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Title: All Summer Long
Post by: Charles LePage @ ComicList on December 26, 2005, 03:47:25 PM
Discuss, review and rate All Summer Long, released July 1964.

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Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: I. Spaceman on December 26, 2005, 03:49:19 PM
4 and a half. May be the most poignantly sad happy LP ever made.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: the captain on December 26, 2005, 03:52:21 PM
Not quite as perfect as the albums that came not long after, but still a wonderful record--especially the first half. I really like it. Maybe just beneath a 4. Hushabye, Girls on the Beach, I Get Around, All Summer Long, Little Honda, Drive-In and Wendy make it (to these ears) more consistent than most of what they were doing in those days.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Jason on December 26, 2005, 03:56:03 PM
Great rockers, great ballads, the ultimate summer album. Forget Summer in Paradise.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: I. Spaceman on December 26, 2005, 03:59:06 PM
Quote
Forget Summer in Paradise.

If only I could.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Matinee Idyll on December 27, 2005, 04:38:24 AM
4 1/2...

Woah!

Forget what I said about Bri treading water... This is a fucking huge leap, shouldered the Beatles out of the way in the process (where they'd stay for atleast a couple of years)...

Beautiful album Bri, your first masterpiece.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JRauch on December 27, 2005, 09:04:33 AM
The first album where you really realize that Brian can more than write simple surf- or car-tunes, where you realize that something special will happen. And "All Summer Long" is one of the best songs he has ever done. The sound of summer.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: SurferGirl7 on December 27, 2005, 11:55:37 AM
Came with my twofer of Little Deuce Coupe. Fun album. Great songs. BETTER ON VINYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: artie on December 30, 2005, 06:05:59 AM
This album is just so good. It started a new era for Brian, as the filler is starting to disappear. Just the "Bull Sessions"...

Girls On The Beach, with Dennis' single most memorable vocal on the bridge, wass Brian's most complex and beautiful song to date. I Get Around and All Summer Long, with its beautiful vibes intro and images of spilled Coke and cutoffs and thongs, are classics. Wendy is great in and of itself, and throw in Hushabye and Don't Back Down and Little Honda, with Drive-In, and you've got a 4+.

Although I was not around, this was the soundtrack for the summer of '64, along with The Beatles Second Album.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: HighOnLife on December 30, 2005, 01:06:51 PM
Wendy alone makes this a three star effort. All Summer Long makes it four stars. Do You Remember, the true gem on the album, makes it a...well...


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: I. Spaceman on December 30, 2005, 01:25:10 PM
Yep, Do You Remember rules.
"Elvis Presley's STILL the King, he's the giant of the day, paved the way for the rock and roll stars..."
DAMN right.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Matinee Idyll on December 30, 2005, 01:32:39 PM
Bri sings that line with real flair, must've been coming from the heart...


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Mitchell on January 03, 2006, 09:56:18 AM
OoooWeeeooOOoOoOoo
A WAAAAAAHHH
A umm diddy waddah
A umm diddy waddah

5 from me.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Daniel S. on January 08, 2006, 08:38:30 PM
4


