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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys [US]
(2003)
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After gaining control of the Beach Boys' entire catalog (including all the band's post-1969 material), Capitol released two-fers covering their out of print '70s records and a Brian Wilson-selected compilation titled Classics, then later, this hits compilation -- the longest single-disc American collection ever seen. With all but five tracks ...
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Pet Sounds [Mono + Stereo]
(1966)
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The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, ...
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Now That's What I Call Christmas! [Universal]
(2001)
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The Now series is known for crossing the boundaries of record labels in its attempt to provide definitive collections of hits -- usually from contemporary hits, but also of different eras and styles from the past (at least in its U.K. incarnation). Thankfully, the double-disc, 36-track collection Now That's What I Call Christmas! lives up to the ...
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Endless Summer
(1974)
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This was the album by which millions of sons of late baby boomers (and sons and daughters of the early ones) first really discovered the Beach Boys, beyond hearing the occasional oldie on the radio. It was the summer of 1974, and the Beach Boys were still trying to get themselves back on track commercially after a seven-year commercial dry spell, ...
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Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
(1990)
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The Beach Boys
These two albums represent the point in their history where the Beach Boys essentially divide into two distinct yet interlinked musical entities: Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, and Al Jardine (with Glen Campbell, soon succeeded by Bruce Johnston) on-stage and Brian Wilson in the studio, putting together the Beach Boys' music with a host of ...
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Christmas with the Beach Boys
(2004)
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The Beach Boys were the ultimate summer band, their songs full of sun, surfboards, and endless waves of good vibrations, but it is always interesting to remember how many of those bright productions featured sleigh bells as part of their rhythm tracks, as if Brian Wilson wanted to stick a little bit of winter in there. So it should come as no ...
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Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
(1993)
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A five-CD box set, containing a whopping 142 tracks and covering the group's entire career, that manages to feel like too much and not enough at the same time. True, all of the key hits and most of their finest album tracks are here. The group's decline after 1966 -- and very sharp decline after 1970 -- is inescapable, and even though most of the ...
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Sunflower/Surf's Up
(2000)
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After anthologizing the Beach Boys' creative peak with several reissues during the '90s, Capitol turned its attention to the '70s recordings by acquiring the rights to the group's LPs for Warner/Reprise. The first fruits of this campaign arrived (after several long delays) in mid-2000, comprising a single disc with 1970's Sunflower and the ...
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Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 2
(1987)
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Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
(1990)
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The Beach Boys
The spring 2001 version of this two-LP-on-one-CD compilation, in 24-bit sound, is the best way ever to hear either of these albums. Smiley Smile was one of the most genial and unpretentious examples of psychedelic music to emerge in 1967, although at the time it was a difficult album for many fans to appreciate. A lot of it is comprised of what ...
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Carl and the Passions - So Tough/Holland
(2000)
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Capitol's 2000 two-fer reissue program of Beach Boys LPs continued apace with 1972's Carl and the Passions - So Tough and 1973's Holland, a pair of albums whose quality, style, and sound fit each other perfectly. After ten years of alternating sun-and-fun with doom-and-gloom, the Beach Boys were in obvious need of a musical recharge during the ...
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15 Big Ones/Love You
(2000)
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Learning quickly from the utter failure of their modernist, roots rock bent (circa 1972-1973) and the overwhelming success one year later of their greatest-hits package Endless Summer, the Beach Boys returned to the studio in 1975 with the newly conferred status of America's favorite oldies act. Content to give the people what they wanted, the ...
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The Big Chill: More Songs from the Original Soundtrack
(1984)
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Various Artists
The original motion picture soundtrack to The Big Chill (1984) has been rightfully lauded as reintroducing the baby boomer generation -- as well as the rest of the world -- to their music. The film deals with a bittersweet reunion of former college pals at the funeral of a mutual friend. The candor and humor that director Lawrence Kasdan used in ...
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The Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1999)
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The Beach Boys
Since Capitol's two-volume 1999 Greatest Hits only seemed to be chronological -- the label followed a rough time line, but Vol. 1 had many curious omissions from the early years, yet it basically stopped after Pet Sounds -- there were many early hits that should have fit on the first volume that were saved for the second. In other words, if you ...
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
(1999)
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With the Absolute Best collections out of print at the end of the '90s and the 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits missing about as many great singles as it included, Capitol's release of two generous Beach Boys Greatest Hits discs in 1999 was welcome. Unfortunately, they got it only half-right. Since the Beach Boys had too many hits to fit onto ...
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Pet Sounds [40th Anniversary]
(2006)
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The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, ...
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The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 60's
(2001)
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Various Artists
Though this album bills itself The Ultimate Rock 'N Roll Collection: The '60s, it's neither ultimate, nor even that rock & roll; with the possible exception of Tommy James & the Shondells' "Mony Mony," it's a solid and diverse collection of '60s pop. Spanning hits like the Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love," the Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl," and ...
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Pet Sounds [40th Anniversary Limited Edition]
(2006)
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The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, ...
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Classic Disney, Vol. 1
(1995)
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As the title suggests, Classic Disney 1 collects some of the best-known and loved songs from Disney's films, including "Someday My Prince Will Come" from Snow White & the Seven Dwarves, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South, "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" from Peter Pan, and "Spoonful of Sugar" from Mary Poppins. The album also ...
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Love You
(1977)
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Judging by the title and the quilted design on the cover, Love You would appear to be an album of ballads or romantic tracks, maybe '70s remakes of "Surfer Girl" or "In My Room." But from the brutal synthesizer stabs and Carl Wilson's throaty yell, "Harrahhh!" on the opening track, it's clear this is no ordinary Beach Boys LP. Besides several hard ...
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Greatest Surfing Songs!
(1997)
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Great Surfing Songs is a budget-line compilation of the Beach Boys' surf-rock hits, featuring classic singles like "Don't Worry Baby," "Barbara Ann," "Surfin' USA," "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Help Me Rhonda." Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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The Very Best of the Beach Boys
(2001)
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Along with the Who, it's nearly impossible to keep track of all the Beach Boys compilations that have littered the marketplace since the 1960s. But undoubtedly one of the better (and more extensive) single-disc collections is the 30-track, 2001 Euro import, The Very Best of the Beach Boys. There have been few pop groups as exceptional, consistent, ...
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Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
(1991)
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Two Rooms is a wildly uneven star-studded tribute to a wildly uneven superstar songwriting team. Though Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote many of the best pop songs of the '70s and '80s, they have written more than their fair share of clunkers as well. Some of them were chosen for this collection. Tina Turner, for example, tackles the ludicrously ...
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Pet Sounds
(1966)
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The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, ...
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The Beach Boys in Concert
(1973)
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Although somewhat unimaginatively titled, Beach Boys in Concert (1973) is significantly more than a hastily compiled live collection of hits. To the contrary, the set includes highlights from the band's earliest sides ("Surfer Girl") through to the groundbreaking Smile era ("Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains") as well as more concurrent ...
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