Most "Forgotten" Album, Personally

[tpesky]

Stack-O-Tracks

[Gabo]

I rarely listen to Summer Days. Its few good songs are already on compilations. I'd also rather not hear "Amusement Parks USA." 

[Eric Aniversario]

Shut down vol 2
Surfin usa

Solo albums:
Brian Wilson reimagines Gershwin

[ThyRavenAscend]

Solo albums:
Brian Wilson reimagines Gershwin

I haven't listened to all of BW's solo albums yet, but I can say that I immediately forgot about "In the Key of Disney" after listening to it lol.

[Disney Boy (1985)]

That's Why God Made The Radio.

I listened to it endlessly for about a week when it was first released, finally decided it didn't warrant the praise that was being lavished on it on this site (the auto-tune just kills it for me... Well, that and the fact that half the songs are crap) and have barely listened to it once since. Whenever I do I put it on with a great deal of hope - maybe it'll be better than I remember - but alas, no...

[chris.metcalfe]

The last two. I jettisoned my Summer in Paradise after about a week. Couldn't get into TWGMTR really - too artificial.

The rest I think of and/or play from time to time. E.g. although Keepin isn't a great album there's at least two tunes on it which keep popping into my head. Similarly Surfin Safari has some ear-worms.

[Niko]

While I have every song from 20/20 in some self-made compilation or another, I always forget about it. It's a fantastic album, but it does feel like a compilation, not an LP.

[rab2591]

Solo albums:
Brian Wilson reimagines Gershwin

I haven't listened to all of BW's solo albums yet, but I can say that I immediately forgot about "In the Key of Disney" after listening to it lol.

I listen to both ITKOD and BWRG regularly. The one BW solo album I forget about is 'Gettin in over my head'

[Mr. Wilson]

Surfin Safari.. Surfin USA...1st Xmas lp..Ultimate Xmas lp..Party...

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

They had an album called Pet Sounds?  Can someone remind me what was on it?

[Mayoman]

They had an album called Pet Sounds?  Can someone remind me what was on it?

Nothing important, I mean there are no songs about surfing or cruising in your hot rod, just some weird junk instrumentals and lots of boring whiny love songs.

[Rotat]

I tend to forget that certain songs are on 20/20 as opposed to forgetting the whole album exists. I look at it as a hodgepodge album filled with random material from the rest of the band, with Brian contributing the least amount of material ever on a BB album at this point. It comes across as kind of a transitional effort into Sunflower and Surfs Up later except not cohesive at all, and coming across like a compilation of stuff rather than a fully flowing album, with some recent singles/old outtakes tacked onto it.

Then I remember there's songs like "Time To Get Alone", the LP version of "Cottonfields", "I Went To Sleep", "Never Learn Not To Love" (which I always think is a throwaway, but then I remember the harmonies on it are fantastic) and the awesome Smile outtakes. All songs I love and are gems that are some of my favorites. Overall, I just tend to forget how great of an album it is. It probably could have been sequenced better, and as much as the Smile outtakes are essential, they don't fit on here well and seem like they're tacked on to gain some extra attention.

I really don't care for "Nearest Faraway Place", but besides that there's not a mediocre song on there... I guess "Bluebirds" is mediocre, but I like it well enough. Shame that it does seem like a hastily put together album as it is a great one. I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Not all great albums have to flow all that well, as long as the material is strong.

Another thing about 20/20 that I love is the LP version of "Cottonfields". The single version is great and perhaps more radio-friendly, but I love the LP version that Brian produced and prefer it. I recently heard the backing track of the LP off of some Dumb Angel rarities collection and it made me love it even more. Yeah maybe it's not "punchy" enough and maybe slower and kinda sluggish, but the instrumentation is pure Brian and I love the unique arrangement he gave this song.

