Pick the 10 essential Beach Boy and BB solo albums

[shelter]

So who, given the choice above, votes for these?: 

Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and David Marks Salute NASCAR  1 (0.3%)
Summer In Paradise  1 (0.3%)

Mike Love is probably an anonimous poster here. I can't think of another explanation. 

[liam]

That was surprisingly easy.

1 ) Pet Sounds
2 ) The Beach Boys Love You
3 ) Good Vibrations - Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys
4 ) The Beach Boys Today!
5 ) Surf's Up
6 ) Sunflower
7 ) Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
8 ) 20/20
9 ) Brian Wilson
10 ) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

The only other one I'd really miss would be Friends... so I'd smuggle that to the desert island in my pants.

Pity the results aren't shown in popularity order...

Liam

[Andrew G. Doe]

Pity the results aren't shown in popularity order...

[koff]

  1   Pet Sounds - 57 (9.5%)
  2   Sunflower - 48 (8%)
  3   The Beach Boys Today! - 47 (7.9%)
  4   Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE - 39 (6.5%)
  5   Wild Honey - 28 (4.7%)
  =   Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) - 28 (4.7%)
  =   Friends - 28 (4.7%)
  =   The Beach Boys Love You - 28 (4.7%)
  =   Good Vibrations - Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys - 28 (4.7%)
10   All Summer Long - 27 (4.5%)
11   Surf's Up - 25 (4.2%)
12   Smiley Smile - 20 (3.3%)
 =   20/20 - 20 (3.3%)
14   Holland - 18 (3%)
 =   Pacific Ocean Blue (DW solo) - 18 (3%)
16   Surfer Girl - 15 (2.5%)
17   The Beach Boys In Concert - 10 (1.7%)
18   Hawthorne CA - 9 (1.5%)
19   Brian Wilson - 8 (1.3%)
20   Little Deuce Coupe - 7 (1.2%)
21   Shut Down, Volume II - 5 (0.8%)
 =   Surfin' USA - 5 (0.8%)
 =   Carl And The Passions- So Tough - 5 (0.8%)
 =   Endless Harmony - 5 (0.8%)
25   Beach Boys' Party! - 4 (0.7%)
  =   Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys - 4 (0.7%)
  =   What I Really Want For Christmas - 4 (0.7%)
  =     Imagination - 4 (0.7%)
  =   Live At The Roxy Theatre - 4 (0.7%)
  =   Going Public (BJ solo) - 4 (0.7%)
31   Stack-O-Tracks - 3 (0.5%)
  =   Still Cruisin' - 3 (0.5%)
  =   Good Timin': Live At Knebworth 1980 - 3 (0.5%)
  =   Orange Crate Art (BW/VDP solo) - 3 (0.5%)
  =   Looking Back With Love (ML solo) - 3 (0.5%)
36   Surfin Safari - 2 (0.3%)
  =   The Beach Boys' Christmas Album - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Beach Boys '69 (Beach Boys Live In London) - 2 (0.3%)
  =   15 Big Ones - 2 (0.3%)
  =   L.A. (Light Album) - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Endless Summer - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Made In USA - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Ten Years Of Harmony - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Stars And Stripes Volume I - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and David Marks Salute NASCAR - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Summer In Paradise - 2 (0.3%)
  =   I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - 2 (0.3%)
  =   Live In Las Vegas (AJ solo) - 2 (0.3%)
49   The Beach Boys' Concert - 1 (0.2%)
  =   Spirit Of America - 1 (0.2%)
  =   The Beach Boys - 1 (0.2%)
  =   Gettin' in Over My Head - 1 (0.2%)
  =   Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds Live - 1 (0.2%)
54   Lost And Found (1961-1962) - 0 (0%)
  =   The M.I.U. Album - 0 (0%)
  =   Keepin' The Summer Alive - 0 (0%)
  =   Beach Boys Rarities - 0 (0%)
  =   The Beach Boys Classics Selected By Brian Wilson - 0 (0%)
  =   Youngblood (CW solo) - 0 (0%)
  =   Carl Wilson (CW solo) - 0 (0%)

[RobtheNobleSurfer]

I chose (in chronological order):

All Summer Long
The Beach Boys Today
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Friends
Sunflower
The Beach Boys Love You
Pacific Ocean Blue
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

[I. Spaceman]

I chose (in chronological order):

All Summer Long
The Beach Boys Today
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Friends
Sunflower
The Beach Boys Love You
Pacific Ocean Blue
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

That was mine, except I had 20/20 in for BW88.

