Rank the tracks #23: L.A. Album

[Summer_Days]

1. Baby Blue - My #1 favorite Dennis Wilson song, and a nice apology for the M.I.U. stinkfest. Rest in Peace, True Beach Boy.
2. Good Timin' - Absolutely wonderful.
3. Angel Come Home - Very good indeed.
4. Love Surrounds Me - Same here. Pretty great song.
5. Lady Lynda - Better live at Knebworth, but hey, still pretty good I guess.
6. Shortenin' Bread - Right on Brother Bri!
7. Goin' South - Not too bad, really.
8.  Full Sail - Even Carl can't quite save this one.
9. Sumahama - Insulting. And I'm not even Japanese.
10. Here Comes The Night - And there goes the night....booed offstage and rightly so. Gimme the Wild Honey original any day!

[jvcthome]

1. Baby Blue - Magnificent.
2. Angel Come Home - Sounds like a Dennis song. Amazing.
3. Good Timin' - Not as good as some members of this board make it seems, but still pretty good.

4. Lady Lynda - Love the "darling, your love is like the coming spring" part.

5. Sumahama - There were so many better songs on First Love, like the title track or You're Looking Better.
6. Love Surrounds Me - *yawn*
7. Shortenin' Bread - Dennis' vocals are so creepy, the Adult Child version is MUCH better.
8. Goin' South / Full Sail - They're the same song, right? 
9. Here Comes The Night - This was so unnecessary

[Unreconstructed Wilsonite]

From Worst to Best:
10. Sumahama. Complete sh*t. Probably the worst song the BB's ever did, with the exception of some of the SIP tracks. f*** this song is horrible. Hearing Mike sing in Japanese is intolerable. How did this monstrosity get on this album?! It should have stayed in the vaults with most of Mike's solo work.
9. Goin' South. Don't really like this song. Best way to describe this song is by using RangeRoverA1's word: "Dullville".
8. Shortenin' Bread. An all-right cover. Hasn't really grown on me though. Especially don't care for the vocals.
7. Full Sail. Another all-right song. Don't care for it too much, although I really like the intro.
6. Here Comes The Night. Not as bad as what everyone says, in fact I really, really like this! Understandable that it is one of the most hated BB's tracks, but still they did a good job at Disco. Love Carl's vocals. That being said, it's not as good as the original "Wild Honey" version, and it should have remained a non-album single.
5. Lady Lynda. Not as bad as what some people have said. Always liked Al's compositions!
4. Angel Come Home. Strange for me to hear a Carl song sung by Dennis. Still great, however. Still growing on me.
3. Good Timin'. Great song. Great Vocals. A must-check for any average Beach Boys fan.
2. Baby Blue. Not a favourite, but still I can understand how most people love it. Great Carl/Dennis duo! Sadly the last Dennis Wilson composition on a BB's album (if you discount "You Are So Beautiful" on "Live at Knebworth 1980"). R.I.P.
1. Love Surrounds Me. In a way, slightly underrated, judging by other people's ranking. One of my all-time favourite Dennis Wilson tracks!

[TimeToGetAlone]

1. Good Timin' - 329 (14)
2. Baby Blue - 317 (12)
3. Angel Come Home - 297 (3)
4. Love Surrounds Me - 254 (5)
5. Lady Lynda - 247 (4)
6. Full Sail - 181.5
7. Shortenin' Bread - 144
8. Sumahama - 143.5 (1)
9. Goin' South - 130.5
10. Here Comes the Night - 101.5

My thoughts?  An album of huge discrepancies in quality, there's rightfully a major gap between the top and bottom halves.  A pretty fair ranking, though I would place Shortenin' Bread lower.

[Orange Crate Art]

I like L.A. Light Album. I play it quite often. But I don't care for disco, so of course HCTN is last in line.