[Lonely Summer]

Surfin' USA. Surfin' Safari is hard to ignore, being their first, and Surfer Girl always gets praise for In My Room and the title cut; Surfin' USA just seems to get lost in between them. I played it for the first time in years recently and was pleasantly surprised. Who would've ever guessed the BB's recorded so many instrumentals? And good ones!

[Gertie J.]

They had an album called Pet Sounds?  Can someone remind me what was on it?

hehe, you buster 

[dombanzai]

I haven't listened to The Beach Boys 85 or LA Light Album for a number of years now so they don't figure high on my radar, neither do I really get the urge to play them – not that they are bad, they are okay, there are so many better albums with better tracks. I actually prefer some of the Summer In Paradise stuff to what's on those albums.

[Phoenix]

I actually prefer some of the Summer In Paradise stuff to what's on those albums.

Ditto.  I've said before as bad as SIP is (and is IS bad), the WORST thing about it is the production.  I would love to have access to the vocal tracks and re-record the whole thing, from the ground up, around them.  Beyond the production, the biggest crime is Mike and Terry trying way to hard to recapture the magic of "Kokomo" but at least they're trying SOMETHING.  Some of the other albums (regardless of what really went into them) come off sounding like they were completely phoned in.

[job]

L.A. seems to get mentioned a lot. I listen to that album all the time, even though it does have its flaws. Good Timin' is a song I never get tired of and Baby Blue is sublime.

Totally agree.  Party has been long forgotten tho.

[chrs_mrgn]

The number one that I forget is probably 15 Big Ones, KTSA, SELF TITLED.

But the first 4 or so album completely blend together for me so I guess in that way I forget about them as individual albums.

Looks like it tends to be on either side of the bb career.

[Myk Luhv]

I never listen to Surfin' Safari or anything after Love You. It's not so much that I forget their post-1977 output so much as I choose to avoid it because it's almost uniformly terrible. I do genuinely forget about their debut album as well as Party!, the "live" albums and 20/20 (even if that album has some of their most stellar songs on it). Stack-O-Tracks is awfully forgettable too.

[joshferrell]

I forgot...

[CenturyDeprived]

What I Really Want for Christmas.
I actually have never listened to it all the way through in its entirely.
That being said, I kinda sorta dig the new songs on the album, as well as the BBs remakes (which I thought were surprisingly good).

[ben plumbrook]

I mostly listen to 1963-73 when it comes to Beach Boys. The 3 LP POB set a major exception.

[Alan Smith]

I don't forget any BB albums, per se, BUT I tend to get LDC and SDV2 tracks mixed-up - maybe due to a home made cassette.

I am exploring a variety of legal methods, stopping short of sniffing glue, to help me forget MIU.

[phirnis]

Ah yes, the Christmas albums... The one from the 60s is unbearably white-bread even by BB standards and I hardly ever listen to it except for "Little Saint Nick" and "We Three Kings" (which I think is gorgeous!). I like some of their M.I.U. Christmas material... not the "Loop De Loop" thing, however. That one's beyond painful! What I Really Want for Christmas I consider pretty lame overall, the clip-art style cover art really is the giveaway. I love "Winter Symphony" and "Child of Winter", those are my favorite Christmas songs of theirs by far.

[RiC]

Ah yes, the Christmas albums... The one from the 60s is unbearably white-bread even by BB standards and I hardly ever listen to it except for "Little Saint Nick" and "We Three Kings" (which I think is gorgeous!). I like some of their M.I.U. Christmas material... not the "Loop De Loop" thing, however. That one's beyond painful! What I Really Want for Christmas I consider pretty lame overall, the clip-art style cover art really is the giveaway. I love "Winter Symphony" and "Child of Winter", those are my favorite Christmas songs of theirs by far.

I agree with you. Winter Symphony and Child of Winter are both amazing songs and I love to listen whether it's Christmas time or not.

And to the topic:

Surfin U.S.A.
Little Deuce Coupe
Shut Down Volume II
All Summer Long

I pretty much never play these.