Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys
Released June 10, 2003
Recorded April 1962–Spring 1988
Genre Rock
Length 75:58
Label Capitol
Producer Brian Wilson, Murry Wilson, Nick Venet, The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Ron Altbach, Bruce Johnston, James William Guercio, Steve Levine and Terry Melcher
The Beach Boys chronology

Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
(2002)		 Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
(2003)		 The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)
(2005)
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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys is a 2003 compilation of music by The Beach Boys released through Capitol Records. This collection is the most expansive compilation ever issued of their music, with 30 tracks clocking in at over 76 minutes and grabbing nearly every US Top 40 hit of their career, except for 1965's number 20 hit "The Little Girl I Once Knew", and the 1976 top-30 hit "It's O.K.". In 2011, Mike Love stated, "Sounds of Summer is fast approaching selling three million copies – if it's triple-platinum, which is, you know, pretty good. And by the time this 50th celebration is over, it'll probably be more than triple-platinum."[2]

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was released in a market already containing the three volumes of hits issued during 1999 and 2000, but that did little to deter shoppers, who were responsible for shooting the CD into the US charts at number 16 (their highest peak since 1976's 15 Big Ones) and a lengthy 104-week stay. Currently certified triple platinum, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was re-issued with a DVD component in 2004 with the regular edition remaining available.

In 2007, the album was succeeded by The Warmth of the Sun, which is composed of fan favorites and hits that were left off Sounds of Summer.

The album was re-released on February 7, 2012 as the Celebration Merch Set which featured the original CD along with a t-shirt celebrating the band's 50th anniversary.[3]

Track listing

  1. "California Girls" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1965]) – 2:44
  2. "I Get Around" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1964]) – 2:13
  3. "Surfin' Safari" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1962]) – 2:05
  4. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry [1963]) – 2:27
  5. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1964]) – 2:18
  6. "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson [1963]) – 2:27
  7. "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian [1964]) – 2:47
  8. "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian [1963]) – 1:38
  9. "Shut Down" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian/Mike Love [1963]) – 1:48
    • Exclusive new stereo remix
  10. "Help Me, Rhonda" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1965]) – 2:46
  11. "Be True to Your School" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1963]) – 2:08
  12. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1964]) – 2:02
  13. "In My Room" (Brian Wilson/Gary Usher [1963]) – 2:12
  14. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher [1966]) – 2:51
  15. "Sloop John B" (Trad. Arr. Brian Wilson [1966]) – 2:57
  16. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love [1966]) – 2:31
    • Revised stereo remix from 2001 re-issue of Pet Sounds
  17. "Getcha Back" (Mike Love/Terry Melcher [1985]) – 3:00
  18. "Come Go with Me" (C.E. Quick [1978]) – 2:05
  19. "Rock and Roll Music" (Chuck Berry [1976]) – 2:27
  20. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love [1964]) – 2:00
    • Exclusive new stereo remix
  21. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert [1965]) – 2:11
  22. "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman [1965]) – 2:18
  23. "Heroes and Villains" (Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks [1967]) – 3:38
  24. "Good Timin'" (Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson [1979]) – 2:12
  25. "Kokomo" (Mike Love/John Phillips/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher [1988])3:35
  26. "Do It Again" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1968]) – 2:18
    • Single version, without workshop effects coda
  27. "Wild Honey" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1967]) – 2:37
  28. "Darlin'" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1967]) – 2:12
  29. "I Can Hear Music" (Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector [1969]) – 2:36
  30. "Good Vibrations" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1966]) – 3:36

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys (Capitol 72435 82710 2) hit number 16 in the US during a chart stay of 104 weeks.

DVD: Sights of Summer

  1. "Surfin' U.S.A."
  2. "I Get Around"
  3. "Surfer Girl"
  4. "Dance, Dance, Dance"
  5. "Little Deuce Coupe"
  6. "Sloop John B"
  7. "Pet Sounds promo film"
  8. "God Only Knows"
  9. "Good Vibrations"
  10. "Do It Again"

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Exclusive: Mike Love 'Looking Forward' to Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  3. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Summer-Celebration-Merch-Set/dp/B006QVRX9S/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335901782&sr=1-10