Anybody ever hear the Rolling Stones cover I Get Around? They did it in the 60's when Brian Jones was still in the band. It's pretty good.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: I. Spaceman on January 08, 2006, 08:48:01 PM
It ain't the Stones, it's the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra with Mick on lead vocals.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Evenreven on January 09, 2006, 10:11:27 AM
Fab album. All the songs are good, possibly for the first time with a BB release. The mono mixes are vastly superior though, and needs to be released on cd. NOW.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: phirnis on February 12, 2006, 03:26:15 AM
All in all, it's a 5 for me. One of my favorite record sleeves by anyone. It's a perfect summation of everything that's great about western civilisation (riding a tandem with Alan Jardine especially). There's a few songs I don't care about (like Do You Remember, the obvious ones), but I really don't mind them playing when I'm listening to this from start to finish (which I do very often). We'll Run Away has to be my very favorite song about marriage. The vocal delivery on that one truly is nothing short of a miracle. And then there's Drive-In, that insane masterpiece of a stupid teen song, just totally amazing. It was such a pleasant surprise when BW and his band played it live at some of the Smile gigs in 2004. Furthermore it's utterly impossible to decide which version of Don't Back Down is my favorite. I could go on forever.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JRauch on February 12, 2006, 04:18:42 AM
Phirnis, do you know that you can listen to Brian's performance at Carnegie Hall on the Smiley-Smile-website? I just remembered that it contained a wonderful version of "Drive In" and wanted to make sure that you donīt miss it.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: phirnis on February 12, 2006, 10:44:41 AM
Didn't know that, thanks a lot! I'm sure that recording is going to bring back a lot of pleasant memories. Saw him twice in 2004 and the second time it was at a beautiful open air setting in Bonn/Germany. I was a little late and could already hear the whole band singing Surfer Girl when I was walking towards the entrance. Unforgettable.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JRauch on February 13, 2006, 03:21:07 AM
Hey, I was also at that concert in Bonn. You are absolutely right, wonderful concert, Brian was in top-form, but the venue sucked big time imo. It hadnīt any atmosphere at all and the fact that it wasnīt dark when the concert started didnīt help either.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Bubba Ho-Tep on February 14, 2006, 01:16:28 PM
All Summer Long – Great, great album. Just perfect. Hushabye is a fave of mine, what with those incredible voices. And Drive-in? Forget it. AWW! I love it! I was so glad that Brian added it to his repitoire, although he failed to play it at any of the shows I was at last summer (although he would play it afterwards). I’m going to go listen to it right now.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Artie on April 05, 2006, 11:19:00 AM
The album that inspired my moniker. This is the album that pushed the boys into the forefront. An album of all great stuff.  "Wendy" is a somewhat forgotten gem.

A 5!!!!!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Zander on October 24, 2006, 01:10:17 AM
I've got this in my car today and I'd forgotten what an excellent album this was. Haven't listened to it a while, but it brought the joys of summer back when we have a cold chill in the English air at the moment!

All Summer Long, Wendy, Hushabye, I Get Around, We'll Run Away, Girls on the Beach. Excellent, just excellent!  ;D


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on October 25, 2006, 10:19:08 PM
I believe this is the first album they made after firing Murray. A huge step foward.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Daniel S. on October 26, 2006, 09:03:00 AM
All Summer Long is the Beach Boys' 'Hard Day's Night', if you will.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Jonas on October 26, 2006, 10:07:33 AM
Just had this on at work...agreed on all counts. Such a great album.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: matt-zeus on October 31, 2006, 07:04:30 AM
Brilliant, my favourite of the early albums (before Today), the vocals in particular are lush and full sounding.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: thomasogg on July 14, 2007, 11:28:28 PM
It's a good, not great, album. Some of the tracks aren't particuarly impressive (I'm not a fan of 'Do You Remember'), but the good ones are very, VERY good (I Get Around, All Summer Long, Wendy, Drive-In) and thus make it a solid 4. It's probably their best pre-Today album, but not my personal favourite (though it's far less coherent and considerably more flawed, Shut Down 2 has all my very favourite early BB tracks on it (Don't Worry Baby, Warmth of Sun, In Parkin' Lot) and so i'd pick that as my fave..) Oh, and they shoulda added 'Dressed Up For School' - a great track! - instead of 'Our Fave Recording Sessions'..