[RobtheNobleSurfer]

The way around that?

Hmmmmm.

Burn my choices onto CDrs and make room for 20/20!

But I do love the 88 album. A lot.

[TV Forces]

Why?  You can't believe that some Beach Boys fans might not like Pet Sounds?  Maybe orchestral style rock 'n' roll just isn't their thing.  Maybe they perfer a more traditional "rock band" sound like what you got on later albums and the very early albums.  I certainly love Pet Sounds, but come on, to each their own.  There's going to be people that don't like everything.  Hell, I could say "I don't understand how anyone could beleive that LA is not in the top 10 Beach Boys albums."

Wow..  even Dr. UNH, Esq. aka Jason was wondering why not a lot of people were voting for LOVE YOU.  If you want him to respect others opinions, you gotta respect his, mate.

[Fantastico!]

it's nice to see Today gets the respect it deserves.

[analogdemon]

Wow..  even Dr. UNH, Esq. aka Jason was wondering why not a lot of people were voting for LOVE YOU.  If you want him to respect others opinions, you gotta respect his, mate.

My post had nothing to do with disrespecting someone's opinion.  The quote that I was responding to was:

"I seriously can't believe that there actually are people that think Pet Sounds isn't among the 10 best Beach Boys albums..."

That's not stating opinion. That's taking your opinion and stating it as fact and degrading people to go along with it. That's not cool.

[shelter]

"I seriously can't believe that there actually are people that think Pet Sounds isn't among the 10 best Beach Boys albums..."

That's not stating opinion. That's taking your opinion and stating it as fact and degrading people to go along with it. That's not cool.

You're right, that's not cool. If you found my post offensive, I hereby apologize.

I should've said 'understand' instead of 'believe'. If English isn't your first language you sometimes make a bad choice of words, I guess. 

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Say! This is fun! I actually had a real easy time picking my ten.

Love You and Shut Down II all the way, baby!

[Paul Childs]

God Only Knows what we'd be without PET SOUNDS.

[MBE]

Shut Down 2
All Summer Long
Today
Summer Days
Pet
Wild
Friends
20-20
Sunflower
POB

Others I like a lot but didn't make it
Surfin USA
BWPS
Rarities (killer stuff from late 60s on there)
Ten Years Of Harmony
Surf's Up
Holland
So Tough
and all 3 BB live LPs

[Eric Aniversario]

I picked (in no particular order):

Friends
LA Light Album
Sunflower
Carl & The Passions
Orange Crate Art
Pacific Ocean Blue
Summer In Paradise
20/20
Love You
In Concert (73)

Then I saw that the Boxed Set was an option...I'd probably drop 20/20 for the boxed set, in retrospect.  I wish that GH2 & GH3 were options...I probably would've chosen GH3 for sure.

Good vibes,
Eric

[Eric Aniversario]

I had the privilege of being the 100th voter, so I got to see exactly what percentage of people voted for what (for example 94% of the voters voted for Pet Sounds).  I'll reprint that here below for those who are interested:

