1 is the twenty-eighth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 19, 1996, by River North Records.

Produced by Joe Thomas and Brian Wilson, Stars and Stripes is a collaborative album between the Beach Boys and various country acts.

[5] According to Wilson's wife Melinda, during the album's recording, "They [the Beach Boys] treated [Brian] like an invalid, all the time saying, 'Do this, don't do that, are you okay?

'"[6] In music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine's description, the release was "an unmitigated disaster and an outright embarrassment for all involved".

[8] A planned second volume never materialized, and Stars and Stripes became the last studio album to feature Carl Wilson, who died in 1998.