Rio Grande (song)

For the 19th-century sea shanty, see Rio Grande (shanty).
"Rio Grande"
Song by Brian Wilson
from the album Brian Wilson
ReleasedJuly 12, 1988
Recorded1987–1988
GenreProgressive pop
Length8:12
LabelSire/Reprise
SongwritersBrian Wilson, Andy Paley
ProducersBrian Wilson, Andy Paley, Lenny Waronker
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"Rio Grande" is a song by American musician Brian Wilson from his 1988 album Brian Wilson. It was written and produced by Wilson and Andy Paley, and co-produced by Lenny Waronker. Its modular set of movements hearkened back to the style that Brian Wilson used during the "Good Vibrations"/Smile era with musique concrète. According to critics such as David Leaf, "Rio Grande" was evidence that Wilson could still create elaborate, pictorial landscapes of music similar to Smile whenever he had the freedom to do so. It is the longest piece of music in the Brian Wilson solo catalogue at eight minutes and 12 seconds.

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