Because Love You, like Today, is meant to be heard as a full album!! It's all about context.

Actually, speaking of which, when I was first listening to the GV Box I was thinking "These songs are all really cool! Who says the later-period sucks?" I listened to the Love You songs in particular and they really struck me. I was happy that the rest of the album was as cool.

Yeah, that one sounds great. The lyrics are awesome, too. Disturbing, yes, but awesome.

3... It's Ok.

That's too bad.

This just in: I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine is pretty great (I'm just listening to the box now).

You'll be happy to hear that I FINALLY ordered the All the Hits: Surf City to Drag City set along with Save for a Rainy Day yesterday and I will hopefully be getting them by the end of the month. Laurie kindly gave me afew mp3s to tide me over, but I want some proper CDs, naturally.

Yeah, the set is what I was aiming for. I made a 20-something song 'best of the box' mix a while ago, most of which was the obvious choices, so I have kind of ignored a lot of the box because of this, which is why I figured I'd discuss it!

I love Hold Me Tight... I listened to the Beatles' version recently and didn't like it nearly as much, even though it's their song.

You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling

What a friggin' powerhouse. Amazing song.

I'm just listening to the Back to Mono boxed set and I want some of you experts to point out a few I may have overlooked. My favourite "hidden gem" is Walking in the Rain. I don't have any of his other productions outside of End of the Century, though.

I'm a casual fan of the three albums and the Chris Bell solo album, too.

Polkaroo?

How about Singles Going Steady? Hmm... maybe a different topic.

Anyway, I own Psychocandy and really like it. I have mp3s of other stuff but I've never listened to it, so maybe I will someday.

If it's possible to do that (make a CD of the albums as played through the matrix), why hasn't been released like that already? It seems that that would make a really interesting release, not to mention the most "official" way of hearing it aside from using the matrix itself. I guess it wasn't possible to do that in the 70s?

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5 from me.

4. Betsy's amazing.

5 from me, too. Just having some of these backing tracks is a blessing.

I LOVE Love You. Everything about it. The sheer exuberance makes it work. I can't help but sing along with every song. In my iTunes, all of the songs on this album have been played at least 25 times in the last year, which is more than I can say for any other album I have. My least favourites are probably Mona and Ding Dang, but they're still fun and short enough that they don't really get in the way. I'd vote 5 if I could.

That was surprisingly easy for me. I got through my 9 'essentials' and right when I wasn't sure if I could go through the rest, the Good Vibes Box was there. I think the only song I'd REALLY miss would be Lonely Sea.

I loved Smiley Smile from the moment I heard Vegetables and it just got better from there. Funnily enough, this album "sounds" like the Beach Boys more to me than anything else. For some reason I identify with their voices on the album, especially during Wonderful's party break.

I'd love to hear some of the Love You-era tracks live, provided they were done well.