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Another fantastic album!

10. Student Demonstration Time - I hate this so much. Those awful sirens. Yuck!
9. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - Okay song, I've just never been that into it.
8. Don't Go Near the Water - Love Al's part!
7. Take a Load Off Your Feet - I love this song. So much fun.
6. Disney Girls (1957 - My favorite Bruce song. I think it's lovely.
5. Feel Flows - Great Carl song!
4. Long Promised Road - Same as above. I really like these lyrics. They make me feel good.
3. A Day in the Life of a Tree - What an eerie sounding song. Really nice job done by Jack.
2. Surf's Up - Amazing. Although Carl does a great job, I still think Brian is a notch above him on this one.
1. 'Til I Die - One of my favorite songs ever. This is a true masterpiece.

Can't pick this album apart. All of a piece for me. Surf's Up is definitely the best track, tho.

1. Surf's Up (Candidate for best Beach Boys song imo)
2. Feel Flows (Candidate for best Carl song imo, production is simply wondrous)
3. Til I Die
4. Tree
5. Don't Go Near The Water (amazing production)
6. Long Promised Road
7. Disney Girls
8. Looking At Tomorrow (Wish we had more moody Jardine, but it is a rip off)
9. Take A Load Off Your Feet (Wish we had more moody Jardine)
10. SDT (Guitars and track sound great, song is awful garbage)


This is probably the best produced Beach Boys album of the 'produced by The Beach Boys' era. It's got tonnes of interesting sounds and textures on it, it really rewards repeat listening.

A+
'Til I Die
Surf's Up

A
A Day in the Life of a Tree

B
Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
Don't Go Near the Water
Feel Flows
Long Promised Road

B-
Take a Load Off Your Feet

C
Disney Girls (1957)

D-
Student Demonstration Time

‘Til I Die
Disney Girls
Surf’s Up (’66 demo synched with ’66 backing track would easily make top of the list. Still a brilliant song, but this version isn’t my favorite)

Feel Flows
Long Promised Road

Take A Load Off Your Feet
Don’t Go Near The Water
Lookin’ At Tomorrow
Tree
Student Demonstration Time

1. A Day in the Life of a Tree
2. 'Til I Die
3. Surf's Up
4. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
5. Feel Flows
6. Disney Girls (1957)
7. Don't Go Near the Water
8. Long Promised Road
9. Take a Load off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

One of my very favorite records by anyone! I love "Take a Load off Your Feet", by the way, there are just a couple of songs on this that are even better.

1. Surf's Up
2. Til I Die
3. Day In The Life of a Tree
4. Feel Flows
5. Long Promised Road
6. Disney Girls…
7. Looking at Tomorrow…
8. Take a Load…
9. Don't Go Near…  (Like the song, love the gorgeous tag…)
99. Stature Demolition Time

1. Surf's Up: best thing ever done by anyone in any art form ever....
2. Disney Girl: sheer perfection
3. Feel Flows
4. Long Promised Road
5. Till I Die
6. Don't Go Near The Water
7. Take A Load Off Your Feet
8. Lookin At Tomorrow
9. Student Demonstration Time: I happen to love this
10. Tree: Love the song, production but hate Jack Riley's vocal.... Bruce should have sung lead on this...

High five.

1. Surf's Up
2. Til I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. Long Promised Road
5. A Day in the Life of a Tree (used to hate this one with a passion)
6. Lookin' at Tomorrow
7. Don't Go Near the Water
8. Student Demonstration Time
9. Disney Girls
10. Take a Load

1.  Surf's Up
2.  Til I Die
3.  Feel Flows
4.  Long Promised Road
5.  A Day in the Life of a Tree
6.  Lookin' at Tomorrow
7.  Disney Girls
8.  Take A Load Off Your Feet
9.  Don't Go Near the Water
10.  Student Demonstration Time

My God - only TEN tracks!!!!