Pet Sounds  94 (9.8%)
Wild Honey  44 (4.6%)
Smiley Smile  34 (3.5%)
Stack-O-Tracks  3 (0.3%)
Surfer Girl  21 (2.2%)
Surfin Safari  4 (0.4%)
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)  39 (4.1%)
20/20  35 (3.7%)
Friends  51 (5.3%)
The Beach Boys Today!  71 (7.4%)
Shut Down, Volume II  9 (0.9%)
Beach Boys' Party!  5 (0.5%)
Lost And Found (1961-1962)  0 (0%)
Surfin' USA  6 (0.6%)
The Beach Boys' Concert  1 (0.1%)
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album  3 (0.3%)
All Summer Long  43 (4.5%)
Little Deuce Coupe  7 (0.7%)
The Beach Boys Love You  43 (4.5%)
Beach Boys '69 (Beach Boys Live In London)  3 (0.3%)
Carl And The Passions- So Tough  12 (1.3%)
The M.I.U. Album  3 (0.3%)
Sunflower  79 (8.2%)
Holland  33 (3.4%)
Surf's Up  44 (4.6%)
15 Big Ones  3 (0.3%)
Spirit Of America  1 (0.1%)
L.A. (Light Album)  5 (0.5%)
Endless Summer  4 (0.4%)
The Beach Boys In Concert  12 (1.3%)
The Beach Boys  1 (0.1%)
Made In USA  2 (0.2%)
Still Cruisin'  5 (0.5%)
Keepin' The Summer Alive  2 (0.2%)
Ten Years Of Harmony  4 (0.4%)
Beach Boys Rarities  0 (0%)
Endless Harmony  10 (1%)
Good Vibrations - Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys  41 (4.3%)
Stars And Stripes Volume I  2 (0.2%)
Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and David Marks Salute NASCAR  2 (0.2%)
Summer In Paradise  4 (0.4%)
Hawthorne CA  12 (1.3%)
Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys  6 (0.6%)
The Beach Boys Classics Selected By Brian Wilson  2 (0.2%)
Good Timin': Live At Knebworth 1980  4 (0.4%)
What I Really Want For Christmas  8 (0.8%)
Brian Wilson  11 (1.1%)
Gettin' in Over My Head  3 (0.3%)
Orange Crate Art (BW/VDP solo)  5 (0.5%)
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times  3 (0.3%)
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE  62 (6.5%)
Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds Live  2 (0.2%)
Imagination  6 (0.6%)
Live At The Roxy Theatre  7 (0.7%)
Live In Las Vegas (AJ solo)  3 (0.3%)
Looking Back With Love (ML solo)  4 (0.4%)
Pacific Ocean Blue (DW solo)  30 (3.1%)
Going Public (BJ solo)  5 (0.5%)
Youngblood (CW solo)  0 (0%)
Carl Wilson (CW solo)  0 (0%)

 
Total Votes: 100

Cool to see that over half (51%) consider "Friends" to be essential.  That is the essence of Desert Island Music right there...

Interesting that What I Really Want For Christmas was essential enough for 8% of the voters...much higher than I would expect.  It made me notice, however, that Ultiimate Christmas is missing from the list.

[Compost]

WIRWFC = 0.8%

[Aegir]

It's divided by ten because there's 10 to choose from.

[Eric Aniversario]

WIRWFC = 0.8%

That means it got 0.8% of the total votes.  What I was referring to was that (at that point) 8 out of 100 voters had voted for it, which is 8%.

Good vibes,
Eric

[Summer_Days]

I picked:
Pet Sounds
Today!
Summer Days...(And Summer Nights!!)
Sunflower
Wild Honey
Love You
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
Friends
20/20
Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE

Where's the 3-volume Greatest Hits comps up on there? I enjoy the first two, imperfect though they are. I mean, you got wickedly out of print stuff like Made In USA and Endless Summer on there, but not these still in print GH albums? Hmm...

And who the f*** voted for MIU?

[briancarldennisal]

i'm glad dennis's pacific ocean blue got a good amount of votes. not that anyone cares but my 10 top were in no order:
1. pet sounds
2. sunflower
3. surfs up
4. carl & the passions
5. holland
6. love you
7. pacific ocean blue
8. bw presents smile
9. 20/20
10. friends

[Shady]

My top 10..I'n order of favourite...At the moment...This list can change pretty fast

Pet Sounds..
Wild Honey..
Sunflower
Today!!
Smiley-Smile
Surf's Up
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Surfin' USA
Sounds Of Summer
BWPS

[Malc]

Current top 10 would be ...

Pet Sounds
Sunflower
Surf's Up
All Summer Long
Pacific Ocean Blue
BWP SMiLE
20/20
Today
Concert (1974)
and ... wait for it ... Summer In Paradise ! 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Current top 10 would be ...

Pet Sounds
Sunflower
Surf's Up
All Summer Long
Pacific Ocean Blue
BWP SMiLE
20/20
Today
Concert (1974)
and ... wait for it ... Summer In Paradise ! 

I didn't realise that a person in the world would like both BW Smile and Summer in Paradise! One or the other, but not both.

[Jay]

The Beach Boys albums I picked are Wild Honey, Smiley Smile, MIU, and L.A. Light album. I already forget what the other ones I voted for were. 

[Beach Boy]

Still Cruisin'
KTSA
LA
Pet Sounds
20/20
MIU
Surfer Girl
Sunflower
All Summer Long
Today

I wonder that I didn't vote for Knebworth.