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Question: Rate Still Cruisin'
5 - 5 (4.8%)
4 - 17 (16.3%)
3 - 30 (28.8%)
2 - 25 (24%)
1 - 22 (21.2%)
0 - 5 (4.8%)
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« on: December 24, 2005, 11:58:25 AM »

Discuss, review and rate Still Cruisin', released August 1989.

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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2005, 01:43:26 PM »

Call me crazy, but I like this album better than '85. By a lot. I really can't name a bum track on it. Nothing great on it, but nothing bad either.
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2005, 01:46:44 PM »

Call me crazy, but I like this album better than '85. By a lot. I really can't name a bum track on it. Nothing great on it, but nothing bad either.

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« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2005, 01:49:16 PM »

One of my favorite Beach Boys albums. I absolutely love the a capella opener to "Island Girl", and I enjoy the title track as well. Mike's bass vocal in "Wipe Out" is fun to sing along with. I rate this a 4, only because I wish they put out a few new songs instead of "California Girls", "I Get Around", and "Wouldn't It Be Nice".
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« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2005, 02:49:09 PM »

It's fucking horrible.
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2005, 04:25:55 PM »

Not really an album. A compilation of soundtrack and singles.
The last Beach Boys Capitol release? Sort of...
A completest must have. Casual Beach Boys fan?, nah..
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« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2005, 06:56:56 AM »

It's fucking horrible.
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« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2005, 01:18:15 PM »

1 for Somewhere Near Japan
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2005, 08:22:15 PM »

I like some of it. Yes folks, I admit to liking Wipeout.  Lips Sealed
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2005, 05:51:01 AM »

Some bad, some good.  LOVE Somewhere Near Japan.  All of it is at least listenable.
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« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2006, 08:04:50 AM »

One of 4 BB lps I dont have on vinyl and one of 2 I dont have on disc.

It had its place.  Those songs were nowhere else initially and those singles and movie releases needed to be out there.  At least there was still some original music.  This would make it the last decent BB album.

Its still on my list to buy when I find it for a reasonable price.
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2006, 10:20:08 AM »

A guilty pleasure.  I like every song on this album, though it's admittedly a bit strange to from "Make it Big" to "Round round get around, I get around".  "In My Car" has one hell of a rhythm to it.  Overall, a 4.  Though it's not a real album, it's a great compilation.  Good stuff!
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2006, 12:34:59 PM »

Analog, please fix your avatar.
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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2006, 12:40:47 PM »

You're big on that, eh?
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2006, 12:43:49 PM »

Yep. Those X's drive me crackers.
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« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2006, 02:22:05 PM »

A steaming, sloppy pile of sh*t.  1.
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« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2006, 01:46:10 PM »

Like it. The new songs are cool and at times great ( "Somewhere near Japan" ), but they shouldn't have put the three old songs on it, and if they had to do it, they at least should have taken the better sounding version of "WIBN".  3
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« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2006, 03:10:22 PM »

yeah it's too bad that they couldn't just add 3 new songs (or more) and truly make it a "new" album.  The new songs are all decent.  No classics, but enjoyable later stuff.
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« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2006, 06:03:06 PM »

I loved MAKE IT BIG. sounds to me like Carl listened to Balance of Power ELO album from'86.
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« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2006, 01:20:41 PM »

This record isn’t half bad. It’s Achilles heel is the inclusion of the 3 oldies at the end. Otherwise, you have a pretty good album. Way better than BB ’85. Good stuff, even if leaning on nostalgia. And Somewhere Near Japan is probably their last halfway  decent effort. I don’t know why they’d include the oldies when they had so much good stuff in the can (Spirit of Rock and Roll would have made this record a classic).
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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2006, 11:41:59 AM »

The only thing that makes this album a 1 for me is Somewhere Near Japan.  I guess the title song is harmless yet still ultra-corny.  The intro to Island Girl is good, but after that I can do without the rest of the song.  Make it Big is God awful and Wipe Out is an embarassment.  The three old classics are fantastic but totally out of place.  Was there nothing else in the vaults?  Spirit Of Rock N Roll as mentioned before would have helped out a lot!
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2006, 12:01:43 PM »

Make It Big is annoying, In My Car is just plain bad. Everything else is mediocre at worst. The last three songs are amazing, but, well, you know..

3/5

EDIT: In My Car really grew on me, and the only bad thing about Make It Big is that it's really really really 80s. I can't justify giving an album with no bad songs on it a 3.

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« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2006, 04:19:11 AM »

Horribly programed bad concept. Japan is killer but the rest is pretty lame.
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« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2006, 10:31:25 PM »

IN MY CAR IS THE BEST SONG FROM THIS ALBUM
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« Reply #24 on: May 28, 2006, 11:21:12 AM »

I LOVE IT, THE BEST ALBUM

SOMEWHERE NEAR JAPAN AND STILL CRUISIN ARE GREAT  Smiley
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