1.  Surf's Up
2.  Feel Flows
3.  Lookin' at Tomorrow
4.  Long Promised Road
5.  A Day in the Life of a Tree
6.  Til I Die
7.  Disney Girls
8.  Take A Load Off Your Feet
9.  Don't Go Near the Water
10.  Student Demonstration Time

1.  Disney Girls (1957)
2.  A Day in the Life of a Tree
3.  Student Demonstration Time
4.  'Til I Die
5.  Surf's Up
6.  Don't Go Near the Water
7.  Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
8.  Take a Load off Your Feet
9.  Long Promised Road
10.Feel Flows

Love the first 5, the rest I could do without.

1. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
2. 'Til I Die
3. Surf's Up (much prefer Brian's vocals)
4. Don't Go Near The Water
5. Disney Girls

6. Long Promised Road
7. Feel Flows
8. Take A Load Off Your Feet
9. Lookin At Tomorrow
10. Student Demonstration Time

Time to dig out the next LP in the selection!
I must say, this is one of the few albums I've played where side 2 is actually better than side 2. All too often all the best tracks are plastered at the start of side 1 and as the last track. Not here....

1) Surf's Up - no competition here - top of the pile, by miles.
2) 'Til I Die - Almost too short, but the tag is a tad too long - but still sublime.
3) Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - Al's Mini masterpiece - unlike his beard on the lyric sheet.
4) A Day In The Life Of A Tree - Nothing appeals to me in this song. The performance is rubbish and it's stripped bare. And yet I absolutely love it. THIS is the sound of a tree dying right here.
5) Don't Go near The Water - I give the 45 a spin every now and then
6) Long Promised Road - Still trying to get the 45 cheaply, but that fuzz at the end really lifts the song.
7) Feel Flows - This song means nothing, but it's smoother than Mike's Forehead on the lyric sheet.
8) Take A Load Off Your Feet - a far less serious touch to the album - should have been more central, or before 'the depression suite' - a lift before the fall! Makes me as happy as Dennis looks behind his drums on the lyric sheet.
9) Disney Girls (1957) - good, but too schmaltzy to be higher on the album - as cheesy as Bruce's 'tache on the lyric sheet.
10) Student Demonstration Time - Erm. Why was the on The Platinum Collection? Why is it here? And why is it rougher than Carl's beard on the lyric sheet?

Oh, and two of Brian's pictures on the lyric sheet are the same - but one's just a mirrored enlarged photo of his face from the other.

Did I mention the often rubbish photos on the lyric sheet?

1. 'Til I Die
2. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
3. Disney Girls
4. Surf's Up
5. Long Promised Road
6. Don't Go Near The Water
7. Feel Flows
8. Take A Load Off Your Feet
9. Lookin At Tomorrow
10. Student Demonstration Time

Another fantastic album!

1. Surf's Up (Perhaps the greatest song ever written, though I do enjoy the Smile era version better)
2. 'Til I Die
3. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
4. Feel Flows
5. Long Promised Road
6. Disney Girls
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Take A Load Off Your Feet
9. Lookin' At Tomorrow
10. Student Demonstration Time

Another great album!  I like every song on this but something's got to wind up at the bottom of the list.

1. Surf's Up - Hands down, tho it belongs on Smile
2. Til I Die - I prefer Mr. Desper's mix but this one's just fine too :)
3. Long Promised Road - Great song and Reiley's lyrics really work.  My only complaint is the verses are SO quiet.
4. Feel Flows - Another great one from Carl and Jack.  The instrumental break is a little "busy" but the rest of the song makes up for it.
5. Disney Girls - Well done, Bruce!  It's your masterpiece, and rightfully so.
6. Student Demonstration Time - I always wondered why so many Beach Boys fans hated this until I read through the rankings on the Sunflower thread.  The fact that so many people dislike "It's About Time" (in spite of the fact that it was written by "his holiness", Dennis Wilson!) just shows that many Beach Boys fans (like the ones who dislike "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" for being a "rock" song) just don't want the band rocking any harder than "Surfin' USA".
7. Looking At Tomorrow - A rip off, yes, but a nice contribution to the album.
8. Don't Go Near The Water - A nice song that served as the unofficial kick off to the band's attempt at redefining their name (later exemplified with stuff like "Steamboat", "The Trader", "Summer In Paradise", etc.) but the production is just a little too quirky for me.
9. A Day In The Life Of A Tree - I've got no problem with Reiley's contributions to the band and agree that his vocal here does in fact, work for the most part, but he should have had the managerial sense to decline the invitaion.  A vocal from Brian would have been the best but Van Dyke would have done great on it if they really wanted to use an "outsider".  However, Al would have been fine and taken the song to a whole different level.
10. Take A Load Off Your Feet - Someone recently hit the nail on the head by saying this was "Vega-Tables 1971" but it just doesn't fit the feel of the rest of the album's more somber tone and sticks out like a sore big toe.

