section_path: 1982–1991: Second Landy intervention/Brian Wilson, Sweet Insanity, first memoir, and conservatorship
section_name: Brian Wilson, Sweet Insanity, first memoir, and conservatorship
paragraph_text: Brian Wilson, Sweet Insanity, first memoir, and conservatorship
  
  Wilson occasionally rejoined his bandmates on stage and performed his first ever solo gigs at several charity concerts around Los Angeles. In January 1987, he accepted a solo contract from Sire Records president Seymour Stein, who mandated co-production by multi-instrumentalist Andy Paley to keep Wilson focused. In return, Landy was allowed to serve as executive producer. Other producers, including Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker, soon joined the project, and conflicts with Landy emerged.
  
  Released in July 1988, Brian Wilson received favorable reviews and moderate sales, peaking at number 52 in the U.S. The album featured " Rio Grande ", an eight-minute Western suite reminiscent of songs from Smile. Its release was largely overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Landy and the success of the Beach Boys' " Kokomo ", their first number-one hit since "Good Vibrations" and the first without Wilson's involvement. 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.
  
  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. Together, they worked on Wilson's second solo album, Sweet Insanity, with Landy co-writing nearly all the material. Sire rejected the album due to Landy's lyrics and the inclusion of Wilson's rap song " Smart Girls ". 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".
  
  In October 1991, Wilson published his first memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. 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. The memoir prompted defamation lawsuits from Mike Love, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and his mother, Audree Wilson. 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.
  
  Wilson occasionally rejoined his bandmates on stage and performed his first ever solo gigs at several charity concerts around Los Angeles. In January 1987, he accepted a solo contract from Sire Records president Seymour Stein, who mandated co-production by multi-instrumentalist Andy Paley to keep Wilson focused. In return, Landy was allowed to serve as executive producer. Other producers, including Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker, soon joined the project, and conflicts with Landy emerged.
  
  Released in July 1988, Brian Wilson received favorable reviews and moderate sales, peaking at number 52 in the U.S. The album featured " Rio Grande ", an eight-minute Western suite reminiscent of songs from Smile. Its release was largely overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Landy and the success of the Beach Boys' " Kokomo ", their first number-one hit since "Good Vibrations" and the first without Wilson's involvement. 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.
  
  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. Together, they worked on Wilson's second solo album, Sweet Insanity, with Landy co-writing nearly all the material. Sire rejected the album due to Landy's lyrics and the inclusion of Wilson's rap song " Smart Girls ". 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".
  
  In October 1991, Wilson published his first memoir, Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story. 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. The memoir prompted defamation lawsuits from Mike Love, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, and his mother, Audree Wilson. 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.