Editing Brian Wilson (section)

==1982–1991: Second Landy intervention==

===Recovery and the Wilson Project===

In 1982, after overdosing on alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs,<ref name="TelegraphObit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Eugene Landy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/31/db3102.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/03/31/ixportal.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=March 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225202250/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2006%2F03%2F31%2Fdb3102.xml&sSheet=%2Fportal%2F2006%2F03%2F31%2Fixportal.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wilson's family and management staged an elaborate ruse to persuade him to reenter Landy's program.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=338–339}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=243}} On November 5, the group falsely informed Wilson that he was destitute and no longer a Beach Boy, insisting he reenlist Landy as his caretaker to continue receiving his touring income.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=338–339}} Landy agreed to resume treatment only if granted complete control over Wilson's affairs and promised rehabilitation within two years.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=243,255}}

[[File:Brian Wilson 1983.png|thumb|Wilson performing with the Beach Boys in 1983]]

Wilson acquiesced and was taken to Hawaii, where he was isolated from friends and family and placed on a strict diet and health regimen.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=243–244}}{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=339–340}} Combined with counseling sessions that retaught him basic social etiquette, the treatment restored his physical health.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=340–342}} By March 1983, he had returned to Los Angeles and was moved, under Landy's direction, to a Malibu home where he lived with several of Landy's aides and was cut off from many of his own friends and family.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|p=342}}

Between 1983 and 1986, Landy charged approximately $430,000 annually (${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|430000|1983|end_year={{Inflation-year|US}}}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}). When he requested additional funds, Carl Wilson was obliged to allocate a quarter of Brian's publishing royalties.<ref name="TelegraphObit"/> Landy gradually assumed the role of Wilson's creative and financial partner, eventually representing him at [[Brother Records|Brother Records, Inc.]] corporate meetings.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=256}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=272}} Landy was accused of creating a [[Svengali]]-like environment by controlling every aspect of Wilson's life—including his musical direction.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=254–258}} Wilson countered these claims, stating, "People say that Dr. Landy runs my life, but the truth is, I'm in charge."{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=257}} He later claimed that in mid-1985 he attempted suicide by swimming as far out to sea as possible before one of Landy's aides retrieved him.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}}

As Wilson's recovery consolidated, he participated in recording ''[[The Beach Boys (album)|The Beach Boys]]'' (June 1985),{{sfn|White|1996|p=338}} a release touted as his "comeback".{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=249}} He then curtailed regular collaborations with the band to pursue a solo career under Landy's guidance.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=257}} In 1986, he worked with former collaborator Gary Usher at Usher's studio, producing roughly a dozen songs—most unreleased{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}—with one track, "[[Let's Go to Heaven in My Car]]", appearing on the ''[[Police Academy 3]]'' (1986) soundtrack.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}} This body of work became known as "[[the Wilson Project]]".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}

===''Brian Wilson'', ''Sweet Insanity'', first memoir, and conservatorship===
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Wilson occasionally rejoined his bandmates on stage and performed his first ever solo gigs at several charity concerts around Los Angeles.<ref name="MakingTheAlbum">{{cite press release |last= |first= |date=1988|title= Making the Album|url= http://albumlinernotes.com/Making_The_Album.html|location= |publisher= [[Sire Records]]|agency= |access-date=}}</ref> In January 1987, he accepted a solo contract from [[Sire Records]] president [[Seymour Stein]], mandated co-production by multi-instrumentalist [[Andy Paley]] to keep Wilson focused.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}}{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}} In return, Landy was allowed to serve as executive producer.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}} Other producers, including [[Russ Titelman]] and [[Lenny Waronker]], soon joined the project, and conflicts with Landy emerged.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=260–262}}

Released in July 1988, ''[[Brian Wilson (album)|Brian Wilson]]'' received favorable reviews and moderate sales, peaking at number 52 in the U.S.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=262–264, 266}} The album featured "[[Rio Grande (song)|Rio Grande]]", an eight-minute [[Western music (North America)|Western]] suite reminiscent of songs from ''Smile''.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=265}} Its release was largely overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Landy and the success of the Beach Boys' "[[Kokomo (song)|Kokomo]]", their first number-one hit since "Good Vibrations" and the first without Wilson's involvement.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=262–263, 266–267}} By 1990, Wilson was estranged from the Beach Boys, with his bandmates scheduling recording sessions without him and twice rejecting his offers to produce an album, according to Brother Records president Elliot Lott.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=268}}

[[File:Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys in West Los Angeles 1990 photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Wilson in the studio, 1990]]

In 1989, Wilson and Landy formed the company Brains and Genius. By then, Landy was no longer legally recognized as Wilson's therapist and had surrendered his California psychology license.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=269}} Together, they worked on Wilson's second solo album, ''[[Sweet Insanity]]'', with Landy co-writing nearly all the material.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=269–270}} Sire rejected the album due to Landy's lyrics and the inclusion of Wilson's rap song "[[Smart Girls]]".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}} In May 1989, Wilson recorded "Daddy's Little Girl" for the film ''[[She's Out of Control]]'', and in June, he was among the featured guests on the charity single "The Spirit of the Forest".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}

In October 1991, Wilson published his first memoir, ''[[Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story]]''.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=273}} Biographer [[Peter Ames Carlin]] noted that the book plagiarized excerpts from earlier biographies and ranged from harsh criticisms of his bandmates to passages resembling legal depositions.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=273}} The memoir prompted defamation lawsuits from Mike Love, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and his mother, Audree Wilson.{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=375}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=278}} After a conservatorship suit filed by his family in May 1991, Wilson and Landy's partnership was dissolved in December, followed by a [[restraining order]].{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=375}}