in January 1977, the tracks for Adult/Child were sporadically recorded. From February to May the bulk of the album was recorded. Four tracks, "Life is for the Living", "On Broadway", "Still I Dream of It" and "It's Over Now" were arranged by Dick Reynolds who had worked with the Beach Boys one time before, on the 1964 album The Beach Boys' Christmas Album.

When the album was assembled on the 27th of June 1977, "H.E.L.P. is on the Way" and "Games Two Can Play" were chosen to feature on the album

Non-release
Though publicized as the Beach Boys' next release, Adult/Child, reportedly the "big band" tracks in particular, created tension within the group causing the record to ultimately be shelved. Other accounts have said it was rejected by Warner Records due to it not meeting their expectations. Only "Hey Little Tomboy" made it onto a studio album by the Beach Boys, 1977's M.I.U. Album. The other unreleased songs that would have been on the album were subsequently leaked to the public via bootleg. In 1993, "Still I Dream of It", "H.E.L.P. is on the Way", "Games Two Can Play" and "It's Over Now" were all officially released on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys. The version of "It's Over Now" that appeared on this release appeared at the wrong tape speed, the corrected mix was subsequently released on the 2013 box-set Made in California.

The demo for "Still I Dream of It" was eventually released on the 1995 album I Just Wasn't Made for These Times by Brian Wilson.

Personnel

 * The Beach Boys
 * Al Jardine – lead, harmony and backing vocals
 * Mike Love – lead, harmony and backing vocals
 * Brian Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; moog, keyboards
 * Carl Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals
 * Dennis Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals; drums


 * Additional musicians and production staff
 * Marilyn Wilson – lead, harmony and backing vocals
 * Dick Reynolds – arranger
 * Diane Rovell – harmony and backing vocals