1. Good Timin'
2. Baby Blue
3. Love Surrounds Me
4. Angel Come Home
5. Lady Lynda
6. Shortenin' Bread
7. Full Sail
8. Goin' South
9. Sumahama
10. Here Comes The Night

[job]

1. Love Surrounds Me
2. Full Sail
3. Baby Blue
4. Good Timin
5. Angel Come Home
6. Goin South

7. Lady Lynda
8. Sumahama
9. Here Comes The Night



10. Shortenin Bread

[kwebb]

10. Here Comes the Night
9. Sumahama
8. Shortenin' Bread
7. Goin' South
6. Lady Lynda
5. Full Sail
4. Good Timin'
3. Angel Come Home
2. Baby Blue
1. Love Surrounds Me

[You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered]

Lady Lynda
Angel Come Home

Shortenin Bread
Here Comes The Night
Good Timin

Baby Blue
Love Surrounds Me
Full Sail
Sumahama

Goin South

[You Kane, You Commanded, You Conquered]

L.A. is a 10-song album. I count 9. Is LSM too bad to even rank it? I agree, it is outrageously boring but rules are rules. Add it to the list.

It seems like I forgot it.

[jiggy22]

10. Here Comes the Night (shocker)
9. Shortenin' Bread
8. Goin' South
7. Sumahama
6. Full Sail
5. Angel Come Home
4. Good Timin'
3. Baby Blue
2. Love Remember Me
1. Lady Lynda (Except for the Bach intro, but that's easy enough to edit out in audacity)

Crazy to see Love Remember Me getting some iffy rankings here!

[Mr Fulton]

1. Good Timin - A great tune with some really great harmonies
2. Angel Come Home - A brilliant song with a great vocal by Dennis Wilson
3. Lady Lynda - Great song brilliant harmonies
4. Love Surrounds Me - A kick ass song just brilliant from Dennis
5. Baby Blue - A beautiful song, Carl and Dennis's vocals are magic
6. Full Sail - another beautiful song I love the mood of it
7. Goin' South - Cool little song
8. Sumahama - Not a bad song but the Japanese lyrics annoy me
9. Shortenin Bread - Quite like this one but there is something about it that I Hate
10. Here Comes The Night - NO just NO

[Watamushi(Polly Poller)]

It has some good songs, but overall not really consistent

1. Angel Come Home
2. Lady Lynda
3. Baby Blue

4. Love Surrounds Me
5. Sumahama
6. Good Timin'
7. Full Sail

8. Goin' South
9. Here Comes The Night
10. Shortnin' Bread - I love the Adutl/Child Version, but this re-recording is dull.

[RangeRoverA1]

10. Shortnin' Bread - I love the Adutl/Child Version, but this re-recording is dull.

To me, it's dull regardless.

[B.E.]

L.A. (Light Album)

Here's my rankings based purely on personal taste...

1. Good Timin'
2. Love Surrounds Me
3. Baby Blue
4. Shortenin' Bread
5. Angel Come Home

6. Lady Lynda
7. Sumahama

8. Goin' South
9. Full Sail

10. Here Comes The Ngiht

[BrentBlanchard]

1. Lady Lynda - Al's best composition, beautiful song in general with up-lifting chord changes.
2. Good Timin' - Classic Carl vocals, enjoyable to come back to listen to.
3. Full Sail - Really touching Carl vocals, calming, pleasant song.
4. Shortenin' Bread - Fun to listen to, love the Brian Wilson craziness vibe.
5. Goin' South - A bit slow, but nice to listen to.
6. Here Comes The Night -  A fun track, but not one I'd listen to often.
7. Baby Blue - Pretty rough Dennis vocals, beautiful harmonies & wonderful Carl vocals.
8. Sumahama - A progressive move for Mike, nice backing vocals and strings.
9. Love Surrounds Me - A song I tend to avoid, Dennis vocals near unbearable, but there's a nice background synth & harmonies.
10. Angel Come Home - Rough all around, Dennis's vocals from 76' onward are unbearable to listen to.