Trying to determine your favorite song off this album is kind of like selecting your favorite form of terminal cancer. 

For me, there's one pretty easy choice for this one.  Granted the album is bad, but all I have to do is turn to a contemporary top 40 and all of a sudden SIP doesn't bother me as much.

I wonder how this would have been received as a 1967 double album release.  It'd be an interesting combination of polished and minimalist songs, and predating the White Album in this respect.

I'll go with Barnyard Blues again.  I actually like Our Team.  It's the most youthful they sound since the early 70's IMO.

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

How it has made it this far is beyond me? Sung worse than anything voted off, so far.

I'm a sucker for a lot of Brian's weird synth productions.  And this period of Brian's vocals always interest because the occasional note harkens back to a few years prior.

It's Just a Matter of Time

It's not too bad, being a short, simple pseudo-doo-wop number.  The others left I think are more substantial and work better with the 80's production.

Summer of Love
Surfin'

No way should Forever go out before these two trainwrecks.  It still contains the same basic melody as the original.  If anything, it's more along the lines of iffy covers of classic songs like Hot Fun in the Summertime.

The deserving winner won IMO.  Kokomo is probably my number two, followed by In My Car.

Crack At Your Love

I guess Barnyard Blues next.  It's getting near the point where I enjoy most of the selections remaining.

I'm So Lonely

For a moment I didn't realize this was the final round and I thought all the Somewhere Near Japan votes were crazy.

Somewhere Near Japan to win

It's a Beautiful Day

I'm a little surprised All Alone went out before some of the tracks still standing.

Never thought I'd see In My Car out before Still Cruisin' and Island Girl.  Yuck!  Thankfully Somewhere Near Japan is on the album and those two don't stand a chance.

Island Girl again.

I'm not sure what was so bad about California Calling.  One of the more convincing throwbacks, if nothing more.

I'm So Lonely

It's a Beautiful Day I suppose

I'm So Lonely

Island Girl.

I'll change my vote to She Believes in Love Again then.  On another day it might have been my vote before I'm So Lonely anyway.

Definitely Sea Cruise.

I'm not greedy.  I'll take $50 million and run.

Island Girl

I'm So Lonely

I don't get the California Calling quite yet

Brian's Back

1. Summer in Paradise (I think this one goes without saying.  The only song I get that much out of is Lahaina Aloha, which seems to work in the same way that previous decent Melcher/Love compositions did. On the other end, there's the awful Summer of Love and a remake of Surfin' that is not much better.  The rest range from mediocre covers and originals.  Still better than most contemporary top 40, which I hate with a passion, so I can't call it the nadir of music.)
2. Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (This one loses a lot of points because of how unnecessary it is.  I'm really not interested in hearing country interpretations of Beach Boys song with Beach Boys on backing vocals.  About 4 songs are tasteful enough and provide variation on the originals so as not make it completely useless.)
3. Surfin' Safari (In terms of having interesting material, this one really suffers. There's nothing on here I would really miss if I didn't hear it again. What the album does have is historical importance, as unlike the later period albums this one is actually crucial to the Beach Boys career.  Although most of the songs are inoffensive, little stands out.)
4. Keepin' the Summer Alive (Another thoroughly mediocre affair and out of all the albums of the band besides the ones above, this is one offers the least in terms of highs.  The production and vocals sound quite sterile at points, with the latter being particularly frustrating given that they could still sing at this point.  It's never really awful, but rarely manages to go above middling.)
5. Still Cruisin' (This one isn't really that bad.  Out of the 7 tracks worth discussing, Somewhere Near Japan, Kokomo, and In My Car are the ones that interest me.  It loses points because of how little new material there is here and the out of place 60's songs.  Little Deuce Coupe, which was another contender for its quasi-compilation elements, at least has a cohesive feel musically and conceptually.  With a few rogue 80's singles to add this one could have been an okay hodgepodge affair.)

If Brian Is Back is included, I change my vote to that.

Wipe Out, though I do like how prominent Brian is.