The Beach Boys
Greatest Hits
20 Good Vibrations (1999)
Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's
preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both
mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin," the three Wilson
brothers -- Brian, Dennis, and Carl -- plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous
harmonies ever heard from a pop band. With Brian's studio proficiency growing by leaps and bounds during the mid-'60s, the
Beach Boys also proved one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, exemplified by their 1966 peak with the Pet Sounds LP and
the number one single "Good Vibrations." Though Brian's escalating drug use and obsessive desire to trump the Beatles
(by recording the perfect LP statement) eventually led to a nervous breakdown after he heard Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band, the group soldiered on long into the 1970s and '80s, with Brian only an inconsistent participant. The band's
post-1966 material is often maligned (if it's recognized at all), but the truth is the Beach Boys continued to make great
music well into the '70s. Displayed best on 1970's Sunflower, each member revealed individual talents never fully
developed during the mid-'60s -- Carl became a solid, distinctive producer and Brian's replacement as nominal bandleader,
Mike continued to provide a visual focus as the frontman for live shows, and Dennis developed his own notable songwriting talents.
Though legal wranglings and marginal oldies tours during the '90s often obscured what made the Beach Boys great, the
band's unerring ability to surf the waves of commercial success and artistic development during the '60s made them
America's first, best rock band.
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Genre: Pop/Rock
Source: Retail CD
Label: Capitol
Track List:
01.Surfin' Safari
02.Surfin' U.S.A.
03.Surfer Girl
04.Little Deuce Coupe
05.Be True To Your School
06.Fun, Fun, Fun.
07.I Get Around
08.Shut Down
09.Dance, Dance, Dance.
10.Do You Wanna Dance
11.Help Me, Rhonda
12.California Girls
13.Barbara Ann
14.Sloop John B.
15.Wouldn't It Be Nice
16.Good Vibrations
17.409
18.God Only Knows
19.Catch A Wave
20.Kokomo
Cheers!
