Mike Love is releasing a double album called Unleash the Love on November 17.

A double album! From Mike Love!? THEE MIKE LOVE!?! Of The Beach Boys!? Wow! Shit! Really?

But what the hell else is he supposed to do at this point in his career? Surely you don’t expect him to just rest on his laurels and endlessly tour the state fair/casino circuit, trading on the renewable goodwill of his old band’s back-catalog?

Fuck no! Mike Love is not a legacy act. Mike Love remains hungry. Mike Love still has something to prove. Mike Love is a Restless Artist — capital R, capital A. The creative spirit compels him to release a 25-track double album featuring John Stamos on drums on one song.

Besides, The Beach Boys are one of the few major Boomer Rock legacy acts that never made a big, messy, flawed masterpiece-type double album. Even Smile was intended to be culled to fit on a single slab of vinyl during its aborted recording sessions (per Wikipedia). So fuck you; at the age of 76, Love is finally crossing that Rubicon. WHO ARE YOU to stand in his way?

And, in a way, he will be bringing his erstwhile bandmates (both deceased and fired) with him: while the first disc of this behemoth will consist of a fresh new batch of soon-to-be-classic, Mike Love-penned songs, the second will feature Artistically Necessary (captial A, Capital N) re-recordings of 11 Beach Boys classics (and “Fun, Fun, Fun,” which is garbage). Mike Love is also continuing to play a shitload of tour dates every year with the current iteration of The Beach Boys. Check out their itinerary for the rest of 2017 and 2018 below, along with Unleash the Love’s tracklist, and its first single, “Do It Again,” featuring…Mark McGrath…and…John Stamos.

Here’s the cover again. Just because.

Unleash the Love tracklisting:

Disc One:

01. All the Love in Paris featuring Dave Koz on Saxophone

02. Getcha Back featuring John Stamos on Drums

03. Daybreak Over the Ocean

04. I Don’t Wanna Know

05. Too Cruel

06. Crescent Moon

07. Cool Head, Warm Heart

08. Pisces Brothers

09. Unleash The Love

10. Ram Raj

11. 10,000 Years Ago (featuring John Stamos on Drums)

12. Only One Earth

13. Make Love Not War

Disc Two:

01. California Girls

02. Do It Again (featuring Mark McGrath and John Stamos)

03. Help Me Rhonda

04. I Get Around

05. Warmth of the Sun (featuring Ambha Love)

06. Brian’s Back

07. Kiss Me Baby

08. Darlin’ featuring AJR

09. Wild Honey (featuring John Cowsill)

10. Wouldn’t It Be Nice

11. Good Vibrations

12. Fun Fun Fun

The Beach Boys 2017 Tour Dates:

10.06.17 – Biloxi, MS - Beau Rivage Mgm Resort & Casino, Inc.

10.07.17 – Biloxi, MS - Beau Rivage Mgm Resort & Casino, Inc.

10.10.17 –Dallas, TX - Majestic Theatre (Dallas)

10.11.17 – San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre (San Antonio)

10.13.17 – College Station, TX - Rudder Auditorium, College Station

10.14.17 – Lake Charles, LA - Golden Nugget Lake Charles

10.15.17 – Galveston Island, TX - The Grand 1894 Opera House

10.21.17 – Norman, OK - Riverwind Casino

10.22.17 – Kansas City, MO - The Midland - Kansas City

10.23.17 – Columbia, MO – Jesse Auditorium

10.24.17 – Normal, IL – Braden Auditorium

10.25.17 – Benton Harbor, MI – Mendel Center

10.26.17 – Tiffin, OH – Ritz Theatre - Ohio

10.27.17 – Akron, OH – Akron Civic Theatre

10.28.17 – Cincinnati, OH – Aronoff Center For The Arts

10.29.17 – Paducah, KY – Carson Center

10.30.17 – Richmond, KY – EKU Center For The Arts

11.02.17 – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre - Memphis

11.03.17 – Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli Theatre

11.04.17 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre

11.05.17 – SAVANNAH, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre

11.08.17 – Malt Shop Memories Cruise

11.08.17 – Malt Shop Memories Cruise

11.14.17 – Schenectady, NY – Proctors

11.15.17 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center

11.16.17 – Indiana, PA – Indiana University Of Pennsylvania - Kovalchick Convention Center

11.17.17 – Hagerstown, MD – Maryland Theatre

11.18.17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Hall For The Performing Arts

11.19.17 – North Tonawanda, NY – Riviera Theatre

12.01.17 – Hiawassee, GA – Anderson Music Hall

The Beach Boys 2018 tour dates:

02.10.18 – Orlando, FL – Universal Studios

02.11.18 – Coral Springs, FL – Coral Springs Center for The Arts

02.13 .18 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall

02.14.18 – Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

02.15.18 – Fort Pierce, FL – Sunrise Theatre

02.16.18 – West Palm Beach, FL – Kravis Center

02.18.18 – Naples, FL – Hayes Hall, Naples Museum of Art

02.28.18 – Modesto, CA – Gallo Center for the Arts

03.01.18 – Visalia, CA – The Fox Theatre

03.03.18 – Thousand Oaks, CA – Fred Kavil Theatre

03.04.18 – Palm Desert, CA – McCallum Theatre

03.17.18 – Westbury, NY – Theatre at Westbury

03.18.18 – Kingston, NY – Ulster Performing Arts Center

03.21.18 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre

03.22.18 – Shippensburg, PA – Luhrs Center

03.23.18 – Reading, PA – Santander Performing Arts Center

03.24.18 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center

05.09.18 – Youngstown, OH – Powers Auditorium

05.10.18 – Wabash, IN – Honeywell Center

05.11.18 – Holland, MI – Tulip Time Festival

05.12.18 – Columbus, OH – CAPA

05.13.18 – Louisville, KY – The Kentucky Center for the Arts

06.01.18 – Omaha, NE – Holland PAC

06.02.18 – Omaha, NE – Holland PAC

06.03.18 – Omaha, NE – Holland PAC

06.05.18 – Grand Forks, ND – Chester Fritz Auditorium

06.06.18 – Sioux Falls, SD – Washington Pavilion

06.07.18 – Lacrosse, WI – Lacrosse Center

06.08.18 – Wausau, WI – Grand Theater

06.09.18 – Fish Creek, WI – Door Community Auditorium

08.22.18 – St. Paul, MN – Ordway Center for The Performing Arts