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20/20 is the fifteenth studio album by American rock group the Beach Boys, released on February 10, 1969 and their last studio album released with Capitol Records that contained new material for the next seventeen years. Produced by the Beach Boys, the album includes songs that span across variety of different genres including hard rock, country and psychedelic pop. The lead single "Do It Again" was the band's first attempt at revisiting the surf sound they abandoned eight albums prior and it charted at number one on the UK and Australian charts.
20/20 got its name from being the Beach Boys' twentieth album release when compilations were included in the tally. A collage inside the gatefold depicts Brian Wilson behind an eye examination chart as a play on the title. It reached number three in the UK and number 68 in the US.
VOTE OFF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TRACK!!!
I'll tally on January 3
Do It Again
I Can Hear Music
Bluebirds Over the Mountain
Be with Me
All I Want to Do
The Nearest Faraway Place
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
I Went to Sleep
Time to Get Alone
Never Learn Not to Love
Our Prayer
Cabinessence
My least favorite is... Bluebirds Over the Mountain
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2014, 10:54:03 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2014, 11:17:09 AM » |
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Bluebirds Over the Mountain
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2014, 11:27:41 AM » |
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Nearest Faraway Place
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2014, 11:32:31 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2014, 11:37:50 AM » |
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Bluebirds Over the Mountain. The group's worst A side of the 60's, including Ten Little Indians.
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2014, 11:49:39 AM » |
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« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2014, 11:50:43 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2014, 11:55:58 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2014, 01:24:14 PM » |
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All I Want To Do. The Beach Boys trying to sound "raw" never worked for me at all. And it's a really mediocre composition.
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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2014, 01:34:51 PM » |
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The Nearest Faraway Place. Hadn't listened to 20/20 in a long time, and this really sticks out to me, and not in a good way. It's well into Ferrante and Teicher territory, and a curious inclusion for a band presumably seeking relevance at the end of the 60s. However, I guess it does qualify for the Easy Listening entry on a scattershot album.
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2014, 01:37:40 PM » |
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Nearest faraway syrup
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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2014, 02:11:33 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2014, 02:15:58 PM » |
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Cotton Fields
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« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2014, 02:17:35 PM » |
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Do It Again. There, I said it!
A very overrated single which I have literally never liked.
Give me Bluebirds, Nearest Faraway Place, Cottonfields, and especially the underrated classic All I Want To Do over Do It Again!
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« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2014, 02:19:59 PM » |
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« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2014, 02:22:53 PM » |
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« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2014, 04:03:39 PM » |
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All I want to do.
(the live version is far better, specially the MiC version)
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« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2014, 04:06:37 PM » |
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'Never Learn Not To Love'. Pretty good song though.
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« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2014, 04:26:03 PM » |
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Be With Me. Never been a favorite.
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« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2014, 04:43:34 PM » |
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Nearest faraway place
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« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2014, 05:09:20 PM » |
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Cotton Fields (album version) love the single version. Pixletwin, are you still doing something with non-album tracks?
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« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2014, 05:26:46 PM » |
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Be With Me. Never been a favorite.
So you'd choose to vote off the album centrepiece over tracks such as Do It Again, Bluebirds, and I Went To Sleep? If you ask me that's crazy lol |
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« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2014, 05:33:00 PM » |
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The Nearest Faraway Place
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« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2014, 06:01:23 PM » |
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Bluebirds Over the Mountain --> the fuzz lead makes me cringe every time.
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