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: lance on May 01, 2008, 10:50:53 PM
Good record and the template for...what the Beach Boys are now. Some rockin' songs, some cool ballads. The only song I don't like is "Recording Sessiosn" but I made my own copy so I don't have to bother with skipping it. Oh, I don't get into Do You Remember, either. It seems more like an exercise to me than a song.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Aegir on May 02, 2008, 10:06:13 AM
"Do You Remember" is such a cookie-cutter Beach Boys song to me, not lyrics-wise, but just musically it's so "let's keep milking this damn formula until it's dry". If this was released on 15 Big Ones or MIU I would've been like, "Cool, they've still got it." But in 1964, they never lost it, and their potential was so much better.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Ana-Lu on May 04, 2008, 11:22:56 AM
The mono version of this album blows the stereo away.  It was really a rip off that they used the stereo mix for the CD.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: southbay on May 05, 2008, 10:49:23 AM
If I could only have one album to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it.  Not Pet Sounds, not Smile, Not Today. They may be "better" albums, but All SUmmer Long is my favorite. I love the feel I have when it plays.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Wrightfan on May 13, 2008, 11:59:44 AM
4 out of 5. Basically, I feel the same about this album as I do about Shut Down, Vol 2.

I Get Around
All Summer Long
Wendy
Little Honda
Hushabye
Don't Back Down
We'll Run Away
Girls on the Beach
Drive-In
Carl's Big Chance
Do You Remember?
Our Favorite Recording Sessions


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: lance on August 08, 2008, 03:58:49 PM
"Do You Remember" is such a cookie-cutter Beach Boys song to me, not lyrics-wise, but just musically it's so "let's keep milking this damn formula until it's dry". If this was released on 15 Big Ones or MIU I would've been like, "Cool, they've still got it." But in 1964, they never lost it, and their potential was so much better.
Just listened to it, though, and I kind of like the guitar on the right speaker--a lot, in fact. It's groovy.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: DonnaK on August 08, 2008, 04:42:32 PM
A definite 5 from me. Has to be the all time BEST summer album. Especially love All Summer Long and the Girls on the Beach~~~~

I believe in the California Myth!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: The Heartical Don on August 20, 2008, 08:36:56 AM
5. No question about it. It ranks up there where the air is rare, with, um, 'Looking Back With Love'.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Alex on August 29, 2008, 04:16:58 PM
The mono version of this album blows the stereo away.  It was really a rip off that they used the stereo mix for the CD.

Humans have 2 ears, why not utilize both of them? For some reason, I've never liked the Beach Boys in mono. Too muddy-sounding. A lot of the layers are lost in BB mono mixes. I prefer the stereo remix of "All Summer Long" from Warmth of the Sun. The only song on All Summer Long needing a stereo mix now is "I Get Around", and I'll be looking forward to it.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: lance on August 30, 2008, 02:16:41 AM
wont happen the vocals are lost ala good vibrations.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Alex on November 10, 2008, 04:28:29 PM
wont happen the vocals are lost ala good vibrations.

At least a stereo instrumental track would be cool. I HATE mono!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: grillo on November 10, 2008, 05:34:54 PM
wont happen the vocals are lost ala good vibrations.

At least a stereo instrumental track would be cool. I HATE mono!
You've got to pull it together man! Mono is part of what pulled me in deeper to the BB world. I remember being a kid and listening to my Mom's copy of Pet sounds and not understanding what instruments could be making those sounds. It made me listen over and over. The New stereo mixes are pretty great too. But mono, man, is where it's at.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: TdHabib on November 10, 2008, 07:25:50 PM
wont happen the vocals are lost ala good vibrations.

