Youngblood (Carl Wilson album)

Wilson said, "This time, that soul or rhythm-and-blues flavor is most evident in the writing. I loved those soul records that were coming out in the mid-1960s, and all the great singers who were around then. I wanted that edgy kind of emotional energy in the songs, so you can really feel them."^[2]

Robert Palmer of The New York Times said the album "will appeal to some of those people who find Beach Boys music too sweet and bland. It's guitar-based mainstream rock, with soul and gospel roots, a far cry from the blue-eyed barbershop harmonies popularized by the Beach Boys."^[2]

All tracks composed by Carl Wilson and Myrna Smith; except where indicated.

1. "What More Can I Say" – 3:26
2. "She's Mine" – 3:04
3. "Givin' You Up" (Carl Wilson, Myrna Smith, Jerry Schilling) – 4:41
4. "One More Night Alone" (Billy Hinsche) – 3:05
5. "Rockin' All Over the World" (J.C. Fogerty) – 3:00
6. "What You Do to Me" (John Hall, Johanna Hall) – 3:56
7. "Young Blood" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus) – 2:42
8. "Of the Times" – 4:07
9. "Too Early to Tell" (Carl Wilson, Myrna Smith, John Daly) – 2:51
10. "If I Could Talk to Love" – 4:10
11. "Time" – 3:00
12. "Givin' You Up (Single Edit)" [CD bonus track] (Carl Wilson, Myrna Smith, Jerry Schilling) - 4:14

• Carl Wilson – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, harmony vocals on "Rockin' All Over the World"
• Jeff Baxter, Geo Conner – guitar, backing vocals
• Elliott Randall, Trevor Veitch, John Daly – guitar
• Billy Hinsche – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
• Ed Greene, Alan Krigger, Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Neil Stubenhaus, Gerald Johnson – bass guitar
• Jim Ehinger – piano, keyboards
• Nicky Hopkins – piano
• Lon Price, Bryan Cummings, Ron Viola – tenor saxophone
• Jerry Peterson – baritone saxophone
• Lee Thornburg – tenor saxophone, flugelhorn
• Myrna Smith-Schilling – backing vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
• Burton Cummings – backing vocals on “Rockin’ All Over the World” and “Young Blood”^[3]
• Billie Barman – backing vocals
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
• Krohn McHenry – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Jeff Baxter – producer
• Larold Rebhun – engineer

Singles^[4]

Billboard (United States)