20 Golden Greats (The Beach Boys album)

20 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys
Released June 1976
Genre Rock, Surf rock, Sunshine pop, Psychedelic rock
Length January 31, 1963 – April 23, 1969
Label Capitol
Producer Nick Venet, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology

Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys
(1975)		 20 Golden Greats
(1976)		 15 Big Ones
(1976)

20 Golden Greats is a 1976 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys that was released in the UK by EMI's newly created TV advertising division.[1] It became the second biggest selling album of the year, spending a total of 86 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number one in July 1976, where it remained for 10 weeks.[1][2][3]

Track listing

Side 1
No. TitleWriter(s)Year Originally Released Length
1. "Surfin' U.S.A."  Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry1963 2:28
2. "Fun, Fun, Fun"  B. Wilson, Mike Love1964 2:03
3. "I Get Around"  B. Wilson, Love1964 2:13
4. "Don't Worry Baby"  B. Wilson, Roger Christian1964 2:48
5. "Little Deuce Coupe"  B. Wilson, Christian1963 1:38
6. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"  B. Wilson, Love1964 2:03
7. "Help Me, Rhonda"  B. Wilson, Love1965 2:46
8. "California Girls"  B. Wilson, Love1965 2:38
9. "Barbara Ann"  Fred Fassert1965 2:05
10. "Sloop John B"  Trad. Arr. B. Wilson, Al Jardine1966 2:56
Side 2
No. TitleWriter(s)Year Originally Released Length
1. "You're So Good to Me"  B. Wilson, Love1965 2:16
2. "God Only Knows"  B. Wilson, Tony Asher1966 2:51
3. "Wouldn't It Be Nice"  B. Wilson, Asher, Love1966 2:22
4. "Good Vibrations"  B. Wilson, Love1967 3:39
5. "Then I Kissed Her"  Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry1965 2:15
6. "Heroes and Villains"  B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks1967 3:37
7. "Darlin'"  B. Wilson, Love1967 2:12
8. "Do It Again"  B. Wilson, Love1969 2:25
9. "I Can Hear Music"  Jeff Barry, Greenwich, Phil Spector1969 2:38
10. "Break Away"  B. Wilson, Murry Wilson1969 2:55

Chart positions and certifications

Charts

Chart Year Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[4] 1976 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[5] Gold 250,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] Platinum 50,000x
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[7] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Platinum 600,000[9]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Album Chart History – 1976". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7119-7670-2.
  3. ↑ 1976 Number 1 Albums at theofficialcharts.com
  4. ↑ "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  6. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20 Golden Greats" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter The Beach Boys in the field Interpret. Enter 20 Golden Greats in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  7. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (The Beach Boys; '20 Golden Greats')". Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "British album certifications – The Beach Boys – 20Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry. Enter 20Golden Greats in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  9. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
Preceded by
A Night on the Town by Rod Stewart		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
July 24 – October 2, 1976 		Succeeded by
The Best of the Stylistics Volume II by The Stylistics