Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The B

The Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, David Marks. Producers include: Brian Wilson, Murry Wilson, Nik Venet, Steve Levine, The Beachboys. Recorded between 1962 & 1988. Includes liner notes by Anthony DeCurtis. This collection perfectly captures on a single disc the career arc of one of America's most important pop groups. Stuffing 30 songs into a small space, SOUNDS OF SUMMER checks in with these West Coast sunshine pop wizards at each phase of their development. There's the early chicks-and-cars, Chuck Berry-influenced material ("I Get Around, " "Little Deuce Coupe"), the surf songs on which the Beach Boys' early reputation is based (the genre's national anthem "Surfin' Safari, " the surprisinglytranscendent "Surfer Girl"), and more. Of course the celebrated "teenage symphonies to God" era is covered nicely, with such untouchable moments as "God OnlyKnows, " "Good Vibrations, " and "Wouldn'tIt Be Nice. " The fact that the band didn't dry up and blow away after the 1960s is not lost on SOUNDS OF SUMMER either, as witnessed by the inclusion of Chuck Berry cover "Rock and Roll Music" and thelatter-day summer-fun hit "Kokomo. " Reviews: Rolling Stone (6/12/03, p. 98) - 5 stars out of 5 - ". . . The overall effect of this thirty-track overview of the Beach Boys' career is similar to that of the Beatles' 1: Both compilations strive to blowyou away with the sheer amount of hit singles at hand, and both succeed. . . "

Track Listing

• 1 california girls [2002 stereo mix]
• 2 i get around [mono version]
• 3 surfin' safari [mono version]
• 4 surfin' u.s.a. [original stereo version]
• 5 fun, fun, fun [mono version]
• 6 surfer girl [original stereo version]
• 7 don't worry baby [mono single version]
• 8 little deuce coupe [original stereo vers
• 9 shut down [new stereo mix]
• 10 help me, rhonda [mono single version]
• 11 be true to your school [single version]
• 12 when i grow up (to be a man) [original s
• 13 in my room [original stereo version]
• 14 god only knows [original stereo version]
• 15 sloop john b
• 16 wouldn't it be nice [original stereo ver
• 17 getcha back [original stereo version]
• 18 come go with me [original stereo version
• 19 rock & roll music [original stereo versi
• 20 dance, dance, dance [original stereo ver
• 21 barbara ann [mono single version]
• 22 do you wanna dance [mono version]
• 23 heroes and villains [2002 stereo mix]
• 24 good timin'
• 25 kokomo
• 26 do it again [mono version]
• 27 wild honey [mono version]
• 28 darlin' [mono version]
• 29 i can hear music
• 30 good vibrations