At least a stereo instrumental track would be cool. I HATE mono!
Listening to some records in Mono/Stereo, PS and Sgt. Pepper just thinking of two, are completely different listening experiences to me anyway. It was earth-shattering. Do your ears a favor (if you haven't already) and listen to any PS track in mono and then in stereo. The clarity in stereo may be better, but I think that mono will be preferable. Oh well, to each is own.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: lance on November 10, 2008, 08:25:55 PM
Pet Sounds does sound better in mono,i just have the mono/stereo version, I realize it's not the best versionin the world, blah, blah, but I like it. I think most of their early stuff better in mono except for Surfin' USA.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Aegir on November 11, 2008, 09:54:01 PM
Stereo is good if you're into the musical-recording-instrumental-production end of things, where you want to zero in on certain elements of the song in your mind. Mono is good if you just want the big picture.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: the captain on November 12, 2008, 04:23:55 PM
I'd say stereo is good if you want a different kind of big picture.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: sockittome on November 12, 2008, 05:02:03 PM
I prefer stereo because it sounds more real to me.  There's more depth and dimension.  I realize the early stereo is in no ways perfect, but then when was the last time you heard a live band in perfect stereo?  You got sounds coming at ya from all sides, but at least it isn't all coming straight at you all in one single burst!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Alex on November 12, 2008, 07:00:19 PM
Pet Sounds does sound better in mono,i just have the mono/stereo version, I realize it's not the best versionin the world, blah, blah, but I like it. I think most of their early stuff better in mono except for Surfin' USA.

Definitely sounds better in stereo! The mono version sounds muddy as hell.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: lance on November 13, 2008, 01:11:11 AM
It's good in stereo, but I think I prefer the mono version. I'm no mono snob or anything, it's just that it moves me more, draws me in more, somehow. My emotional response is higher.

 In stereo PET SOUNDS I tend to get hung up on details, like the way the background vocals sound. I don't know why, because usually that doesn't happen to me, I listen to music for emotional reasons, not to analyze it, but it does with that. I get lost and can't see the forest for the trees on Pet Sounds stereo.

But everything prior to sixty five definitely sounds better in mono to me, I can't stand those Chuck Britz stereo mixes. The only good thing I can say is that they sound better than the Beatles' stereo mixes of the same time.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: LetHimRun on June 06, 2009, 07:00:53 PM
4.5, but no rounding to 5. More consistent than SD Vol2, but still some tracks that keep it down.

5/5 I Get Around
5/5 ASL
4.5/5 Hushabye
4.5/5 Little Honda
4.5/5 We'll Run Away
3.5/5 Carl's Big Chance
4.5/5 Wendy
3.5/5 Do You Remember
5/5 Girl's on the Beach
4/5 Drive In
N/A Record Sessions
5/5 Don't Back Down


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Nicko on February 27, 2010, 07:19:21 PM
Along with Surfer Girl, a contender for the best early BBs album. As always there is some filler, but the likes of I Get Around, Don't Back Down, Hushabye and the title track more than make up for it.

3 out of 5.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JaredLekites on April 25, 2010, 01:25:21 PM
For me, All Summer Long is possibly the most satisfying Beach Boys album made before Brian really went all out with his productions. Not to say the production of the album is unambitious; Brian had a lot of good tricks up his sleeve for a lot of the songs. I love the sequencing of the album but I could really do without "Our Favorite Recording Sessions".

In fact, if you remove "..Recording Sessions" and put "Carl's Big Chance" in it's spot, it would be a perfect summer album. Some may argue that you could lose "Carl's Big Chance" entirely but of the few beach rock instrumentals they recorded, it's easily the best. At least IMHO.

So there's my All Summer Long CD-R:

I Get Around [mono]

All Summer Long [mono]

Hushabye [stereo remix on SUMMER LOVE SONGS]

Little Honda [original stereo mix]

We'll Run Away [the mono mix has better balance between vocals and instruments]

Wendy [If you want coughing, the original stereo mix, if you don't there's a remix on THE WARMTH OF THE SUN CD]

Do You Remember? [stereo mix]

Girls On The Beach [stereo mix]

Drive-In [stereo mix]

Carl's Big Chance [stereo mix]

Don't Back Down [the mono mix is longer but most digital transfers of it suffer from a certain 'swishing' caused by playing the tape back on a stereo machine and then summing the output to mono]


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on April 25, 2010, 02:55:43 PM
The mono Don't Back Down on the US Singles Collection sounds clear and is far superior to the one found on the GV Box Set. As for We'll Run Away, I don't know of a mono mix on any CD. Can I assume that you ripped the track from the mono LP?