Being the Smile nerd that I am, I've altered the band's discography to include Smile in place of Smiley Smile and replaced the Smile tracks on the albums that its well.  For this one, I excised the song but left the album title and kick off the whole thing with "4th Of July", which I'd place after "Feel Flows".

Very strong top 3:
1.  Surf's Up
2.  Disney Girls (1957)
3.  Feel Flows

4.  'Til I Die
5.  Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
6.  Don't Go Near the Water
7.  Long Promised Road

8.  Student Demonstration Time
9.  Take a Load off Your Feet
10.  A Day in the Life of a Tree

1. Surf's Up
2. 'Til I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. A Day in the Life of a Tree
5. Long Promised Road
6. Disney Girls (1957)
7. Don't Go Near the Water
8. Take a Load Off Your Feet
9. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
10. Student Demonstration Time

This album loses points only for the sheer discrepancy between its best tracks, which are masterpieces, and its weakest.  I have softened my stance on SDT somewhat, but it still pales in comparison to the top tracks.  Overall it's another fantastic listen in their underheard middle years.

1. Disney Girls (1957) - Bruce's best moment
2. Long Promised Road - My favorite Carl song (barely beats out Trader by a hair)
3. 'Til I Die
4. Surf's Up
5. Feel Flows
6. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Lookin' At Tomorrow
9. Take A Load Off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time - I don't hate it as much as others do, but it sticks out like a sore thumb on the album.

1/ Surf's Up - Well, duh!
2/ Till I Die - Just amazing, Brian's last truly great song.
3/ Disney Girls - Easily the high watermark of Bruce's career.
4/ Don't go near the water - The best thing Mike and Al ever wrote? Love the coda.
5/ Long Promised Road - Took a while to grow on me but now I love it.
5/ Feel Flows - Love it but the flute solo goes on too long.
7/ Student Demonstration Time - Don't understand the hate for it.
8/ A day in the life of a Tree - I would rank this much higher if it wasn't for Jack's vocal.
9/ Looking at Tomorrow
10/ Take a load off your feet - An average song on a great album.

1. 'Til I Die - I prefer the Stephen Desper Mix, with the long intro. Still, one of Brian's all time greatest compositions.
2. Surf's Up - Not as good as the Smile Sessions or Brian's 1966 versions. Still, another one one Brian's finest songs. (I'm sensing a pattern here...)
3. Long Promised Road - I can't decide if I prefer this to Trader, but this is right up there. One of my favorite BB songs, period.
4. Disney Girls (1957) - Bruce really conveys a great sense of nostalgia. Beautiful, beautiful song.
5. A Day in the Life of a Tree - The harmonies at the end are among the best ever recorded.
6. Looking For Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - I love this, the effects on Al's voice sound great.
7. Feel Flows
8. Don't Go Near the Water - I love that Mike and Al wrote a song that counteracts their "surfer dude" image. It's like their own "Surf's Up", if you think about it.
9. Student Demonstration Time - This has actually really grown on me. It rocks.
10. Take a Load off Your Feet

