Most "Forgotten" Album, Personally

[ThyRavenAscend]

There are Beach Boys albums that stand out in our minds as our favorites, our least favorites, and ones that are neither but we have strong opinions about.  And then there are...

THE ALBUM(S) OUR MINDS FORGET.


Which Beach Boys album(s) do you "forget" about the most?
(Here's a list of their "true" LPs [not including Christmas, Party, Cruisin', Stripes, or live albums] in case you've forgotten  )

Surfin' Safari
Surfin' U.S.A.
Surfer Girl
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down Volume II
All Summer Long
The Beach Boys Today!
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Wild Honey
Friends
20/20
Sunfower
Surf's Up
Carl and the Passions "So Tough"
Holland
15 Big Ones
Love You
M.I.U.
L.A.
Keepin' the Summer Alive
The Beach Boys
Summer in Paradise
That's Why God Made the Radio

[ThyRavenAscend]

I forget about "20/20" and "L.A." the most--I think the former because it lacks cohesiveness and feels thrown together (despite it being a good album), and the latter because only one song leaves a significant impression on me ("Baby Blue").

[jimmy1949]

Beach Boys Party..I NEVER play it.
 

[Marcella]

Shut Down Volume 2--yeah yeah I know why it's called volume 2, but the fact remains there is no volume 1 released solely by The Beach Boys, makes Shut Down Volume II iakin to Traveling Wilburys Volume III when there was no Volume II (I know an argument is made for Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever as like Traveling Wilburys Volume II, but it isn't officially). So yeah I play All Summer Long literally three times as often as SDV2…even though SDV2 has some killer tracks on it.

[rab2591]

Shut Down Volume II.

It's like a 1964 version of 20/20 (where there are really good songs on it but there is absolutely no order; it feels chaotic and doesn't make for a good album listening experience).

I rarely listen to this album all the way through and therefore forget that it exists most of the time.

[Marcella]

Wow rab, thanks to the wonders of the internet you and I were typing about the same album at the same time…SPOOKY

[rab2591]

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call Smiley Smile...

[Mikie]

That's Why God Made the Radio. I already forgot about it.

The other ones I've "forgotten" about the last few years are Summer In Paradise, Beach Boys '85, and MIU. 
 

[Mayoman]

How about Stack-O-Tracks? You didn't mention it in the list of albums or in the list of exclusions...so that one's forgotten right there. 

[joshferrell]

1. stars and stripes
2. all concert albums
3. stack o tracks
4. Christmas (except during christmas time)
5.party

other contender
1. nascar

[Mikie]

Yeah, and where are "In Concert '64", "Live In London" and the reissue, and "In Concert '73"? Those were regular issued albums too. And the Christmas album and reissue. And to a lesser extent, the greatest hits and comp albums. And the Party! album. And what about the Smile Sessions?

What kinda thread is this?

[Freddie French-Pounce]

L.A. Without a Shadow Of A Doubt. (Complex, I know  )

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

LOVE YOU

[joshferrell]

LOVE YOU

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww isn't that sweet, someone is in love...lol...

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

LOVE YOU

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww isn't that sweet, someone is in love...lol...

Only With You
 

[Rob Dean]

LOVE YOU

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww isn't that sweet, someone is in love...lol...

Only With You
 

Yep , and with the Farmers Daughter 

[Cabinessenceking]

LOVE YOU

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww isn't that sweet, someone is in love...lol...

Only With You
 

Yep , and with the Farmers Daughter 

with Johnny Carson watching.

[joshferrell]

LOVE YOU

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww isn't that sweet, someone is in love...lol...

Only With You
 

Yep , and with the Farmers Daughter 

lol....

[bluesno1fann]

Discounting Compilations, just Studio Albums. And that excludes Stars and Stripes, it's a tribute album, not a actual Beach Boys album.
The most forgetful for me is their Christmas album, and their Party album

[Mikie]

And that excludes Stars and Stripes, it's a tribute album, not a actual Beach Boys album.

Quite contraire, Pierre. Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 was the 28th studio album by The Beach Boys. It was Mike Love's idea, and was a collaborative album with the Beach Boys and various country musicians.

[ThyRavenAscend]

Yeah, and where are "In Concert '64", "Live In London" and the reissue, and "In Concert '73"? Those were regular issued albums too. And the Christmas album and reissue. And to a lesser extent, the greatest hits and comp albums. And the Party! album. And what about the Smile Sessions?

What kinda thread is this?

If you read my initial post, you'll see that my intention was only to consider the "true" LPs, i.e. albums consisting of (primarily) original material. I left out comp albums, live albums, and even the Smile Sessions (not like anyone would say that the Smile Sessions is their most forgotten lol) because...well because they're obviously the first ones we'd forget. 

[alf wiedersehen]

Either Holland or 15 Big Ones.

[Phoenix]

M.I.U., LA, and Friends are barely on my radar.  I know they're there if I'm naming the albums but I almost never think about them; especially the first two.  As much as I personally dislike Smiley Smile and Love You (and to a lesser extent, Summer In Paradise), I totally understand their place in the catalog and can see (for the most part) why they exist.  The other three just mean almost nothing to me.

[Marcella]

M.I.U., LA, and Friends are barely on my radar. 

I can't even imagine being a BB fan and not digging Friends. Well, as a wise man once said, thank god we all like different things or else everyone would be after my wife

[phirnis]

L.A. seems to get mentioned a lot. I listen to that album all the time, even though it does have its flaws. Good Timin' is a song I never get tired of and Baby Blue is sublime.