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| Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, I Get Around, Fun Fun Fun, Surfin' USA, California Girls, God Only Knows, Don't Worry Baby, 22 more. |
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| 1 California Girls |
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| 2 I Get Around |
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| 3 Surfin' Safari |
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| 4 Surfin' U.S.A. |
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| 5 Fun, Fun, Fun |
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| 6 Surfer Girl |
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| 7 Don't Worry Baby |
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| 8 Little Deuce Coupe |
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| 9 Shut Down |
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| 10 Help Me, Rhonda |
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| 11 Be True to Your School |
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| 12 When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) |
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| 13 In My Room |
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| 14 God Only Knows |
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| 15 Sloop John B |
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| 16 Wouldn't It Be Nice |
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| 17 Getcha Back |
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| 18 Come Go with Me |
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| 19 Rock & Roll Music |
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| 20 Dance, Dance, Dance |
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| 21 Barbara Ann |
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| 22 Do You Wanna Dance |
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| 23 Heroes and Villains |
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| 24 Good Timin' |
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| 25 Kokomo |
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Album Review
After gaining control of the Beach Boys' entire catalog (including all the band's post-1969 material), Capitol released two-fers covering their out-of-print '70s records and a Brian Wilson-selected compilation titled "Classics", then later, this hits compilation -- the longest single-disc American collection ever seen. With all but five tracks coming from their 1962-1969 peak, and every one a Top 40 hit, "Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys" is also the best, a worthy digital-age successor to previous classics like "Endless Summer" and "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1". Though the songs don't appear in chronological order, the compilers improved the concept of a hits compilation by bunching the disc into mini-sets -- one of classic adolescence songs ("Be True To Your School," "When I Grow Up [To Be A Man]," "In My Room"), one of surfing songs ("Surfin' Safari," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Surfer Girl"), one of frat-boy classics ("Dance, Dance, Dance," "Barbara Ann"), and another including selections from their masterpiece "Pet Sounds" ("God Only Knows," "Sloop John B," "Wouldn'T It Be Nice"). Nearly any compilation on an important artist can be argued, but it's the rare one that covers as many bases and leaves out so few classics as "Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys". ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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