The Beach Boys Love You

[SMiLE Brian]

Had my whole family yell at me when i played this on family car ride.

[drbeachboy]

In 1977 when Love You was released, my little niece & nephew loved this album. My niece is now 40 and she still like it.

[SMiLE Brian]

In 1977 when Love You was released, my little niece & nephew loved this album. My niece is now 40 and she still like it.

Good for her, my older sister was about to punch me in the face when she heard solar system and love is a woman.

[runnersdialzero]

Had my whole family yell at me when i played this on family car ride.

lololololol

[phirnis]

Had my whole family yell at me when i played this on family car ride.

Someone should make a trollface comic out of this.

[SMiLE Brian]

Had my whole family yell at me when i played this on family car ride.

Someone should make a trollface comic out of this.

Or make a comedy sketch, the family's reaction to this album was laugh out loud funny.

[Shady]

Had my whole family yell at me when i played this on family car ride.

Love it 

[Myk Luhv]

This album would get a five just for the intro to the first song -- the combination of farting synth, Carl's "HRAAARGH!", and the drums is great and comparatively quite un-Beach-Boys!

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I just ordered like 10 versions of this, Vinyl, and Mini LP and like 8 normal copies for friends.

I just realized that some little bits on this album are incredible!!! OH GOD! IT'S LIKE LITTLE BITS OF PET SOUNDS!!

EX.

-Solar System Chorus (Amazing Harmonies!)
-Synth on "I Bet He's Nice" (Da-dada-daa-da)
-Brian and Marilyn Duet on "Lets Put Our Hearts Together" and the AMAZING Lyrics on that track!
-The entire "The Night Was So Young"
-Johnny Carson Harmonies
-Pumped Up "Let us go on this way" (I often find myself singing "TO GET YOU BABY WENT THROUGH THE RINGER!!!" When I get home from school (out of happiness )
-"I love to pick you up" whole song until "Pat.. Pat..." then I get too embarrassed to listen
-"Airplane" Whole song, just incredible.

This album minus the 70's synths and with (dont kill me please) maybe some autotuned Brian Vocals would be INCREDIBLE!!!

[stack-o-tracks]

Everything about Love You is awesome. What would be more awesome if there was a '77 version of Surf's Up recorded a la Love You. Would blow the '67 WH version out of the water.

[SMiLE Brian]

Everything about Love You is awesome. What would be more awesome if there was a '77 version of Surf's Up recorded a la Love You. Would blow the '67 WH version out of the water.

A piano demo in 1977 of surf's up would be amazing as well.

[drbeachboy]

I just ordered like 10 versions of this, Vinyl, and Mini LP and like 8 normal copies for friends.

I just realized that some little bits on this album are incredible!!! OH GOD! IT'S LIKE LITTLE BITS OF PET SOUNDS!!

EX.

-Solar System Chorus (Amazing Harmonies!)
-Synth on "I Bet He's Nice" (Da-dada-daa-da)
-Brian and Marilyn Duet on "Lets Put Our Hearts Together" and the AMAZING Lyrics on that track!
-The entire "The Night Was So Young"
-Johnny Carson Harmonies
-Pumped Up "Let us go on this way" (I often find myself singing "TO GET YOU BABY WENT THROUGH THE RINGER!!!" When I get home from school (out of happiness )
-"I love to pick you up" whole song until "Pat.. Pat..." then I get too embarrassed to listen
-"Airplane" Whole song, just incredible.

This album minus the 70's synths and with (dont kill me please) maybe some autotuned Brian Vocals would be INCREDIBLE!!!

The whole charm of Love You is to listen to it, warts and all. The warts are what make it work and what makes it different than any other Beach Boys' album.

[Melt Away]

Easily my favorite BB album. 5. Brian's feelings are so true throughout the album. Pet Sounds? No, but one of the greatest, weirdest and most underrated records of all time.

[myonlysunshine]

Along with Pet Sounds and SMiLE/TSS, this is easily one my favorite works by Brian. This album is utterly eccentric, cooky, brilliant and far out, an obvious reflection of Brian's mental state at the time. I would characterize Love You as the last truly great Beach Boy album. Let's hope the new reunion album can change that. 5 stars all the way.

