Which Beach Boys Album Cover Is Your Favorite & Why?

[Ziggy Stardust]

I LOVE "Love You", this whole amazing pixel art stuff before it all became cool, it's really great.
i think L.A. Album is quite nice also!
i will always have a special place in my heart for the Pet Sounds picture since it was taken in the San Diego Zoo and i'm from San Diego, so f- yeah!
i like the All Summer Long and Party! one, it just shows the band having fun and has a very 60's style to it, i love 60's style.
Sunflower is kinda the same as Pet Sounds : maybe not the greatest cover ever, but just seeing the band with their kids is really cute i think, a lovely picture.
Surf's Up has always somehow obsessed me: it's funny how the title that brings back the surf vibe, so you would expect an joyfull cover, yet it is their darkest..
i mean, i've seen many dark album covers before, but this one.. i guess the dark sky has something to do with it, it's somehow so sad..
i kinda like the one for That's Why God Made The Radio, the band's name bothers me but the rest is cool, could have been something that followed the SMiLE era you know?

But my all time fav, yeah definitely Love You i believe.

Keepin' The Summer Alive is both really cool and really lame at the same time. It's a really cool concept, but then also paints the desperation they had going at the time to stay relevant. As an oldies act. Overall I like it, though.

Yeah, exactly how i feel about it.

[Newguy562]

I LOVE "Love You", this whole amazing pixel art stuff before it all became cool, it's really great.
i think L.A. Album is quite nice also!
i will always have a special place in my heart for the Pet Sounds picture since it was taken in the San Diego Zoo and i'm from San Diego, so f- yeah!
i like the All Summer Long and Party! one, it just shows the band having fun and has a very 60's style to it, i love 60's style.
Sunflower is kinda the same as Pet Sounds : maybe not the greatest cover ever, but just seeing the band with their kids is really cute i think, a lovely picture.
Surf's Up has always somehow obsessed me: it's funny how the title that brings back the surf vibe, so you would expect an joyfull cover, yet it is their darkest..
i mean, i've seen many dark album covers before, but this one.. i guess the dark sky has something to do with it, it's somehow so sad..
i kinda like the one for That's Why God Made The Radio, the band's name bothers me but the rest is cool, could have been something that followed the SMiLE era you know?

But my all time fav, yeah definitely Love You i believe.

Keepin' The Summer Alive is both really cool and really lame at the same time. It's a really cool concept, but then also paints the desperation they had going at the time to stay relevant. As an oldies act. Overall I like it, though.

Yeah, exactly how i feel about it.

i forgot all summer long it's very teeny bopperish lol jk nah it's nicely put together with all the colors and the crew having fun they look like the enjoyed that photoshoot
and surf's up has a very creepy feel to it that i enjoy lol

[Disney Boy (1985)]

Smiley Smile - love it! And Stack-o-tracks is a great group photo.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Ooooh no, I COULD I'VE FORGOTTEN SMILEY SMILE ?

I know why, because i'm not a fan of the album : it's not really an album for me, just the shadow of SMiLE.

But man, that artwork! i would take it over the SMiLE one anytime actually, yeah call me crazy, but it somehow fits more the psychedelic atmosphere imo.

Yeah, that and Love You are probably my favs! and not only my fav BB ones but part of my fav in general i think so.

[Moon Dawg]

  From the 60's:

     SHUT DOWN VOL 2, ALL SUMMER LONG, SMILEY SMILE, SURFER GIRL, PET SOUNDS

  From the 70's:

     SURF'S UP, CARL & THE PASSIONS, HOLLAND, GOOD VIBRATIONS-BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS

   From the 80's:

    TEN YEARS OF HARMONY

  From the 90's:

  SUMMER IN PARADISE


 From the 2000's:


 THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO



 SURF'S UP is their all-time best cover, IMO