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JaredLekites on April 26, 2010, 04:11:31 PM
The mono Don't Back Down on the US Singles Collection sounds clear and is far superior to the one found on the GV Box Set. As for We'll Run Away, I don't know of a mono mix on any CD. Can I assume that you ripped the track from the mono LP?

I do indeed have the mono LP (I have actually acquired all of Brian's mono mixes on decent quality vinyl). I also think that "Drive-In" has a better balance in mono but it's fun to hear the vocals in stereo (and if you re-eq it to add more emphasis on the bottom end then it's not that bad).


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on April 26, 2010, 05:19:15 PM
Same thing with "Do You Remember", I love the little guitar licks on the stereo mix that are either lacking or dubbed way down on the mono mix. As with "Drive-In", the whole All Summer Long album is a fun listen. Though there may be filler, it is pretty good filler. I can listen straight through, though I do sometimes skip "Our Favorite Recoding Sessions". I always feel like I am listening to a time capsule of 1964 every time I play the album. One of the Boys very best albums!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Don_Zabu on May 17, 2010, 06:57:45 PM
Cabinessence.net seems to have this weird hard-on for "Don't Back Down". Check it out:

http://cabinessence.net/tracks/files/d/dont_back_down.shtml


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on May 18, 2010, 03:58:49 PM
I didn't read anything there to come to your conclusion. It was rather short, though I concur about the coda. Mr. Britz cut short a lot of cool endings (the stereo "Fun, Fun, Fun" is another example). Could you please elaborate a little further on your comment?


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Don_Zabu on May 18, 2010, 04:03:24 PM
I didn't read anything there to come to your conclusion. It was rather short, though I concur about the coda. Mr. Britz cut short a lot of cool endings (the stereo "Fun, Fun, Fun" is another example). Could you please elaborate a little further on your comment?
I dunno, the stuff like "Very brief, yet brilliant surf song." and "ten times more fascinating than 'Surf's Up"? Just seemed odd to me.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on May 18, 2010, 04:10:05 PM
Gotcha! Well, that was a quote from Rolling Stone's Dave Marsh.  He writes/wrote very bizarre reviews, IMHO. Nothing like a good back handed compliment. ;)  Praise "Don't Back Down" while knocking "Surf's Up". Completely unrelated songs. Maybe Marsh believed "Surf's Up" was a surfing tune. ;)


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Paulos on May 31, 2010, 02:33:26 PM
Both great songs in different ways, vey strange to make any comparisons between them. I do love all three versions of Don't Back Down though, something strangely compelling about it.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Alex on June 19, 2010, 09:09:08 AM
Both great songs in different ways, vey strange to make any comparisons between them. I do love all three versions of Don't Back Down though, something strangely compelling about it.

Three versions? I've only heard 2.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Paulos on June 21, 2010, 03:21:31 PM
The version on the Good Vibrations box set is in mono and is slightly longer as its faded out slower than the album version so I regard this as an alternate version.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: hypehat on June 21, 2010, 03:32:57 PM
Today, I dragged my turntable out to the garden, stuck this on, cracked open a beer.... bliss :)


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Surfing Moose on August 04, 2010, 11:08:09 AM
I gave it a 4 with a fat extra point.

It's one of my favorite, I really love the titel track and Wendy


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Magic City Surfer on February 10, 2011, 10:15:18 AM

All Summer Long is a great album.  Today might still edge it out as the best pre-PS album because of the increased sophistication Brian was bringing to the productions by that time, but I love ASL.

The earlier albums have some great songs but are also brought down by bad songs and blatant filler. With ASL, the filler really started going away. It's a complete album full of great songs.

