Yeah, Laz, here's what Gaines sez about it on page 126 (although it's unclear whether he meant late 1964 or early 1965, given the context of the rest of the paragraph - but seeing as how Brian's famous nervous breakdown en route to Houston is a few pages later, probably '64):
As the calendar year of 1964 ended, their seventh album, The Beach Boys, hurtled almost straight to the number 1 position.
That's all he said about it. The only thing I can think of is he meant
Beach Boys Concert, which was the last album the Beach Boys put out in 1964 (the Christmas album pre-dates it by a few months), and it did go to #1. However, if you count the Christmas album, it's not their seventh, so I dunno...
Oh...you wanna read a real hoot? Dig what Gaines wrote about
The Beach Boys Today!:
The increased polish and depth of his production techniques showed clearly. However, the album was not one of Brian's best works, consisting mostly of a mélange of uninspired car tunes and even a comedy cut with the voice of Earl Leaf discussing kosher pickles.
I must have a badly-mastered CD (and vinyl, come to think of it) because my copy doesn't have
any car tunes are comedy cuts!
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