The Beach Boys - Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
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Free Music Review: summer days at the beach
Hit: 5 Stars
I spent most if my time at the beach during summer break. All the songs are what we heard on the radio. What a great group of songs put together! ! ! Free Music Review: The One to Have
Hit: 5 Stars
Regardless of the travails faced by the Beach Boys, we will always remember them as the clean cut boys they were in the early 60s. Their music is timeless and simultaneously recalls an era when our society was more innocent. This collection, one of the numerous compilations of Beach Boys songs, is also one of the better collections. It may be the best single disk collection. Some of the songs are in mono, but so was radio in those days. I could wish for stereo for those few songs, but I am happy to have them in mono.
Most of the music in this collection is focused on 1962 to 1968, which was the most creative period for the Beach Boys. The list of classic songs is like a classic rock play list. The list of top ten and number one songs is extensive. "I Get Around," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Good Vibrations" and the 1988 release "Kokomo" all hit #1 on a U.S. chart. "California Girls," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Surfer Girl," "Be True to Your School," "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)," "Sloop John B," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Getcha Back," "Rock and Roll Music," "Dance, Dance, Dance," and "Barbara Ann" all reached the top ten on at least one chart. The remaining fourteen songs all had some measure of success as singles, with songs such as "Surfin' Safari," "Little Deuce Coupe," and "In My Room" visiting radio stations frequently yet today.
This collection contains a combination of song versions. "I Get Around," "Surfin' Safari," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Don't Worry Baby," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Be True to Your School," "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)," "Barbara Ann," "Do You Wanna Dance," "Do It Again," "Wild Honey," "Darlin'," and "Good Vibrations" are all mono versions. "Don't Worry Baby," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Be True to Your School," and "Barbara Ann" are the single versions. Some of the songs have newer stereo mixes from various years. Those songs and the year of the remix are "California Girls" (2002), "Shut Down" (new stereo mix), "God Only Knows" (1996), "Sloop John B" (1996), "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (2001), "Dance, Dance, Dance" (new stereo mix), and "Heroes and Villains" (2002).
These songs favor the 1960s. The years represented in this collection and the number of songs from that year are 1962 - 1 song, 1963 - 6 songs, 1964 - 5 songs, 1965 - 3 songs, 1966 - 5 songs, 1967 - 3 songs, 1968 - 1 song, 1969 - 1 song, 1976 - 1 song, 1979 - 1 song, 1981 - 1 song, 1985 - 1 song, and 1988 - 1 song.
The Beach Boys have become icons of the 1960s. They were one of the American groups that managed to do well during the British Invasion of the mid-1960s, scoring hit after hit. The Beach Boys' music is omnipresent, from radio to television commercials. Words from their songs have made appearances in novels. The group's music was always upbeat and fun, and is now timeless.
There are a number of ways to buy Beach Boys music. As of the date this review was written, Amazon lists 213 items in popular music for the Beach Boys. This collection is a great representation of the Beach Boys music and one of the best Beach Boys' collections. If you are just getting into Beach Boys music, start here and then decide which albums you would like next. Enjoy!
Free Music Review: The Best Summer Reunion on Wax (CD)
Hit: 5 Stars
Finally, a comprehensive look at the Beach Boys that covers all the bases. 'Endless Summer,' one of the best titled compilations, and 'Good Vibrations' both have considerable merits, but 'Sounds of Summer,' and the subtitle, 'The Very Best of The Beach Boys' both live up to the collection's names. Every essential song is included: "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Surfin' Safari," and "I Get Around" to name very few. This time, however, we get at least two ethereal songs seldom put on the same disc, including the essential classics, "Don't Worry Baby" and "In My Room". Generosity is extended with the 'Pet Sounds' classics "Sloop John B," "God Only Knows," and "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Wisely, there are lesser songs that are added, too, like the title track of 'Wild Honey,' "Do It Again," and "Heroes and Villains" (from the ill-fated and fabled 'Smile' album). There are also minor hits that are fabulous, such as "Dance, Dance, Dance," "When I Grow Up to Be a Man," and "Be True to Your School". The seventies are well represented with a fine cover "I Hear Music," and a so-so, but popular cover of "Rock and Roll Music" (a song propelled no doubt by a resurgence of interest in the band during the mid-seventies).
On the other hand, while the selection is impeccable for a CD, the sequence is somewhat flawed. It is understandable that "Good Vibrations," their multi-layered magnum opus, is chosen to be the final song, but it is less appealing to go in sequence into the seventies; then back up again into the sixties. Perhaps they could have retained the first two-fifths; then taken the rest of the sixties; continue with the seventies; and finish with "Good Vibrations" after their last number one, "Kokomo," a surprising and good 1988 hit. (The first portion of the C.D., however, proves that it doesn't have to be compiled in a strictly chronological order, either.)
Despite some particular criticisms, 'Sounds of Summer' is a magnificent summer celebration of The Beach Boys' music. Since there have been more collections than original albums, maybe the perfect CD is still in the making. This one comes remarkably close.
Free Music Review: This is Sounds Of Summer
Hit: 5 Stars
A lot of people have been saying that a lot of classics are missing on this record, But it seems you are all forgetting that the point of this record is 'sounds of summer'.
A lot of there classics wouldint have a place on this album.
They will though when the follow up album is released 'the warmth of the sun' sometime next year
Free Music Review: This is NOT the Best of The Beach Boys
Hit: 2 Stars
There are a lot of Good Songs Here, You already know that, everyone knows most of these Tunes, but any REAL Beach Boys Fan can see why this Set is Lacking...Mike Love is overrepresented here, from "Rock and Roll Music" to "Kokomo" (a Truly DREADFUL Song), sure those were Big Hits, but NOT Best; This Collection is a cynical Cash-Grabbing attempt to squeeze Money out of the most casual Beach Boys Fan, and the mastering is LOUD and Compressed...if You want a Great Beach Boys CD, try to Find "Beach Boys Greatest", a 25 Song Import from Japan (1998), that CD has more Brian Wilson Cuts, such as the Sublime "Surf's Up"," Sail on Sailor", and "Caroline No" that are missing here.