1. Surf's Up - I prefer the version assembled for The Smile Sessions, yet at the end of the day, even without Brian's constant lead, this is one of, if not the greatest piece of modern music ever composed.
2. A Day in the Life of a Tree - Jack's gritty vocal only makes the coda at the end that much sweeter, y'all are tripping. It fits perfectly.
3. 'Til I Die - I'm not a huge fan of the structure, my favourite version of this song is a tweaking combination of the Stephen Desper mix and the album cut, I think it's on youtube somewhere and it's fantastic.
4. Disney Girls (1957) - A pop masterwork. Bruce's crowning glory.
5. Feel Flows - A strong contender for the best song song Carl ever wrote.
6. Don't Go Near the Water - Amazing production, phenomenal coda and okay lyrics.
7. Lookin' at Tomorrow - Nice and refreshing change of pace.
8. Take a Load Off Your Feet - I like this song a lot, but I prefer listening to it outside of the context of the Surf's Up album.
9. Long Promised Road - I used to cringe a little when listening to that horribly overwrought chorus, I still don't like it, but it's become a little more digestable with time.
10. Student Demonstration Time - Eh. I appreciate the attempt to rock but Mike's vocals and the sirens are appalling. Where's the Mike Love who delivered the scorching lead on All I Want to Do just two years earlier?!

1) Surf's Up
2) Feel Flows
3) 'Til I Die
4) Long Promised Road
5) A Day In The Life Of A Tree
6) Don't Go Near The Water
7) Disney Girls
8) Lookin' At Tomorrow
9) Take A Load Off Your Feet


10) Student Demonstration Time


Another one that's nearly impossible for me to rank. So good.

1. A Day in the Life of a Tree
2. Surf's Up
3. 'Til I Die
4. Long Promised Road
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
7. Feel Flows
8. Don't Go Near the Water
9. Take a Load off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

1. 'Til I Die
2. Surf's Up
3. Long Promised Road
4. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Feel Flows
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
9. Take A Load Off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

Hit and miss album, in my opinion.

Another fantastic album!
10. Take a load off your feet - Surprised this gets so much love. I hate this song. Al and Mike should never write songs.
9. Don't go near the water - See above.

8.  Student Demonstration Time - I know this gets a lot of hate but Mike sounds great on this.
7. Long Promised Road - Love this. Great feel to it.
6. Feel Flows - Same as above. Carl really nails this.
5. Disney Girls - Bruce's best and it lightens up the album.
4. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - Love it. Despite what I said for 10 and 9 Al proves he can write an ok song if only a good rip off song.
3. A Day in the Life of a Tree - Mixed feelings. SOmetimes I think it's beautiful and sometimes I think it's a grand put on by Brian.
2. Surf's Up - Amazing. One of their best songs
1. 'Til I Die - One of my favorite songs ever. This is a true masterpiece. Maybe my favroite songs in the world.

"A Day in the Life of a Tree" is anything but a put-on. At least that's the way I always felt about it.

1. Surf's Up
2. Feel Flows
3. 'Til I Die
4. Long Promised Road
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
7. A Day in the Life of a Tree
8. Take a Load off Your Feet
9. Don't Go Near the Water
10. Student Demonstration Time

I DO love the live version of SDT. The Carnegie Hall 1972 concert version is mind-blowing.

"Don't Go Near the Water" is an exemplar of a song that is made good by its production. The lyrics are pretty terrible but goshdarn do they ever sing the f*** out of them, especially Al! And is it just me or is there a lot of odd percussion/noises going on throughout the backing track?

Well, there's the drum kit and tambourine - the farty/watery synth could class into this category too. Ah, but whats this weird one after the bridge? A cabasa? It sounds like it's trying to be a vibraslap with out the sustain or the slap.

Well put.

And I think the tag/coda is rather stunning.

And I think I'm gonna have to listen through cans again for those percussives. Ta!

Nice album, but a bit lyrically forced at times and no Dennis. Still some kick ass music hear

Til I Die (This is one of Brian's all time best in all ways.)
Long Promised Road
Surf's Up
Feel Flows
SDT (It rocks)
Looking At Tomorrow (Cool until Al Scats lol. No I like it a lot)
Disney Girls
Don't Go Near The Water
Take A Load Off Your Feet
Tree (If it had good singing I would like it more)

Surf's Up (even though I really prefer Brian's demo vocal to Carl's finished.)
'Till I Die
Long Promised Road
Disney Girls (1957)
Feel Flows
Don't Go Near the Water
Looking at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
Take a Load off your Feet
A Day in the Life of a Tree (Sorry, Riley can't sing. Put Carl Wilson as lead and this song rockets up.)
Student Demonstration Time

Urrghh, Bruce singing Tree? No thanks. Anyway...