Where earlier albums might give you 2 or 3 classics (although Surfer Girls comes in strong with the title cut, Little Deuce Coupe, In My Room and Catch A Wave), you get a whole bunch:

I Get Around, All Summer Long, Little Honda and Wendy all are All-Timers with Hushabye, We'll Run Away, Do You Remember and At The Drive-In all on my list of personal favorites.

I see Don't Back Down as kind of the odd track out because I feel like the band had moved past surfing songs by this point.  But the tune is still very catchy.  I love Brian's part in the chorus ("You gotta be a little nuts...")

For the Fun & Sun albums, you can't go wrong with ASL.

I'm not sure of the exact order, but ASL, Today and Pet Sounds are my top three BB albums.

A solid 5 from me.



Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on February 10, 2011, 10:22:13 AM
All Summer Long is great album. It is a real snapshot in time. It captures the summer of 1964 perfectly. I've always ranked it my No. 3 favorite behind Today and Sunflower.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: SMiLE Brian on May 07, 2011, 08:05:36 AM
One of their best albums by far of pure pop heaven with songs like hushabye, we'll run away , and i get around.  The LP (strangely with the don't break down cover misprint) with the mono mix is worth way more than the 25 cents I bought it for at a yard sale.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: goldstar on August 11, 2011, 10:33:48 PM
New to this wonderful board and thought this was a good place to start...

Love this record. Really not a bad track on it. I know it's not the most popular track, but I actually love the way "Favorite Sessions" works in the context of things... really brings the whole thing together... this is a concept album, without question!!  by lyric, by feel, by tone, and explicitly with the way "Sessions" recalls a few snippets you just heard.. brilliant!! the key is that it's not the closer (like "Big Daddy" is for Today).. it's merely a segue...

Of course, famously, Brian always hypes Rubber Soul up as the first true album he'd heard... but I think he forgot to notice that he'd already accomplished the whole album-as-an-artform thing with ASL.

 


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: myonlysunshine on November 26, 2011, 10:55:44 AM
I love All Summer Long. The first four songs featured on side one are fantastic - I Get Around, All Summer Long, Hushabye, and Little Honda all blew me away when I first listened to them on this album. We'll Run Away is probably one of the prettiest ballads Brian has ever done and I like Carl's Big Chance as a way to close the first side.

Side two is good, but for some reason I don't enjoy some of the songs as much. Wendy is nice, but a few of the other songs on side two don't really do it for me. :-\ I'm not a fan of Do You Remember?, or Drive In. Our Favorite Recording Sessions, while of course being blatant filler, is kind of amusing to listen to compared to some similar tracks that came out on other albums (Bull Sessions with Big Daddy).

I do like the alternate version of Don't Back Down that was featured on the Capitol twofers better than the one featured on the album. Go figure.

I'd give the album a 4. An excellent effort from Brian and the Boys, but the best was yet to come.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: MyGlove on January 02, 2012, 07:13:04 PM
i wrote my first song after listening to this album for the first time. its dripping with inspiration as much as pet sounds is. i still don't think some of the tracks were necessary such as Our Favorite Recording Sessions. but the songs here make up for it. still gave it a 5.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Disney Boy (1985) on May 09, 2012, 05:40:52 AM
Terrific album - 5 stars. Pure joy from start to finish. Great album cover also!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: southbay on May 09, 2012, 12:51:53 PM
Not their best (although certainly close), but this album has always been my personal favorite.  Just absolutely reeks of a youthful summer.  For me, it was the summer of 1984. I was 16 and this was the first Beach Boys album I ever bought.  I was hooked.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: musicismylife101 on June 27, 2012, 03:29:36 PM
Brian's vocals on Hushabye and We'll Run Away =  :o Played We'll Run Away on repeat a lot because I couldn't get enough of it. That "anyhow" at the end of the song was just.... :thud


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: bluesno1fann on July 11, 2013, 07:03:21 PM
Easily the Beach Boys's most overrated album.

All Summer Long is a gem, We'll Run Away, Wendy and I Get Around are also great, although the latter has been flogged to death.

