It's About Time: Beach Boys Poll Results

from Wikipedia:

Summer in Paradise is The Beach Boys' twenty-seventh studio album, their first release of the 1990s and the band's last full album of new, original material. It was released in the United States in 1992 on Brother Records (through an independent distributor, Navarre) and in the United Kingdom in 1993 on EMI. It has been reported that Navarre went bankrupt after distributing the album.[1] The album was left out of Capitol's Beach Boys re-issue campaign in 2000 and 2001 and thus was left to remain out of print.

There's a rare "CHR Mix" of "Forever" (yes, remake of Dennis' song) sent to radio stations, even though none of them played it

CDs evidently sell for about USD$25 on eBay due to rarity, UK version worth almost twice as much

"'Til I Die" maybe their best from the '70s

I bought the US version for around that price a couple years ago. It's actually a very cool package, a weird cardboard digipak one-off thing with a poster inside.

Yeah I didn't like that alt version either - remind me where it was from pls? only heard it once or twice

well, it seems pretty obvious what the top 4 should be at this point

1. Kokomo
2. When I Grow Up
3. Dance Dance Dance
4. Little Saint Nick

love this:
Jardine had been "suspended" from the band prior to the album's recording (apparently due to Love taking issue with his attitude) and for a while into it, and so he only sings the chorus on two songs.

There's a Wikipedia entry about the impending Smile sessions box too

WHERE, PRAY TELL, IS "BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL"!?!?!?

Yeah I didn't like that alt version either - remind me where it was from pls? only heard it once or twice

officially released on the endless harmony soundtrack, had been floating around as a bootleg before that

poor crüt

be true to your school only got 2 votes

so number 4 was pretty predictable, sorta surprised it didn't place higher

#4

http://www.cynicalsmirk.com/images/sweetinsanity.jpg

Brian Wilson - Smart Girls
588 points, 22 votes, 2 #1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0SnpN_O00

smile boxset version is better imo

come on now

Don't make me do a fake one for Denny's Drums

I'm sorry but denny's drums is nowhere as bad as this

officially released on the endless harmony soundtrack, had been floating around as a bootleg before that

I put together a compilation of all the worst songs from each Beach Boys album and included this and Almost Summer as bonus tracks. Saved the best for last.

almost summer is great

Endless Bummer?

there's a demo version that really brings out the tune

OK, so enough with the jokes, what's the real #5?

til I die?

sorry mike

I'll admit (or should I brag?) that I've never heard anything (except the hit) from Still Cruisin',

Worth checking out IMO! Spotify or maybe Youtube should do you. You have to get past the reeeeeeeeeeally dated production, which makes everything sound really tinny and canned, especially the lead vocals. But the title track, "Somewhere Near Japan," and "In My Car" are all perfectly serviceable.

For once, the record label was right about refusing to release an album

I am not mike. more of a + weirdo really

Alot of stuff I hear all the time on the radio from that era has reeeeeeally dated production and sounds tinny and canned. Pretty much the sound of the '80s

i like this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmxqIKRmVQI

celebration's version of gettin hungry is amazing too

#4

http://www.victorvitaliano.com/alltimegreatestonline/100songs/wouldntitbenice.jpg

Wouldn't It Be Nice - Pet Sounds
588 points, 22 votes, 2 #1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L--cqAI3IUI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar5pnmPllEc

haha

wouldn't it be nice...if Al knew the lyrics
doorsfan48 2 months ago

lol

sooo God Only Knows, Good Vibrations are left... what's the third?

Surf's Up!

If "Kokomo" is #1 I'm quitting ILM

it doesn't get better than 70s Beach Boys styling and clothes.

I actually threw my #20 to Kokomo, thought it would at least make the top 50.

that 60s hard days night-esque video is pretty fun

I believe you were the only vote, skip

w/r/t wouldn't it be nice - I don't think there are many songs out there that do more with 2 minutes and 25 seconds

Caroline No didn't show up yet, did it?

Caroline No was #11.

The a cappella version of this from the sessions box set is breathtaking.

I really like the Gary Usher instrumental version he did of this song. I seem to be the only one though

oh, I did a command-F but somehow missed that and thought it hadn't placed yet

The a cappella version of this from the sessions box set is breathtaking.

? just Brian singing by himself?

no, it has all the vocal parts. It's on Spotify.

idgi the released version is just Brian's double-tracked vocal. are you saying there were other parts written that got cut or what?

(I don't have spotify obviously)