1. Feel Flows
2. Til I Die
3. Long Promised Road
4. Surf's Up
5. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
6. Disney Girls
7. Lookin' At Tomorrow

(Love all of the above)

8. Don't Go Near The Water
9. Take A Load...

(Ok songs, fun, but basically filler, vastly inferior to the seven tracks listed above.)

10. Student Demo Time

(Christ... Should've been 4th of July. Why couldn't it have been 4th of July?!!!!...)

1) Surf's Up
2) A Day in the Life of a Tree
3) Till I Die
4) Long Promised Road
5) Feel Flows
6) Disney Girls
7) Don't Go Neat The Water
8) Lookin At Tomorrow
9) Take A Load Off Your Feet
10) Student Demonstration Time

The Professor is an exact match.

1. Surf's Up
2. 'Til I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. Long Promised Road
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. A Day In the Life of a Tree
7. Don't Go Near the Water
8. Lookin' At Tomorrow
9. Take a Load Off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

1 "Surf's Up": one of Brian's masterpieces. I love Carl's vocal. It provides a nice contrast for when Brian comes in. I feel like this song belongs on this album. And I also feel this is the definitive version of this song.
2 "'Til I Die": another one of Brian's masterpieces. Just beautiful. Wonderful vocals.
3 "Feel Flows": one of Carl's best. Such a great vibe. Who cares what the lyrics mean?
4 "A Day In The Life Of A Tree": shouldn't work but it does. The fade is superb.
5 "Lookin' At Tomorrow": pretty. I like the phasing or whatever. Possibly my favorite "Al" song.
6 "Take A Load Off Your Feet": cute song. Nothing crazy. I don't mind it though. It's a good light moment on a "heavy" album.
7 "Don't Go Near The Water": decent tune. Might not have started the album with it, but its cool. Somewhat goofy, but also comes off as "real".
8 "Disney Girls": it's nice. It's Bruce, through and through. I don't really care for the message, and I think it's lame that this got played at most of the C50 shows. Did we really need a Bruce showcase?
9 "Long Promised Road": can't really understand all the love for this. I dig the verses, but the chorus comes off kinda cheesy to me.
10 "Student Demonstration Time": this just smacks of trying to be hip. I wouldn't even care if Brian Wilson wrote it. "Riot in Cell Block #9" is great though. Mike trying to change that sh*t isn't.

Reportedly, the last song DW drummed on before busting his hand up? (Didn't he say that or is my mind clouded by this bastardly strong coffee?)

1) Never heard about that. Would be cool, though.
2) Bastardly strong coffee is one splendid idea..

(http://rlv.zcache.com/classic_sax_with_dennis_wilson_insulated_mug-p168577884386987774b2ooi_400.jpg)

What song is "Looking for tomorrow" ripped off from?

"The Wanderer" by the Kingston Trio.

1. Surf's Up (Carl's vocal far surpasses any that I've heard by Brian)
2. Long Promised Road
3. Feel Flows
4. Till I Die
5. Disney Girls (1957)
6. Take A Load Off Your Feet
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. A Day In The Life Of A Tree (Just for the ending alone.)
9. Student Demonstration Time (Should have kept it as Riot in Cell Block #9)
10. Lookin' At Tomorrow (Where Take A Load Off... works for me, this one does not)

cool thanks..

10. Student Demonstration Time - Not too proud to admit that this song is a guilty pleasure of mine.
9. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
8. Feel Flows
7. Long Promised Road
6. Take A Load Off Your Feet
5. Don't Go Near The Water - Yeah, the lyrics are forced, but what the heck.
4. Surf's Up - I prefer Brian's version by miles, but Carl does give it his all.
3. A Day In The Life
2. 'Til I Die
1. Disney Girls (1957)

My favorite (this week) Beach Boys album. I don't skip any tracks, even SDT, which despite it's terrible, awful, horrible lyrics is a pretty rockin' tune. ADITLOAT also gets on my nerves sometimes.  Other than those two tracks, this is such a freaking great album. If they had added Dennis' songs, which easily would have fit, it might be their best post-Pet Sounds album without question.

