Rank the tracks #13: Wild Honey

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One of my favorite albums!

1. Darlin'
2. Wild Honey
3. Country Air
4. Let The Wind Blow
5. Aren't You Glad
6. Here Comes The Night
7. How She Boogalooed It
8. I'd Love Just Once To See You
9. A Thing Or Two
10. Mama Says
11. I Was Made To Love Her

[job]

1. Darlin
2. I Was Made To Love Her
3. Let The Wind Blow
4. Aren't You Glad
5. Country Air
6. Wild Honey
7. I'd Love Just Once To See You
8. Here Comes The Night
9. A Thing Or Two
10. How She Boogalooed It
11. Mama Said

[NateRuvin]

1. Aren't You Glad--- This is a brilliant song! I love the arrangement, even though it's somewhat minimal. It's so catchy!
2. Let The Wind Blow--- One of the best Love/Wilson post-surfing collaborations.
3. Here Comes The Night--- The disco version sucks, but this one is brilliant.
4. Darlin'--- One of the best pop songs of its time. Just as good as what the Stones and Beatles were doing.
5. Wild Honey--- Great rock song! But I prefer live versions with Blondie singing.
6. Country Air--- Those harmonies are pure bliss.
7. I'd Love Just Once--- Cool song that showed what Brian was going to do on Friends.
8. A Thing Or Two--- Another great rock song that would've fit in with the 90's grunge scene.
9. How She Boogalooed It--- Filler, but still fun.
10. Mama Says--- Cool vocals, but I prefer it in the context of SMiLE, it doesn't fit in on Wild Honey.
11. I Was Made To Love Her--- To be honest, I think this cover is horrible. The vocals are annoying.

[Rentatris]

1. Wild Honey - that intro. When they laid into it live I genuinely shrieked like a 12 year old girl 
2. I'd Love Just Once To See You - A perfect example of a Brian song
3. Darlin' - Super, super track
4. Mama Says - Love everything about this, no idea why people are negative about it
5. Here Comes The Night - Hold me, Squeeze me, Don't ever leave me... not a week goes by without me singing those words
6. How She Boogalooed It - nice and raw rock n roll
7. Aren't You Glad - yeah, I like this
8. I Was Made To Love Her - yeah, this is good
9. A Thing Or Two - meh, not awful but y'know not amazing
10. Country Air - meh
11.Let The Wind Blow - very meh to the point of eugh...

 

 
   
 

[You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered]

Aren't You Glad
Wild Honey
Darlin'
I'd Love Just Once To See You
Here Comes The Night
I Was Made To Love Her
How She Boogalooed It
Let The Wind Blow
Mama Says
Country Air
A Thing Or Two

[jiggy22]

11. Mama Says
10. How She Boogalooed It
9. I Was Made to Love Her
8. Here Comes the Night
7. Aren't You Glad
6. Let the Wind Blow
5. Wild Honey
4. A Thing or Two
3. Darlin'
2. I'd Love Just Once to See You
1. Country Air

I actually really love every song on the album, ranking this one was pretty damn tough! It kills me to see HCTN and Aren't You Glad so low, but I really really do like A Thing or Two, such a funky song!

[Doobidoo]

What i think:
1. Country Air
2. Aren't You Glad
3. I Was Made to Love Her
4. Wild Honey
5. Let the Wind Blow
6. I'd Love Just Once to See You
7. Darlin'
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8. Here Comes the Night
9. Mama Says
10. How She Boogalooed It
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11. A Thing or Two





What I've listened to the most (according to last.fm):
1. I Was Made to Love Her -
2. Country Air
3. Wild Honey
4. Mama Says
5. Darlin'
6. How She Boogalooed It
7. I'd Love Just Once to See You
8. Here Comes the Night
9. Aren't You Glad
10. Let the Wind Blow
11. A Thing or Two

[Scaroline No]

1. I'd Love Just Once to See You - This is really one of my all time favourite songs in the universe
1. Mama Says - always over too fast
3. Let the Wind Blow
4. Wild Honey
5. Darlin'
6. Country Air
7. Aren't You Glad
8. Here Comes the Night
9. A Thing Or Two
10. I Was Made to Love Her - nice attempt but Stevie owns this
11. How She Boogalooed It

[Mr Fulton]

1. Wild Honey
2. Country Air
3. Darlin'
4. Aren't You Glad
5. Here Comes The Night
6. A Thing Or Two
7. I Was Made To Love Her
8. How She Boogalooed It
9. I'd Love Just Once To See You
10. Let The Wind Blow
11. Mama Says

[Wata]

"Sunshine Tomorrow" made it one of my very favorite:
1. Darlin'
2. Aren't You Glad
3. Wild Honey
4. Here Comes the Night
5. I'd Love Just Once to See You

6. I Was Made To Love Her
7. Let The Wind Blow
8. Country Air
9. How She Boogalooed It
10. A Thing Or Two

11. Mama Says

[bummerinparadise]

1. Darlin'
2. Wild Honey
3. I'd Love Just Once To See You
4. Aren't You Glad
5. Country Air

6. I Was Made To Love Her
7. Here Comes The Night
8. A Thing Or Two

9. Let The Wind Blow
10. How She Boogalooed It
11. Mama Says

[Gettin Hungry]

1.   Darlin’
2.   Wild Honey
3.   Country Air
4.   Here Comes the Night
5.   Aren’t You Glad
6.   Let the Wind Blow
7.   I Was Made to Love Her
8.   I’d Love Just Once to See You
9.   A Thing or Two
10.   Mama Says
11.   How She Boogalooed It

[B.E.]

1. Wild Honey
2. Aren’t You Glad
3. Country Air
4. Here Comes The Night
5. Let The Wind Blow
6. Darlin’
7. I’d Love Just Once To See You
8. I Was Made To Love Her
9. A Thing Or Two

10. How She Boogalooed It
11. Mama Says

[Julia]

The best songs of these sessions--solo SU, CWTL and CCW aren't even on the album. WTF Brian? (It couldn't have been THAT hard to edit together a serviceable CWTL even if it wasn't up to his usual standards--surely preferable to releasing a modest 28 minute album that STILL manages to have filler on it!)

Wild Honey
Darlin
(^the obvious standouts, WH's great hook "sweet sweet honey beat" edges it out)

I Was Made to Love Her
(^Carl's vocal isn't suited to the song but I love the melody so much I still dig it)

Country Air
(^Nice little ditty if a bit undercooked. I used to scoff at the idea it represented the mysterious air element but I've come around. I think air was something in between IIGS and this. Probably the elements was Americana-entwined rather than a separate "suite," with Fire and likely Water tied to specific places (Chicago & Hawaii) while Earth and Air were tied to the country/barnyard thing--veggies, BY proper, IIGS/CA in some kinda medley that Brian never pinned down. For the fascinating piece this represents, I give it a boost.)

*the rest*
(^the rest of the album just kinda blends together for me, any order would be arbitrary)

Mama Says
(^Unfinished, weak, why the hell is this here but CCW and CWTL aren't???)