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Which studio album do you think it's the best since?
Stars & Stripes Vol 1
0 (0%)
Summer In Paradise
2 (1.5%)
Still Crusin'
5 (3.8%)
BB85
11 (8.3%)
Keepin The Summer Alive
3 (2.3%)
LA (Light Album)
24 (18%)
MIU
3 (2.3%)
Love You
40 (30.1%)
15 Big Ones
1 (0.8%)
Holland
24 (18%)
Carl & The Passions
0 (0%)
Surf's Up
9 (6.8%)
Sunflower
8 (6%)
20/20 or before
2 (1.5%)
It's the worst yet
1 (0.8%)
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July 06, 2012, 07:27:24 AM »
I meant to do this poll jsut after That's Why God Made The Radio was released, but I couldn't get the poll function working. Now I've figured it out, there's no stopping me!
So which album do you think it's the best since? I'm assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that no one will go back as far as the 60s, but if you do, please post which album.
My vote goes to MIU, which I feel TWGMTR is kind of on a par with. Overall there are more songs I like on MIU, although I think the good songs are far stronger on this new one, especially the last three.
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Quote from: Cabinessenceking on July 06, 2012, 07:36:20 AM
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July 06, 2012, 07:43:03 AM »
Friends.
My decision isn't based off of songwriting, band contribution, vocal quality, etc (things that albums like Sunflower are known for)....it's based off of how happy this album makes me
Much like Friends, TWGMTR seems to have upbeat songs, sad songs, great harmonies, beautiful chords. It's everything I'd ever ask for in a Beach Boys record.
My top 5 BB list now goes:
1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE
3. Friends
4. Surfer Girl
5. That's Why God Made The Radio
Edit: i'll probably change my mind next week after randomly listening to Sunflower or Love You haha
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July 06, 2012, 07:43:55 AM »
Hey I'm the first one to vote! I'm never the first one to do anything!
I picked:
Love You
-- the high point of their post glory days. I love MIU and LA...but it was "down hill" after Love You, and TWGMTR is another, new high-point... end o' story!
That said, I don't like comparing TWGMTR to anything because there's
way too much time
between it and ....what, Beach Boys 85!!??!! It's like comparing Love You to Pet Sounds. They're so far removed from each other, it's like comparing two different bands.
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July 06, 2012, 07:52:33 AM »
Quote from: rab2591 on July 06, 2012, 07:43:03 AM
Friends.
My decision isn't based off of songwriting, band contribution, vocal quality, etc (things that albums like Sunflower are known for)....it's based off of how happy this album makes me
Much like Friends, TWGMTR seems to have upbeat songs, sad songs, great harmonies, beautiful chords. It's everything I'd ever ask for in a Beach Boys record.
My top 5 BB list now goes:
1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE
3. Friends
4. Surfer Girl
5. That's Why God Made The Radio
Edit: i'll probably change my mind next week after randomly listening to Sunflower or Love You haha
Well good on ya! Now I wish I'd polled the whole catalogue! Maybe pet sounds would've been a better cut off point.
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I picked
Love You,
though some days I like TWGMTR better.
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I went with Surf's Up.
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I think it's their best since Still Cruisin, padded though it was with oldies. But I think Al's solo album is a more BB like effort.
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Love You. I know some people argue that Love You is a Brian album, but the Beach Boys are all over it. Hell, it's more of a BB album than Pet Sounds is.
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July 06, 2012, 08:15:35 AM »
I don't know, it's somwhere in between MIU and LA for me, so i voted LA.
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July 06, 2012, 08:19:00 AM »
No brainer. Best since Love You. Hands down.
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Quote from: EgoHanger1966 on July 06, 2012, 08:00:30 AM
Love You. I know some people argue that Love You is a Brian album, but the Beach Boys are all over it. Hell, it's more of a BB album than Pet Sounds is.
Good point! Both albums are "penned" by Brian...but Love You feels WAY more like of a group effort. I think you're spot on there.
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Someone's actually voted for "it's the worst yet"? Poll trolling, much?
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Best since Love You, and most Brian involvement since Love You. No coincidence.
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The best since the L.A. (Light Album).
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Quote from: Nuttin' Atol on July 06, 2012, 08:20:33 AM
Someone's actually voted for "it's the worst yet"? Poll trolling, much?
Right!? Apparently they've never heard SIP.
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The best since Love You, which is a more consistently quality work. Every album after that is marred by either more notorious lows or fewer highs than TWGMTR.
However, From There to Back Again may be the best Beach Boys song since the Surf's Up album (excluding the since released Smile tracks).
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July 06, 2012, 10:31:26 AM »
I, like almost everyone else, voted for "Best since Love You" too. As I looked through the list and decided where to put it, I thought at first about answering with KTSA and then had to carefully consider L.A and MIU too. I rank TWGMTR ahead of each of those because it's more consistent. There are individual songs on each of those albums that i like a lot more than what's on the new album, as a whole the new album is stronger. Basically every album has production issues since Steve Desper stopped working with them regularly, so looking past that and strictly at the songs, TWGMTR for me, is the best since Love You.
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....Love You. I think it just edges out LA.
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HAHA, someone voted 'best since Still Cruisin'!! That's great!
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Quote from: lance on July 06, 2012, 11:21:09 AM
HAHA, someone voted 'best since Still Cruisin'!! That's great!
Mike Love is a member here, obviously.
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Quote from: drbeachboy on July 06, 2012, 08:45:42 AM
The best since the L.A. (Light Album).
Absolutely this. 'Goin' On' is phenomenal but it alone is not enough to make it's parent album
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July 06, 2012, 02:22:19 PM »
It's their best since Beach Boys '85. TWGMTR is far more consistent than '85 - and the lows on '85 are far worse than the lows on TWGMTR - however for me -
in my own personal opinion
- there's nothing on the new album to match Where I Belong. Some of the closing suite comes close, but i really do genuinely believe Where I Belong is an absolute classic! I also think the very best of '85 (It's Gettin' Late, I Do Love You and Male Ego) is about on a par with the best of TWGMTR: Isn't It Time, Summer's Gone, etc.
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Best since In Concert, but not better than all but two of 1962-73 releases.
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