1. Surf's Up
2. 'Til I Die
3. Long Promised Road
4. Feel Flows
5. Disney Girls, 1957
6. Looking At Tomorrow
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Take A Load Off Your Feet
9. A Day in the Life Of A Tree
10. Student Demonstration Time

YES. Thank you.

1. Surfs up (for obvious reson, but I do like Brians vocals better though)
2. 'till I die (a masterpiece)
3.day in the life of a tree (great song)
4.long promised road (One of carls best songs)
5.Feel flows (good carl song)
6.Disney Girls (One of Bruces best BB songs)
7.Take a load of your feet (silly lyrics, almost like they were trying to imitate the "Smile" recordings, but the music is really good which if it had better lyrics it would have been better recieved)
8.Looking for tomorrow (an ok song, not bad but not great)
9.Don't go near the water (ok song)
10.Student demenstration time (One of the worst songs they ever recorded period)

1. Til' I Die
2. Surf's Up
3. Feel Flows
4. Don't Go Near The Water
5. Long Promised Road
6. A Day In  The Life Of A Tree
7. Take A Load Off Your Feet
8. Lookin' At Tomorrow
9. Disney Girls
10. Student Demonstration Time

1. Surf's Up - Sheer, utter genius. Maybe the greatest post-Pet Sounds track they ever did. Perfection.
2. Till I Die - Here's another perfect diamond. An unbelievably beautiful song.
3. Long Promised Road - Awesome. Carl #%$!&?@ rocks, that's all there is too it. The lyrics are a tad silly (it's Jack Riley, whaddya want?) but man what a tremendous tune.
4. Feel Flows - Same as LPR. Spacey and really cool.
5. Disney Girls - We seem to be having lyrical difficulties. "I'll fill your hand with kisses and a Tootsie Roll" is completely ridiculous, but still a damn good song.
6. A Day in The Life of a Tree - Didn't use to like this, but I've warmed up to it. I figure if Brian was singing it, I'd like it way more.
7. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - More than decent.
8. Take A Load Off Your Feet - Seriously? Well...okay. Not...bad.
9. Don't Go Near The Water - A little crummy.
10. Student Demonstration Time - Blah. Gives me a headache.

A bumpy album, but there are some spectacular gems here.

1. Surf's Up
2. Til I Die
3. Don't Go Near The Water
4. Feel Flows
5. Disney Girls
6. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
7. Take A Load Off Your Feet
8. Long Promised Road 
9. Lookin' At Tomorrow
10. Student Demonstration Time

1. Surf's Up - 381 (25)
2. 'Til I Die - 365 (9)
3. Feel Flows - 269 (1)
4. Long Promised Road - 256
5. A Day in the Life of a Tree - 250 (3)
6. Disney Girls (1957) - 239 (3)
7. Don't Go Near the Water - 179
8. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - 173 (1)
9. Take a Load Off Your Feet - 123
10. Student Demonstation Time - 74

My thoughts?  I think just about every placement here is right.  The people in this thread to think so too, with only a couple of close races.

1. Surf's Up
2. 'Till I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. Long Promised Road
5. A Day in the Life of a Tree
6. Disney Girls (1957)
7. Don't Go Near the Water
8. Lookin' Back at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
9. Take a Load Off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

From Worst to Best:

10. Take A Load Off Your Feet.
09. Student Demonstration Time.
08. Don't Go Near The Water.
07. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song).
06. Disney Girls (1957).
05. A Day In The Life Of A Tree.
04. Feel Flows.
03. Long Promised Road.
02. 'Til I Die.
01. Surf's Up.

i'll go out on a limb to say I really do dislike(actually hate!) 'a day in the life of a tree'

I must be missing something that everyone else is getting....

actually prefer 'SDT'....

RickB

My second favorite BB album from the 70s (Sunflower is my first fave).

