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Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 09, 2016, 01:51:13 PM »
This popped up in my Google "News" page today. Can't say I quite agree with the ordering with some of the albums (
Today
and
Sunflower
should have ranked a little higher), but overall this is a decent enough list.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2016/02/beach_boys_albu.html
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 09, 2016, 02:26:22 PM »
Well, putting KTSA above LA is just wrong, but it's great to read such an intelligent and informed list!
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surfin safari is better than surfin usa? no.
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Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
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I like that he emphasizes the things he likes about the albums over the things he dislikes; I don't like that he barely mentions Carl at all. Today should rank higher, as should Sunflower; I don't remember seeing Smiley Smile on the list. Maybe he thought Smile replaces SS. Not in my book.
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Quote from: Lonely Summer on February 09, 2016, 04:00:01 PM
I like that he emphasizes the things he likes about the albums over the things he dislikes; I don't like that he barely mentions Carl at all. Today should rank higher, as should Sunflower; I don't remember seeing Smiley Smile on the list. Maybe he thought Smile replaces SS. Not in my book.
It's number three.
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That list isn't even close to how I would rank them. Just some hipster who really hasn't a clue.
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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Smiley Smile board in a nutshell.
Quote from: adamghost on February 09, 2016, 02:26:22 PM
it's great to read such an intelligent and informed list!
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Just some hipster who really hasn't a clue.
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Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
Party!
and... what?
Quote from: drbeachboy on February 09, 2016, 04:47:28 PM
That list isn't even close to how I would rank them. Just some hipster who really hasn't a clue.
It's very close to how I'd rank them. EDIT: hang on a second, I'll have a go at it.
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
I see Party is missing, but a loss for the other one unless you mean Stars & Stripes?
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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Quote from: unreleased backgrounds on February 09, 2016, 04:52:29 PM
Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
Party!
and... what?
Quote from: drbeachboy on February 09, 2016, 04:47:28 PM
That list isn't even close to how I would rank them. Just some hipster who really hasn't a clue.
It's very close to how I'd rank them. He put
Keeping The Summer Alive
higher than I would have it but at least he makes a plausible argument. It's a refreshing antidote to all the bashing of
Smiley Smile
and
Love You
that's been going on this board recently. But maybe I'm also a hipster who really hasn't a clue.
Well, Today and All Summer Long should be higher and Smiley Smile down lower. Sunflower should be higher and Smile lower. Apparently, he appreciates disc one of Smile more than a lot of us, because that is the finished album piece in the sessions set.
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Oh Brian
Thou Art In Hawthorne,
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Your Kingdom Come,
Your Steak Well Done,
On Stage As It Is In Studio,
Give Us This Day, Our Shortenin' Bread
And Forgive Us Our Bootlegs,
As We Also Have Forgiven Our Wife And Managers,
And Lead Us Not Into Kokomo,
But Deliver Us From Mike Love.
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 09, 2016, 05:04:30 PM »
Never mind. I can't actually rank them! Apples and oranges.
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 09, 2016, 05:45:08 PM »
Personally, I think he gives Smiley Smile way too much credit. Switch it around with Sunflower (#7), and I could pretty much agree with it all around.
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Quote from: drbeachboy on February 09, 2016, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
I see Party is missing, but a loss for the other one unless you mean Stars & Stripes?
Yes. Stars & stripes, whether we like it or not, was an officially released Beach Boys album.
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February 10, 2016, 01:03:34 AM »
I'd argue the #1, if only because no album called
Smile
was ever released. Also,
SIP
does have a redeeming feature - the artwork & packaging (of the US version).
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Quote from: Andrew G. Doe on February 10, 2016, 01:03:34 AM
I'd argue the #1, if only because no album called
Smile
was ever released. Also,
SIP
does have a redeeming feature - the artwork & packaging (of the US version).
A digipack plastered with a new age eco scene then more of the same inside. Redeeming, eh?
The real redeeming feature is knowing Al staged an insurrection during proceedings. Go, Al!
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Floated my boat, bub.
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 10, 2016, 04:45:05 AM »
Summer Days is given way too decent a spot IMO and in no way is Surfin' Safari better than any other album they recorded up until the late 70s/early 80s + TWGMTR! (Although I do like Surfin' Safari a fair bit.)
