Brian's Five Best Ever Compositions

[harrisonjon]

In no particular order:

Til I Die
Kiss Me Baby
You Still Believe In Me
Hang On To Your Ego
Please Let Me Wonder

Very Closely followed by: She Knows Me Too Well, All I Wanna Do, Don't Worry Baby, God Only Knows, Cabinessence.

[shelter]

God Only Knows
This Whole World
Good Vibrations
Surf's Up
Time To Get Alone

[Paulos]

Hmmmmm, not easy, not easy at all

Cabin Essence
Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
God Only Knows
Heroes And Villains

Obvious choices I know but from a compositional stand point the above are my top five.

[pixletwin]

Surf's Up
We'll Run Away
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
Kiss Me, Baby
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations

[Jukka]

Not necessarily my favourite songs or songs that touch me the most (although most of them are), but songs that are so cleverly built that I can't help but admire.

This Whole World
Surf's Up
God Only Knows
Cabin Essence
She Knows Me Too Well

[The Shift]

Surf's Up
Cabinessence
God Only Knows
Heroes & Villains (inc exquisities)
Til I Die
… plus anything from the top row, please Carol.

[EgoHanger1966]

Of course, give credit where credit is due - it's not like Brian wrote most of these songs alone without anyone's help...but the top five best things he was involved writing...

(edit: no way, this is impossible. And it doesn't do the man and his co-writers justice to just list five.)

[Phoenix]

Wouldn't It Be Nice
Don't Worry Baby
Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
God Only Knows

[rab2591]

Wouldn't It Be Nice
Don't Worry Baby
California Girls
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
Let Us Go On This Way (actually, nearly everything from Love You)

[Tord]

God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
Heroes and Villains
The Warmth of the Sun
California Girls

[Alan Smith]

Difficult selection and bound to cause me angst within minutes of posting:

Kiss me, Baby
This Whole World
'Til I die
Good Vibrations
Surfer Girl

[petzounds29]

1-don t worry baby
2-wouldn t it be nice
3-this whole world
4-god only knows
5-surf s up

or because this is an impossible task more like a top twenty
1-good vibrations
2-let him run wild
3-surfer girl
4-hang on to your ego
5-from there to back again

[seltaeb1012002]

From There To Back Again
Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
Wonderful
Don't Worry Baby

[rab2591]

From There To Back Again
Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
Wonderful
Don't Worry Baby

Forgot that one. There are just too many great songs by Brian.

[NatureShowInStereo]

First that come to mind:

Midnight's Another Day
Til I Die
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Surf's Up
Kiss Me, Baby

[Ovi]

Don't know about best, but these are my absolute favourites :

Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
Cabin Essence
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
I'm Waiting For The Day

[Cabinessenceking]

Surf's Up
God Only Knows
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Cabin Essence
Til I Die

other candidates for the list:
She Knows Me So Well
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Dont Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
Good Vibrations

Tracks which could make the top 5 based on composition alone, not production or vocals:
Let's Put Our Hearts Together
I'll Bet He's Nice

[mike s]

Surf's Up
Good Vibrations
God Only Knows
Cabinessence
Do You Like Worms

[Outtasight!]

Rio Grande
From There To Back Again
Midnights Another Day
Surf's Up
God Only Knows

[Jim V.]

"This Whole World"
"Surf's Up"
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
"I Went To Sleep"
"Good Timin'"

[rn57]

Right off the top of my head, first five:

Til I Die
Surf's Up
Cabinessence
Kiss Me Baby
God Only Knows

Second five:

This Whole World
Wonderful
Caroline No
The Warmth Of The Sun
In My Room

Third five:

Surfer Girl
From There To Back Again
Midnight's Another Day
Darlin'
She Knows Me Too Well

Fourth five:

The Little Girl I Once Knew
Don't Talk
Please Let Me Wonder
Add Some Music
Don't Worry Baby

Fifth five:
Good Vibrations - which I just thought of! Boy, there's a case for almost any of the aforementioned songs to go into the top ten at least. And That's Why God Made The Radio just might make it into the top 25.  How often does someone in the field of pop music, at the age of nearly 70, write and/or record two songs that could make it into a list of the two dozen best of his/her career? I mean, Sinatra was the age Brian is now when he made his LA Is My Lady LP, but there's nothing on there that measures up to his early Reprise work, much less his Capitol recordings.

[Bicyclerider]

God Only Knows
This Whole World
Good Vibrations
Surf's Up
Time To Get Alone

Hard to argue with these choices.  All 66-69 compositions.

[runnersdialzero]

the red album rankem song list

[Paulos]

the red album rankem song list

Ok Runners, I'll play:

The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)
The Angel And The One
Dreamin'
Troublemaker
Pork And Beans
Everybody Get Dangerous
Heart Songs
Cold Dark World
Thought I Knew
Automatic


 

[Jim V.]

the red album rankem song list

Ok Runners, I'll play:

The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)
The Angel And The One
Dreamin'
Troublemaker
Pork And Beans
Everybody Get Dangerous
Heart Songs
Cold Dark World
Thought I Knew
Automatic


 

sh*t album. Maybe 2 or 3 good songs.