1. Surf's Up
2. Til I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. Long Promised Road
5. Lookin' At Tomorrow
6. Take A Load Off Your Feet
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Disney Girls
9. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
10. Student Demonstration Time

1. 'Til I Die
2. Surf's Up
3. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
4. Disney Girls (1957)
5. Don't Go Near the Water
6. Feel Flows
7. Long Promised Road
8. A Day in the Life of a Tree
9. Take a Load Off Your Feet
10. Student Demonstration Time

A solid album. Probably one of the best (with Sunflower) post Pet Sounds albums
1. Surf's Up - 9.5/10
2. Till I Die - 9.0/10
3. Long Promised Road - 8.5/10
4. Feel Flows 8.5/10
5. Don't Go Near The Water 8.0/10
6. A Day in the Life of a Tree 7.5/10
7. Take a Load Off Your Feet 7/10
8. Disney Girls  6/10
9. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) 6.0/10
10. Student Demonstration Time 0/10 Horrible song

10. Student Demonstration Time
9. Lookin' At Tomorrow
8. Take a Load Off Your Feet
7. Disney Girls
6. Don't Go Near the Water
5. Long Promised Road
4. A Day In the Life of a Tree
3. Feel Flows
2. Surf's Up
1. 'Til I Die

REVISED LIST
1. Till I Die - 10/10
2. Surf's Up - 10/10
3. Long Promised Road - 8.5/10
4. Don't Go Near The Water 8.5/10
5. Feel Flows 8.0/10
6. A Day in the Life of a Tree 8/10
7. Take a Load Off Your Feet 7/10
8. Disney Girls  6/10
9. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) 6.0/10
10. Student Demonstration Time -10/10 Horrible song I skip it all. Typical Mike Love anti talent.

In honor of David Letterman's retiring, here are my Top 10 songs from the Beach Boys album Surf's Up:

10.  Take a Load Off Your Feet - Never been a fan.  I know many here like the quirky Brian-ness of it, but I think this is pure filler. 

 9.  Student Demonstration Time - Here's the thing.  I do not hate this song.  I hate the siren sound effect.  It turns a great BB performance into a headache.

 8.  Don't Go Near the Water - Somewhere between pandering and legitimate environmental concern.  If not for the vocal harmony on the coda, I might tank this one closer to the bottom.

 7.  Disney Girls (1957) - It took a few years (and maybe finding the right girl) for this song to really grow on me.  A nice song to listen to on the deck on a warm evening. 

 6.  Long Promised Road - I do like this song a lot, but just not as much as the five before it.  A nice Carl rocker. 

 5.  A Day in the Life of a Tree - I get why they had Jack Rieley sing this song, but I think it would've been so much better with an actual Beach Boy.  This would've been a good spot for a Dennis lead, which was absent from this album.

 4. Looking at Tomorrow - One of the great dark horses in the entire Beach Boys catalog. 

 3.  Feel Flows - The arrangement of this track with Carl's vocals make it something special.  Even with nonsense lyrics. 

 2.  Til I Die - This would be #1 on almost any other album.  Brian bears his soul on this short, and sweet, classic.

 1.  Surf's Up - Speaking of classic.  Probably in the running with Warmth of the Sun for my favorite Beach Boys song of all time.  I prefer this version to the Smile version because I love the way Carl sings the first two verses.  A thing of absolute beauty.  Goosebumps during the final vocal section each time. 

1 Surf's Up--- Probably the most advanced rock song ever written. A masterpiece. Carl's vocals really shine, and so do Mike's on the "Child" section.
2 Disney Girls--- This is Bruce's best song. It paints a perfect picture of youth and nostalgia.
3 Till I Die--- Another masterpiece that has so much emotion, and paints a clear picture.
4 Feel Flows--- A very psychedelic track played and sung mostly by Carl.
5 "Tree"--- Very haunting song, although I wish someone else would've done the lead vocal.
6 Long Promised Road--- Carl's first solo composition (other than surf instrumentals) on a BBs record, and it's astoundingly good.
7 Lookin' At Tomorrow--- A cool mix of folk and psychedelic rock.
8 Don't Go Near The Water--- A cool song, with a great piano part played by BW.
9 Student Demonstration Time--- A guilty pleasure, I love this song. A cool re-write of a famous rock n roll tune.
10 "Feet"--- It's fun, but shouldn't of been on this album.

Honestly, I think every song on this record is fabulous. One of the best BBs LPs.