Other than that, the album isn't that good at all. In my opinion at least.

2.5/5


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: RiC on November 11, 2013, 09:04:06 AM
I really don't like that much of these pre-Today! albums. There's couple awesome songs here and there, like I Get Around here. I don't mind that much of Girls on the Beach or the title track or even Wendy. It's still listenable, so 3/5.

Oh and Do You Remember RULES!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Mr. Wilson on December 10, 2013, 07:57:09 PM
The best overall album to this point..5/5  Well lets see I was 12 yrs old + in 7th grade.. And I wore those striped shirts for a few yrs..


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll on March 28, 2014, 12:08:42 PM
Picked up the original German pressing of this album today. What a treat! One of the boys finest no doubt - 4/5 - tempted to throw in an extra half point just for the cover and Als line about tranquilizers.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Mujan, 8@$+@Rc| of a Blue Wizard on February 18, 2015, 10:33:01 PM
The peak of the "fun in the sun" era, as well as their first "true" album. I hate Drive In and Do You Remember, but other than that, the tracks are all solid. Even the filler is actually pretty cool and goes with the "fun goofy summertime laughs and memories" aura of it all.

I give it a solid 4.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: KDS on April 09, 2015, 09:11:43 AM
To me, this album is probably tied with Surfer Girl as the best Beach Boys albums from the surf / cars era.  It's so close to being perfect, but once again, the second of three of those "bit" pieces with Our Favorite Recording Sessions.  But, I know it was common during these times to have filler on albums. 

I Get Around gets the album off to a great start.  Probably the Boys' greatest rocker, and one of the great car songs of all time. 

Then, pure summertime bliss with All Summer Long. 

Hushabye has to rank as one of the Boys' best cover songs. 

Little Honda, Don't Back Down, and Drive In and great little rockers. 

I love the organ solo in Wendy.  Takes that song to another level. 

Brian is repeating himself a tad with Girls on the Beach, but when it sounds that good, who cares? 

With this album, The Boys really show that they could compete with the guys from Liverpool. 


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: drbeachboy on April 09, 2015, 09:20:05 AM
To me, this album is probably tied with Surfer Girl as the best Beach Boys albums from the surf / cars era.  It's so close to being perfect, but once again, the second of three of those "bit" pieces with Our Favorite Recording Sessions.  But, I know it was common during these times to have filler on albums. 

I Get Around gets the album off to a great start.  Probably the Boys' greatest rocker, and one of the great car songs of all time. 

Then, pure summertime bliss with All Summer Long. 

Hushabye has to rank as one of the Boys' best cover songs. 

Little Honda, Don't Back Down, and Drive In and great little rockers. 

I love the organ solo in Wendy.  Takes that song to another level. 

Brian is repeating himself a tad with Girls on the Beach, but when it sounds that good, who cares? 

With this album, The Boys really show that they could compete with the guys from Liverpool. 
Nice review! I have always said, and I know Jon Stebbins will agree with me on this, that if you want to know what the summer of 1964 was like, then this album captures the feel perfectly.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Mike's Beard on October 03, 2015, 04:54:07 AM
I Get Around - 5/5
All Summer Long - 5/5
Hushabye - 5/5
Little Honda - 5/5
We'll Run Away - 4/5
Carl's Big Chance - 2/5
Wendy - 5/5
Do You Remember - 3/5
Girl's on the Beach - 4/5
Drive In - 5/5
Record Sessions - 0/5
Don't Back Down - 4/5

The near perfect summer album. Brian could do this in his sleep by this point and Mike had mastered the art of the California summer experience, lyric wise. If only the spoken track had been left off!!
Overall 4.5/5


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: Lonely Summer on April 25, 2016, 01:12:43 PM
To me, this album is probably tied with Surfer Girl as the best Beach Boys albums from the surf / cars era.  It's so close to being perfect, but once again, the second of three of those "bit" pieces with Our Favorite Recording Sessions.  But, I know it was common during these times to have filler on albums. 

