Bottom 5 Beach Boys albums

[Alex]

First Love
Country Love
Mike and Dean
Adrian Baker Sessions
Summer in Paradise

[Kurosawa]

1. Summer in Paradise
2. Beach Boys 85
3. M.I.U. Album

I don't really count Still Crusin' or Stars and Stripes,  I see them as compilations.

All the other albums have more songs I like than ones I dislike or are unmoved by on them.

[MBE]

First Love
Country Love
Mike and Dean
Adrian Baker Sessions
Summer in Paradise

The rest are wretched, but First Love isn't bad late seventies soft rock.

[runnersdialzero]

First Love
Country Love
Mike and Dean
Adrian Baker Sessions
Summer in Paradise

lawl, those don't count, d00d. ^___^

[Aegir]

two of 'em aren't even albums!

[Exapno Mapcase]

So many fabulous songs...

SIP
Still Cruisin'
85
MIU
KTSA

I would also add LBWL! Maybe as number one!  But, sh*t, First Love is pretty good.


I kinda excuse Surfin' Safari because it's the developmental stage

[Phoenix]

I kinda excuse Surfin' Safari because it's the developmental stage

That's why I place it above Surfin' USA.

[Aegir]

I placed Safari above USA because it's simply a much much much better album.

[I. Spaceman]

Surfin' USA is a great, great, great album.

[Aegir]

ah, I see we are at a standoff in the Battle of Repeating a Word Three Times to Express One's Opinion.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Summer in Paradise
MIU Album
Still Cruisin'
Keepin' the Summer Alive
Stars and Stripes

I almost considered putting the unreleased Christmas album there but I guess that wouldn't be fair since it was ultimately unreleased and also since the CD they were eventually featured on (Ultimate Christmas) was mostly quite good.  And even though I put it on the list, I give Stars and Stripes a pass because it was never meant to be a conventional album and the boys actually pulled off some nice vocals and the production wasn't bad either, it was just that most of the singers in front of them were weak selections.  I guess Still Cruisin' was never really meant to be a conventional Beach Boys album either but its still usually counted as part of their core discography so I included it.

[I. Spaceman]

ah, I see we are at a standoff in the Battle of Repeating a Word Three Times to Express One's Opinion.

Yes, yes, yes!

[Domino]

1. Stars and Stripes
2. Summer in Paradise
3. Surfin' Safari
4. Still Cruisin'
5. Beach Boys' Party!

[MBE]

Surfin' USA is a great, great, great album.

Agree with you, imo it's better than Surfin' Safari. Not mentioning that I like all 5 instrumentals of Surfin' USA much & much more than Moon Dawg.

Yeah again I have to say that Surfin USA is a wonderful LP from the first decade or so of rock and roll. I think many here like classic rock and not rock and roll which to me is sad.

[Phoenix]

I placed Safari above USA because it's simply a much much much better album.

Well, yeah 

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

4. Still Cruisin'

I think Somewhere Near Japan saves that album from the list.

[I. Spaceman]

Surfin' USA is a great, great, great album.

Agree with you, imo it's better than Surfin' Safari. Not mentioning that I like all 5 instrumentals of Surfin' USA much & much more than Moon Dawg.

Yeah again I have to say that Surfin USA is a wonderful LP from the first decade or so of rock and roll. I think many here like classic rock and not rock and roll which to me is sad.

Yep, exactly.

[metal flake paint]

Inspired by AGD's work in the Top 5 Beach Boys albums thread, and for those of you interested, I present the current results:

Rank - Title - Points - [First place] - (Average vote)

    1. SIP - 98 - [10] - (4.26)
    2. S&S - 64 - [10] - (4)
    3. BB'85 - 48 - [2] - (3.43)
    4. Still Cruisin' - 32 - (2.46)
    5. MIU - 29 - [1] - (2.64)
    6. KTSA - 28 - [1] - (2)
    7. 15BO - 20 - (2.86)
    8. Love You - 17 - [2] - (3.4)
    9. Surfin' Safari - 14 - (2.3)
  10. LA - 11 - (2.2)
  11. Party! - 9 - (1.eight)
=12. Smiley Smile - 5 - [1] - (5)
=12. CATP - 5 - (1.67)
=12. SUSA - 5 - (2.5)
  15. ASL - 4 - (4)
=16. Friends - 2 - (2)
=16. Holland - 2 - (2)
=16. Surfer Girl - 2 - (2)
=16. Christmas - 2 - (2)
=16. Concert - 2 - (2)

[EthanJames]

M.I.U. Album
L.A.
Keepin' the Summer Alive
The Beach Boys (1985)
Still Cruisin'

[Domino]

7. 15BO - 20 - (2.86)
8. Love You - 17 - [2] - (3.4)
9. Surfin' Safari - 14 - (2.3)

15BO and Love You is worse than Surfin' Safari? That's insane.

[Nicko]

15BO and Love You is worse than Surfin' Safari? That's insane.

15BO is worse that Surfin' Safari.

[Domino]

15BO is worse that Surfin' Safari.

15 Big Ones blows Surfin' Safari out of the water. It's OK, Had to Phone Ya, Chapel of Love, That Same Song, Back Home, In the Still of the Night, Just Once in My Life - all great songs.

[Phoenix]

Maybe people are grading it on a "curve".  Safari is the sound of a young band doing their absolute best.  15 Big Ones is FANTASTIC band (who'd just released Holland not too long before) schlepping through a bunch of oldies with the shell of their former producer behind the board.

[Rocky Raccoon]

15BO is worse that Surfin' Safari.

15 Big Ones blows Surfin' Safari out of the water.

I agree.  15 Big Ones is far from a great album but it's not a bad one.  Surfin' Safari isn't a bad album either but I don't think it's particularly memorable either with the exception of maybe three or four tracks.  15 Big Ones has a bunch of really good tracks even if it has some clunkers too.  It's OK, Had to Phone Ya, That Same Song, Susie Cincinnati, Back Home, Just Once in My Life.  I really like all of those songs and a few of them I think are close to great.

[Micha]

15BO is worse that Surfin' Safari.

15 Big Ones blows Surfin' Safari out of the water.

I agree.  15 Big Ones is far from a great album but it's not a bad one.  Surfin' Safari isn't a bad album either but I don't think it's particularly memorable either with the exception of maybe three or four tracks.  15 Big Ones has a bunch of really good tracks even if it has some clunkers too.  It's OK, Had to Phone Ya, That Same Song, Susie Cincinnati, Back Home, Just Once in My Life.  I really like all of those songs and a few of them I think are close to great.

Here we are in the realm of personal taste. All I can say is that I enjoy listening to "Surfin' Safari" much much more than listening to "15 Big Ones".

The cover is much nicer, too!