Twenty years passed between the Beach Boys’ studio albums “Summer in Paradise” and “That’s Why God Made the Radio.” “Summer in Paradise” was released on August 3, 1992, while “That’s Why God Made the Radio” followed on June 5, 2012.
The gap is especially notable because the 2012 album marked the band’s return to predominantly original material after two decades. It was made for the Beach Boys’ 50th-anniversary reunion, bringing Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks together for new recordings and a major tour.
A common mix-up is calling this a complete 20-year gap between every Beach Boys studio album. The band released “Stars and Stripes Vol. 1” in 1996, but that record consisted mainly of re-recorded Beach Boys songs with country artists. Thus, 20 years is the correct answer for the gap between the two named albums and the return to mostly original material.