Pretty uneven. "The Pit And The Pendulum" would have been a far more adequate title.
A shame, Dennis' contemporary work hasn't been included! "4th Of July" and especially
"Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again" (replacing "Student Demonstration Time" and "...Feet")
would've helped the LP considerably.
 

01. Til' I Die
02. Surf's Up
03. Long Promised Road
04. Feel Flows
05. A Day In  The Life Of A Tree
06. Disney Girls
07. Don't Go Near The Water
08. Lookin' At Tomorrow
09. Student Demonstration Time
10. Take A Load Off Your Feet

10. Student Demonstration Time (Big surprise)
9. Disney Girls (1957)
8. Long Promised Road
7. Don't Go Near the Water
6. Take a Load off Your Feet
5. Feel Flows
4. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
3. A Day in the Life of a Tree
2. Surf's Up
1. 'Til I Die

1. Surf's Up
2. Till I Die 
3. Long Promised Road
4. Don't Go Near The Water
5. Feel Flows
6. Take a Load Off Your Feet
7. A Day in the Life of a Tree
8. Disney Girls
9. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
10. Student Demonstration Time

1. Surf's Up - Everything that's to be said about how amazing this song has already been said, and I agree with all of it.
2. A Day In The Life of A Tree - Such beautiful song. The coda never fails to make me tear up, especially when Rieley goes for that shaky falsetto.
3. Disney Girls (1957) - One of Bruce's only song contributions to the band that hasn't stirred up controversy somewhere. Just a beautiful song with beautiful harmonies.
4. Till I Die - Certainly a sad song, but it is wonderfully put together. Beautiful bed of harmonies that moves you along.

5. Long Promised Road - A great rocker from Carl! Shows that he wasn't just a good singer, but a good composer as well. A nice feeling of hope within the album.
6. Feel Flows - Another great Carl Wilson song. Rieley's lyrics are a little more out there on this one, but the atmospheric production is really awesome.
7. Don't Go Near The Water - Pretty weird stuff from Mike and Al, but I've always enjoyed this song. The harmonies are good throughout, and the sentiments are nice. Not bad.

8. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) - A kind of spooky folk song from Al. Good stuff, but a little too much phasing for my taste.
9. Take A Load Off Your Feet - This song kind of lightens things up, but it's silliness doesn't really fit the mood of the album.
10. Student Demonstration Time - Like Surf's Up, all there is to be said about this one has been said. Fun to hear them rock out, though.

1. Surf's Up
2. 'Til I Die
3. Long Promised Road
4. Student Demonstration Time
5. Feel Flows
6. Looking At Tomorrow
7. Disney Girls
8. A Day In the Life of a Tree
9. Don't Near the Water
10. Take A Load Off Your Feet

Till I Die
Disney Girls
Surf's Up
Feel Flows
Lookin At Tomorrow
Don't Go Near The Water
Long Promised Road
Student Demonstration Time
A Day In The Life Of A Tree
Take A Load Off Your Feet

1. Surf's Up
2. Til I Die
3. Feel Flows
4. A Day In The Life Of A Tree
5. Take A Load Off Your Feet
6. Long Promised Road
7. Don't Go Near The Water
8. Disney Girls (1957)
9. Lookin' At Tomorrow
10. Riot In Cell Block #9

It's crazy to see how I'd rank the tracks now compared to almost two years ago. I can't believe I originally put "Long Promised Road" at #8!

10. Student Demonstration Time
9. Disney Girls (1957)
8. Don't Go Near the Water
7. Take a Load Off Your Feet
6. Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
5. Feel Flows
4. A Day in the Life of a Tree
3. Long Promised Road
2. 'Til I Die
1. Surf's Up

・Pretty patchy, but very interesting.

1. Surf's Up -I remember being amazed by this song on my first listen 
2. Til I Die -this too
3. Long Promised Road -and this too
4. Disney Girl

5. A Day in the Life of the Tree
6. Feel Flows
7. Lookin' at Tomorrow

8. Take a Road off Your Feet -I actually kinda like it
9. Don't Go Near the Water -weak.
10. Student Demonstration Time