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Question: What is your favourite 70s Beach Boys album?
Sunflower - 61 (50%)
Surf's Up - 21 (17.2%)
Carl and the Passions- So Tough - 2 (1.6%)
Holland - 11 (9%)
15 Big Ones - 0 (0%)
Love You - 24 (19.7%)
M.I.U. Album - 1 (0.8%)
L.A. (Light Album) - 2 (1.6%)
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« on: March 01, 2014, 08:27:11 PM »

What is your favourite Beach Boys album from the 70s?

My favourite is Sunflower. All of it is great.

1.Sunflower
2.Holland
3.Carl and The Passions- "So Tough"
4.Surf's Up
5.Love You/15 Big Ones tied

Post what your favourite is.
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 08:36:32 PM »

1. Love You
2. Holland
3. Surfs Up
4. Sunflower
5. So Tough
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 08:48:36 PM »

Love You
Sunflower
Surf's Up
Holland
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 09:05:25 PM »

At the moment Surf's Up is my favourite, but that could change anytime.

From my Least Favourite to My Favourite:

08. 15 Big Ones.
07. M.I.U. Album.
06. Holland.
05. L.A. Light Album.
04. Love You.
03. Carl And The Passions: "So Tough!"
02. Sunflower.
01. Surf's Up.

Though really the top 6 are excellent IMHO
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2014, 09:26:29 PM »

You know what would make great threads similar to this?

Favourite Pre-Pet Sounds Album
Favourite Post-SMiLE 60's Album
Pet Sounds vs Pacific Ocean Blue
Favourite 1980-onwards BB's Album

Wonder if someone will be interested enough to make them?
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2014, 09:32:54 PM »

You know what would make great threads similar to this?

Favourite Pre-Pet Sounds Album
Favourite Post-SMiLE 60's Album
Pet Sounds vs Pacific Ocean Blue
Favourite 1980-onwards BB's Album

Wonder if someone will be interested enough to make them?

I'd do them
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2014, 10:08:28 PM »

1.) Sunflower
2.) Love You
3.) Surf's Up
4.) Holland
5.) So Tough
6.) LA
7.) MIU
8.) 15 Big Ones
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2014, 10:10:50 PM »

Sunflower, with Holland and Surf's Up just slightly behind it.
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2014, 10:27:04 PM »

Sunflower and Love You by miles.
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2014, 10:36:07 PM »

Sunflower and Love You by miles.
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2014, 11:59:26 PM »

1. L.A.light album
2. Carl and the passions: so tough
3. Love you
4. Surf's up
5. Sunflower
6. MIU
7. Holland
8. 15 big ones
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2014, 12:27:26 AM »

1. Surf's Up
2. Holland
3. Love You
4. Sunflower
5. Carl and the Passions
6. In Concert
7. L.A. Light Album
8. M.I.U.
9. 15 Big Ones
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« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2014, 01:03:18 AM »

1. L.A.light album
2. Carl and the passions: so tough
3. Love you
4. Surf's up
5. Sunflower
6. MIU
7. Holland
8. 15 big ones

You sir, are very brave.
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2014, 01:41:58 AM »

1. L.A.light album
2. Carl and the passions: so tough
3. Love you
4. Surf's up
5. Sunflower
6. MIU
7. Holland
8. 15 big ones

You sir, are very honest. Appreciated.
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« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2014, 01:43:43 AM »

1. Sunflower
2. Surf's up
3. Carl and the passions: so tough
4. Holland
5. 15 big ones
6. L.A.light album
7. Love you
8. MIU

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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2014, 02:10:43 AM »

1. Sunflower
2. Surf's up
3. Carl and the passions: so tough
4. Holland
5. 15 big ones
6. L.A.light album
7. Love you
8. MIU


No you made a mistake. L.A comes after MIU. LA was 1979, MIU was 78.   Grin
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« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2014, 02:49:37 AM »

1. Sunflower
2. Love You
3. MIU
4. Surfs Up
5. Passions
6. Holland
7. Big Ones
8. L.A
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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2014, 08:55:55 AM »

Probably the toughest call out of these three polls.  I went with Sunflower first mainly because it has excellent top-tier songs as well as quality control.  Surf's Up might even have a better top-tier but offers fewer songs and more inconsistency.  With the track changes that were possible at the time, it could have actually won this.  Love You is actually relatively consistent, and while I love the imperfect vocals for what they are I can't help but think how some of these might have fared in earlier times.  Then there's Holland, which is probably one of their most consistent albums but only a few songs go above good/great.  Any of these four would get consideration in a top 5 Beach Boys album poll for me, so it was very tough.  Everything else after that is pretty straight-forward in my opinion.

1. Sunflower (1970)
2. Love You (1977)
3. Surf's Up (1971)
4. Holland (1973)
5. Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" (1972)
6. 15 Big Ones (1976)
7. M.I.U. Album (1978)
8. L.A. (Light Album) (1979)
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2014, 09:09:45 AM »

1. Sunflower (by far....their last cohesive album in my book)
2. Surf's Up (half good, the other half tolerable to wtf?)
3. The rest are dead to me
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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2014, 09:34:13 AM »

Sunflower.
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« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2014, 10:11:30 AM »

1.Sunflower
2.Surf's Up
3.Holland
4.Carl and the Passions
5.Love You
6.15 Big Ones

I'm not very familiar with LA and MIU.  Embarrassed
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« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2014, 02:34:58 PM »

1. Love You
2. Surf's Up
3. Sunflower

Those are the only ones I like.
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« Reply #23 on: March 02, 2014, 04:45:19 PM »

Top 5 in order..  1} Sunflower   2} Surfs Up   3} Holland   4} Love you   5} LA
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« Reply #24 on: March 02, 2014, 05:53:32 PM »

08. 15 Big Ones - shame this is what was released when the US was ready to embrace them again
07. M.I.U. - kinda have to agree with what Dennis Wilson said about this album and Mike's karma
06. Carl and The Passions "So Tough!" - nice album but doesn't sound like the BB - shows them clearly as 2 fragmented subgroups
05. L.A. Light Album - Dennis tracks alone get it to #5, the others are dreck (hello Sumahama & disco Here Comes the Night)
04. Holland - I personally like the flow of this album and the homesick Al/Mike California tributes, but overall a mixed back of good with bad tracks
03. Surf's Up - I actually think this is an overrated album (makes its way on the 500 albums you must listen to before you die, etc--not in their 10 best overall, but 3rd best here)
02. The Beach Boys Love You - gem of an album that creates a great vibe all its own with Brian and the Moog
01. Sunflower - great balanced album with equal contributions by all band members
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