I don't understand how SS could be ranked as better than CATP which has Cuddle Up, All This Is That, Marcella and Mess Of Help To Stand Alone etc?
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Re: Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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February 10, 2016, 05:20:23 AM »
Overall, the real issue I have with that list is Smiley Smile at #3. There's no way that Smiley Smile is better than Surfin USA, Surfer Girl, Shut Down Vol 2, All Summer Long, Today, SDSN, Wild Honey, Friends, 20/20, Sunflower, Surf's Up, CATP, Holland, or TWGMTR.
IMO, it's the worst Beach Boys album during their creative years (1962-1973). To each their own. But, wow.
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February 10, 2016, 05:47:49 AM »
Summer in Paradise should be rated even lower because of the terrible packaging. The list isn't horrible. I would add at least the first concert album especially since it was their first number one.
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February 10, 2016, 08:28:31 AM »
I don't COUNT Stars and Stripes. A Beach Boys album? Yes...but...no. Best to worst...
1. Pet Sounds
2. Sunflower
3. Smile
4. Friends
5. Summer Days and Summer Nights
6. Wild Honey
7. Surf's Up
8. Today
9. Little Deuce Coupe
10. 20/20
11. Carl and the Passions
12. All Summer Long
13. Holland
14. Shut Down Vol 2.
15. Surfer Girl
16. That's Why God Made the Radio
17. Party
18. Surfin' USA
19. Xmas
20. Keepin' the Summer Alive
21. 15 Bigguns
22. The Beach Boys
23. MIU
24. Light Album
25. Love You
26. Surfin' Safari
27. Still Cruisin'
28. Smiley Smile
29. Summer in Pair of Dice...hangin' from the rear view mirror...of some old woodie Mike borrowed.
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Innarestin'
1. Pet Sounds
2. Surf's Up
3. 'Smile'
4. Friends
5. Wild Honey
6. Holland
7. Sunflower
8. 20/20
9. Today
10. Smiley Smile
11. All Summer Long
12. Summer Days...
13. Surfer Girl
14. Carl and The Passions
15. Love You
16. Little Deuce Coupe
17. Shut Down Vol 2.
16. That's Why God Made the Radio
17. Party
18. Light Album
19. 15 Big Ones
20. Surfin' USA
21. Keepin' the Summer Alive
22. MIU
23. The Beach Boys
24. Surfin' Safari
25. Still Cruisin'
26. Summer in Paradise
There are huge gaps between 20 and 21, 22 and 23 and 23 and
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Love You, Sunflower, 20/20 should be higher. KTSA above Light Album? No.
There are some strange comments like how Friends is a continuation of the minimalist, stripped down aesthetic of Smiley and Wild Honey. Ignoring the fact studio musicians were used on Wild Honey, albeit sparingly, Friends, other than Meant for You and Anna Lee, is not stripped down at all, in fact it is a step back towards the full productions of Pet Sounds, as in the title track Friends.
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Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 10, 2016, 12:33:05 AM
Quote from: drbeachboy on February 09, 2016, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
I see Party is missing, but a loss for the other one unless you mean Stars & Stripes?
Yes. Stars & stripes, whether we like it or not, was an officially released Beach Boys album.
It was at least better than
Summer In Paradise
.
I'm guessing the author was only factoring in albums that contained original material.
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Quote from: Awesoman on February 10, 2016, 09:31:19 AM
Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 10, 2016, 12:33:05 AM
Quote from: drbeachboy on February 09, 2016, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: Eric Aniversario on February 09, 2016, 03:20:40 PM
Anyone notice two officially released studio albums missing from the list?
I see Party is missing, but a loss for the other one unless you mean Stars & Stripes?
Yes. Stars & stripes, whether we like it or not, was an officially released Beach Boys album.
It was at least better than
Summer In Paradise
.
I'm guessing the author was only factoring in albums that contained original material.
I know it's got "THE BEACH BOYS" on the album sleeve, but I don't consider Stars and Stripes to be a legit BB album. I've always thought of it as a country tribute to TBB that features Mike, Brian, Carl, Al, and Bruce.
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