[Wild-Honey]

I love it.  At the moment this is the album I listen to most, but It was also the one that took the longest to 'get'.  The vocals are all over the shop, drunky /slurry Carl on I'll bet he's nice, Mikes lispy Johny Carson and my favorite - Brians gravelly  Rolllllerrrrr skaaaaating chiiiiiiiild  at the end.   ha! love it.

[EgoHanger1966]

To be honest, I'd tried to listen to this album a lot of times.
Of course, being a huge Brian/BB fan, I knew the backstory, why it's so revered....
Still, I couldn't get into it. Slowly, a couple songs started to stand out.

And, finally, this morning, just now, I listened to the entire album.
And I love it. All of it.

It's a beautiful day!

[Wild-Honey]

To be honest, I'd tried to listen to this album a lot of times.
Of course, being a huge Brian/BB fan, I knew the backstory, why it's so revered....
Still, I couldn't get into it. Slowly, a couple songs started to stand out.

And, finally, this morning, just now, I listened to the entire album.
And I love it. All of it.

It's a beautiful day!

YAY!  You gave me a big smile reading that 

[Lowbacca]

Anybody will come around in the end... 

[Mark H]

One of my favorite BB/BW albums.

I love everything about the record, can't see why anyone would want to get rid of the phat synths, one of the best things about the whole production IMO.

If only (as I think AGD once wrote) we could have got an album of Brian Wilson tunes like this once every 2 or 3 years.

Thinking about the love for this album makes me wish (once again) that things like Adult/Child and the Wilson/Paley sessions found their way to our record stores.

[Music Machine]

I made myself a playlist/ fake album for my iPod I call Beach Boys '77. It's mostly material from Love You and Adult/ Child but I threw in a bit from 15 Big Ones, M.I.U. and Light Album. The idea was to make a great short late 70's Beach Boys album with no covers or use of 1969 - 1970 material for filler like on Love You and Keeping the Summer Alive. Here's the track listing;

01 Let Us Go On This Way
02 Honkin' Down the Highway
03 It's OK
04 Had to Phone Ya
05 It's Over Now
06 Still I Dream of it
07 Pitter Patter
08 I'll Bet He's Nice
09 The Night Was So Young
10 Lines
11 It's Trying to Say
12 Solar System
13 She's Got Rhythm
14 Baby Blue
15 Everybody Wants to Live

The whole thing comes to 39 minutes and I find myself listening to it a lot.

[Cabinessenceking]

I made myself a playlist/ fake album for my iPod I call Beach Boys '77. It's mostly material from Love You and Adult/ Child but I threw in a bit from 15 Big Ones, M.I.U. and Light Album. The idea was to make a great short late 70's Beach Boys album with no covers or use of 1969 - 1970 material for filler like on Love You and Keeping the Summer Alive. Here's the track listing;

01 Let Us Go On This Way
02 Honkin' Down the Highway
03 It's OK
04 Had to Phone Ya
05 It's Over Now
06 Still I Dream of it
07 Pitter Patter
08 I'll Bet He's Nice
09 The Night Was So Young
10 Lines
11 It's Trying to Say
12 Solar System
13 She's Got Rhythm
14 Baby Blue
15 Everybody Wants to Live

The whole thing comes to 39 minutes and I find myself listening to it a lot.

one does not simply remove Airplane and JC from a playlist to be replaced by It's Ok and She's Got Rhythm.

[Ovi]

Good Time - another great one. I dig everything about its melody including combination of 2 Brian voices - younger and older. Smart trick! 5-6 out of 5.
   

Is that correct, though? I think the whole song is performed by "young" Brian.

[hypehat]

Good Time - another great one. I dig everything about its melody including combination of 2 Brian voices - younger and older. Smart trick! 5-6 out of 5.
  

Is that correct, though? I think the whole song is performed by "young" Brian.

Young as in, Sunflower. It's not changed from the early 70's version (besides, IDK, mixing - no new recording)

[Aegir]

what song are you thinking of, then?

[musicismylife101]

Great album. Full of quirky tracks and funky moogs. The Night Was So Young, I'll Bet He's Nice, I Wanna Pick You Up, Ding Dang, Good Time, Let Us Go on This Way, and Honkin' Down the Highway are great tracks. Brian, Dennis, and Carl sound great on it! Worth listening in its entirety!