I disagree with the votes offing Cool, Cool Water - it's splendid beginning to end & I don't care if it's only refrain repeating itself, so to say.

I think it's a good exercise in atmospheric vocals and sounds. But it's just not a very interesting composition.

Mess of Help.

A Day in the Life of a Tree.

Cool, Cool Water.

I’d love to think Brian and Joe Thomas are still trying to pitch material back to Mike to make another Beach Boys album, but considering that this scenario involves two of the main things Mike seems to have come away from the BB reunion not liking (namely working with Joe Thomas, and coming in to sing on stuff Brian has already written without Mike), this seems unlikely.

Mike didn't like it when Brian started working with Tony Asher. Or with Van Dyke Parks. Or with Joe Thomas. But in the end it never stopped him from singing on the songs that came out of these collaborations.

Everybody that says the Flame tracks don't sound like the Beach Boys are maybe forgetting that a big part of the reason Carl brought them into the band in the first place was because he wanted to alter the group's sound.

Maybe, but do you think it worked? I think those songs sound like very little more than The Beach Boys (barely audibly) guesting on someone else's songs.

So Tough has its moments but I would hardly consider it integral as a BBs album and wouldnt recommend it til a good 16 albums before it: pet sounds, all summer long, today, sunflower, wild honey, surfin usa, surfer girl, lil deuce coupe, summer days, smiley smile, shut down vol2, 20/20, surfs up, love you, friends... every/anybuddy concur?

I think the thing with Carl and the Passions is that it just feels more like an EP than an album. It has just eight songs, the Chaplin/Fataar ones really don't sound like Beach Boys songs at all and Dennis's songs probably sound more like Dennis Wilson solo tracks than any other song he ever recorded with the Beach Boys. So that's just enough "real" Beach Boys songs to fill an EP (and not even a very good one, although I love All This is That).

Now it's getting tough, I really like all the songs that we've got left. But anyway...

A Day in the Life of a Tree.

Make It Good, Now that's truely a song that doesn't go anywhere.

Cool, Cool Water.

Don't Go Near The Water.

Cool, Cool Water.

Cool, Cool Water.

Here She Comes.

Don't Go Near The Water.

Easy. Student Demonstration Time.

This is going to be tough, this is my all-time favorite album and I love every song on it.

But, anyway: Cool, Cool Water.

Hold On Dear Brother.

Color me a Beach Boys fan: Brian's done some excellent solo stuff, but the vast majority of his best work was done in the company of his brothers, cousin & friends, and always will be, as the 2012 album proved beyond doubt.

For me it's without a doubt BB #1, BW #2. And I still love TWGMTR. But in all fairness, TLOS is at least as good...

Breakaway.

The Little Girl I Once Knew.

I Do.

San Miguel.

Anything by Adele. Seems like everybody loves her, from serious critics and well-respected musicians to their moms, but I absolutely HATE her voice and way of singing, and dislike most her song material.

Taking Dennis's masterpiece instrumental Mexico and either adding good newly written lyrics sung by a BB, or just great wordless harmonies.

That's actually a pretty interesting idea.