I Get Around gets the album off to a great start.  Probably the Boys' greatest rocker, and one of the great car songs of all time. 

Then, pure summertime bliss with All Summer Long. 

Hushabye has to rank as one of the Boys' best cover songs. 

Little Honda, Don't Back Down, and Drive In and great little rockers. 

I love the organ solo in Wendy.  Takes that song to another level. 

Brian is repeating himself a tad with Girls on the Beach, but when it sounds that good, who cares? 

With this album, The Boys really show that they could compete with the guys from Liverpool. 
You nailed it with this review! Girls on the Beach may seem to be a rewrite of Surfer Girl or Warmth of the Sun, but listen to those chord changes! How many times does this song modulate from one key to another? And those harmonies!
All Summer Long is the best of the early albums, all strong tracks, only one filler - OFRS.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: KDS on April 26, 2016, 05:41:10 AM
To me, this album is probably tied with Surfer Girl as the best Beach Boys albums from the surf / cars era.  It's so close to being perfect, but once again, the second of three of those "bit" pieces with Our Favorite Recording Sessions.  But, I know it was common during these times to have filler on albums. 

I Get Around gets the album off to a great start.  Probably the Boys' greatest rocker, and one of the great car songs of all time. 

Then, pure summertime bliss with All Summer Long. 

Hushabye has to rank as one of the Boys' best cover songs. 

Little Honda, Don't Back Down, and Drive In and great little rockers. 

I love the organ solo in Wendy.  Takes that song to another level. 

Brian is repeating himself a tad with Girls on the Beach, but when it sounds that good, who cares? 

With this album, The Boys really show that they could compete with the guys from Liverpool. 
You nailed it with this review! Girls on the Beach may seem to be a rewrite of Surfer Girl or Warmth of the Sun, but listen to those chord changes! How many times does this song modulate from one key to another? And those harmonies!
All Summer Long is the best of the early albums, all strong tracks, only one filler - OFRS.

Thanks, LS


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered on May 27, 2016, 07:21:41 PM
Easily one of their top 10 albums, not a dull moment to be found, even OFRS is kinda fun!


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: JK on October 10, 2016, 03:37:04 AM
Easily one of their top 10 albums, not a dull moment to be found, even OFRS is kinda fun!

And it segues nicely into "Don't Back Down"----Brian's forgotten note is the first one in that song (probably said that before)...


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered on October 28, 2016, 05:25:24 PM
Reminder that if you don't play ASL every day on every summer you're doing summer wrong.


Title: Re: All Summer Long
Post by: thr33 on October 25, 2020, 08:26:28 PM
All Summer Long (Mono, 2015 AP release)

Side 1:

1. I Get Around - *****
This has such a unique sound to it, and the falsetto here is almost haunting. Maybe my favorite Beach Boys Song

2. All Summer Long - *****
Very strong song to follow-up, love the instrumentation here.

3. Hushabye - *****
This one is phenomenal too. What a strong start to the album.

4. Little Honda - *****
This is one of the better car (er, motorcycle in this case) songs. High energy and exciting.

5. We'll Run Away - *****
Great overall performance and very emotional delivery, love this song.

6. Carl's Big Chance - **

Side 2:

7. Wendy - *****
Awesome song opening side 2. Love the instrumental break here too.

8. Do You Remember - ****
This song doesn't try to do too much but is fun. I like it.

9. Girls on the Beach - ****
Great song, the harmonies here are something else.

10. Drive-In - ***
This is fine. This is one of two songs in the AP releases with a bad mix.

11. Our Favorite Recording Sessions - *

12. Don't Back Down - ****
Great song, this one also has a bad mix though. Happy they did it live eventually

Overall Rating: ****
Lots of amazing songs, this is either their strongest to this point, or the second-strongest after Surfer Girl. Nearly all hits, few misses.