Most "Forgotten" Album, Personally

[punkinhead]

Though I love all these albums:

I just wasn't made for these times
Imagination
Still Crusin
Summer in Paradise
Celebration
The BB 50th anniversary Live album
The Hallmark album
Spirit of America
Carl's first album
Bruce's pre BB albums

[RockNSoul]

I agree with the posters who said 20/20 is somewhat forgettable. It's a good album, and I really like most of the songs on it, but yeah it just feels like it was sorta thrown together, unlike the Beach Boys more finely crafted albums.

For a while I tended to forget about Smiley Smile, I guess maybe because I was really into Smile and Smiley Smile seemed like a weak alternative in comparison. I like it a lot now, though.

[donald]

I would call my forgotten albums the ones I don't play.  Funny how I forked out BIG BUCKS for Stak O Traks on vinyl when it was such a rarity, before CDs and now I never listen to it, not even on the digital twofer.

I will say that sometimes I get out an album I haven't listed to in its entirety as a whole lp unto itself and am usually pleasantly surprised at my reaction.  I did this with LDC couple of months ago.  Found myself smiling through the whole
thing.  Except for BTTYS, every song is a car song.  I had forgotten.  What a trip!  A concept album about the car culture of the times!

[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

I'd like to currently add Little Deuce Coupe and Smiley Smile to that.

[phirnis]

I sometimes forget about Smiley Smile as well, which is strange. Wild Honey, on the other hand, is an album I sometimes listen to on a weekly basis.

[Orange Crate Art]

Beach Boys Party..I NEVER play it.
 

That's the one!

[Smilin Ed H]

Carl and The Passions. But it shouldn't be.

[TimeToGetAlone]

Out of the list in the first post, Shut Down Volume 2 might be the one I think the least about.  Probably because I hear its big tracks but there's such a discrepancy between those and its weaker ones that I don't think of it as much of a unit.  Of course, if we can include other non-live albums, Party stands out as one I don't think much about.  It's the last non-live non-compilation for me to have listened to from beginning to end, and quality-aside you think I would have salivated to hear something from vintage 1965 as I would with any unreleased tracks.  Yet, when I'm thinking about their discography my mind usually goes directly from Summer Days to Pet Sounds.

[Tricycle Rider]

Oh, this is easy. It's that one! The one that has that song on it about the girl!! You know, it has that funny cover? The one that was a grunt instead of a bland slam. YOU KNOW!!! Grinly Grin. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket.

 

I'm sorry fellas, I COULD NOT resist. I tried.

Seriously though, it would have to be Shut Down Volume 2, which is crazy considering that "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Don't Worry Baby" and "The Warmth Of The Sun" are on it! I also loved "I Do" from the 2001 Remaster (One of my FAVORITE Beach Boys Tunes)

Nice thread Raven!