M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean (1999)

About this title: The third benefit album for the Surfrider Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving oceans, is as weirdly scattershot as the two other MOM albums, and just as enjoyable. As with any tribute album, MOM, Vol. 3 is certainly a collection of moments, balanced somewhere between the good and the mediocre. To its credit, the Surfrider Foundation gets major artists to deliver exclusive songs to their record. Even better, they're lucky to get first-rate music from these artists, most notably with Beck's terrific, frazzled beach party song "Electric Music and the Summer People" and Pearl Jam ... read more

Tracks:

1. Little Deuce Coupe [Christian/Wilson]
2. Cocunut [Nilsson]
3. Summer in the City [Boone/Sebastian/Seb]
4. Electric Music and the Summer People [Beck]
5. Snoop Bounce [Snoop Dogg/Morello/]
6. Summer [Loeb]
7. Ocean Size [Butthole Surfers Remix] [Avery/Farrell/Navar]
8. The Whale Song [Irons]
9. Here Comes the Sun [Harrison]
10. Wild Life [McCartney/McCartney]
11. Gone Surfin' [Hoey]
12. Sea Cruise [Smith]
13. How Strong [Kiedis/Flea/Fruscia]
14. Walk, Don't Run [Smith]
15. Wicked Man [Harper]
16. Mother [Camp]
17. Gaia [Taylor]
18. Nothing to Say [AWOL/Beastie Bo]
19. Sunland [Kay]
20. Money [Popoff]
21. Winter Waves [Isaak]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.