Today! is my #1 favorite Beach Boys album. It's Pet sounds and rock n' roll combined. Guitar driven songs that sound punk or grunge and the hard-edged ballads. Every song is a banger. Amazing how this came out a year before Rubber Soul, but was overlooked.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
Exactly! There are songs on Today that are every bit as innovative as Rubber Soul.
@jfeast5469
11 ай бұрын
What a great way to put it : - "It's Pet sounds and rock n' roll combined." Very well said!
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
It’s not hard to see why it would’ve been overlooked in the same way because it just has that sound thing from that time. And that’s the one weird thing about the Beatles is they’re almost fully devoid of sounding like any cliché from the mid-60s.
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact my Dad always told me: The day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Brian Wilson heard about it and went straight to the piano and started writing "Warmth of the Sun".
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
That’s very true!
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
Bro, 'Getcha Back!' is a timeless classic!! I Love 'Getcha Back', it's actually one of my favorites! But to say, to each their own
@zacthesnacdavidson
2 жыл бұрын
My top 5: 5. Sunflower 4. Friends 3. Surfs Up 2. Pet Sounds 1. Smile Sessions
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
2 жыл бұрын
Great choices! I love them all!
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
Thats a pretty great liat
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
Wild honey pretty underrated and so is friends
@alexanderhankins8775
3 жыл бұрын
I would’ve included the smile sessions on here, and I would’ve put that between Pet Sounds and Friends, with Today! right after that too
@2001onjupiter
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty solid list you’ve got there!! I think I need to reevaluate Today, since I just don’t seem to like it as much as others. Here’s mine, 10 to 1: Today! Love You Friends Holland All Summer Long Summer Days Surf’s Up Smiley Smile Sunflower Pet Sounds
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
3 жыл бұрын
Great choices and I can’t argue with any of those! I know many people who rank Sunflower as #2 as it is a great album. Thanks for sharing!
@diggerthegroundhog8799
3 жыл бұрын
Today is a great album. I have it ranked at number 7
@kirbygraham8265
Жыл бұрын
1. Pet Sounds 2. Sunflower 3. Holland 4. Carl and the Passions 5. Friends 6. 20/20 7. Love You 8. L.A. 9. Still Cruisin’ 10. Surfs Up 11. Smiley Smile 12. 15 Big Ones 13. MIU 14. Thats Why God Made the Radio 15. Wild Honey 16. Keeping the Summer Alive 17. Beach Boys 18. Summer Days 19. All Summer Long 20. Shut Down Vol. 2 21. Surfer Girl 22. Today 23. Beach Boys Party 24. Little deuce Coupe 25. Christmas 26. Surfin USA 27. Surfin Safari 28. Summer in Paradise
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
Summer in Paradise is unanimously last on every Beach Boys fans list. Thanks for sharing! I/
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
'Surf's Up' was one of my Dad's favorite songs and was passionate about that one.
@billbrimmer1739
3 жыл бұрын
You are a man who knows The Beach Boys. Thanks for your informed detail and rankings. Thanks.
@RaptorStudios
2 ай бұрын
I’ve only heard them up to Surf’s Up, so here’s mine: 1. Pet Sounds 2. Smile Sessions 3. Today 4. Surf’s Up 5. Sunflower 6. All Summer Long 7. Friends 8. Surfer Girl 9. Smiley Smile 10. Wild Honey 11. Summer Days (And Summer Nights) 12. Shut Down Volume 2 20/20 13. Beach Boys Christmas 14. Little Deuce Coupe 15. Surfin’ USA 16. Surfin’ Safari 17. Beach Boys Party
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
2 ай бұрын
Glad we agree on quite a few of these, 👍
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
I love beach boys today because first half is better of the surf feel sings and 2nd side shows pet sounds like sound. The best of both worlds
@stephenmangol7586
3 жыл бұрын
Great list! There's a new official version of Beach Boys Party without the party noises that you should check out. It has a blue cover instead of the orange.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
3 жыл бұрын
I have it on CD actually. Great album!
@lordgarmadon2598
3 жыл бұрын
20/20 is my favorite.
@Jordan-hi8ph
2 жыл бұрын
Love to see Friends that high on the list, Pet Sounds has got to be their best album but Friends is my favourite album of theirs.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
2 жыл бұрын
I probably play Friends more than I play Pet Sounds to be honest.
@alwaysamysteryyes2021
3 жыл бұрын
During Surf's Up you forgot to mention Carl's masterpiece Long Promised Road!
@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy
3 жыл бұрын
Carl's 'holy trinity': "Long Promised Road," "Feel Flows," and "The Trader."
@johnrunion5357
Ай бұрын
surfin' safari is what it sounds like : a bunch of kids. the beach boys were never a garage band. they were a living room band. surfin' usa is a HUGE improvement; a giant leap forward. the lonely sea is one of my all time favorite songs. the first glimpse we get of bw's more melancholy side. to me surfer girl, little Deuce Coupe, shut down volume 2, all summer long, Christmas album, TODAY! (my all time favorite album by ANYONE), summer days/nights, pet sounds, SMiLE! sessions, smiley smile (in the 70's this album was my favorite album by anyone of the previous decade, then i heard TODAY! and the doors's debut), wild honey, friends and 20/20 are all classic albums. i don't really count party! as a studio album. i could live without it. i like most of sunflower. i like much of surf's up. i really can't get into much of carl/passions and holland. i appreciate them more than i actually enjoy them. Mount Vernon and Fairway however is amazing. 15 big ones is/was a HUGE disappointment. the bb recorded it under duress. their label was threatening to sue them for not meeting the obligations of their contract. they owed the label two more records.they went into the studio and attempted to record two albums at once. they were going to record one album of covers and one album of new material, but the clock was ticking and they were running out of time. so they presented what they had recorded thus far as one album to buy them more time. this album should have been either all covers or all new material, not a mash-up. around this time they also recorded their second Christmas album hoping that would fullfill their contract, but the label rejected it. they did not want a Christmas album. it would take decades for this material /their second Christmas album to finally be released. LOVE YOU is my favorite album of the 70's. it is their last truly great, classic album. it was the last time they attempted to move forward. originally love you was to be a solo brian album called brian loves you. special note should be made of nearly every member of the band walked out during love you's recording process not knowing what to make of what brian was doing; dennis and carl MAY have hung around the studio more than the others. after this the bb stopped even atempting to move forward. mike love seized control of the band. they then proceeded to attempt and failed to regain their former, early era glory. i wish they had retired the BB name or retiring from recording after love you. the beach boys are my all time favorite band, but i do not listen to any of their post 1977 love you albums. even bruce says they sound like old men on MIU. l.a. light album has a very few good songs, but everything else post-love you i just wish would cease to exist. still crusin' to me isn't a studio album; just a compilation with left overs. That's Why God Made the Radio is a good reunion album.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the observations! I agree Love You was their last classic album and love it or hate it you have to admit it was pretty groundbreaking for those times.
@johnrunion5357
Ай бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 yes indeed it / love you was. by the way i LIKED your video last night and just now discovered i had to re-LIKE it, so evidentally the initial LIKE had vanished. also, check into brian's unreleased adult/child and sweet insanity albums and dennis and brian's unreleased the cocaine sessions aka the cheeseburger sessions. thanks for all of the effort you put into this video.i greatly appreciate your work. yes, i wish they had quit recording or quit using the bb name or simply had broken up after love you.
@AstroMusic1987
3 ай бұрын
My Top 5 1. Sunflower 2. Pet Sounds 3. The Beach Boys 4. Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 5. The Beach Boys Love You
@RaptorStudios
2 ай бұрын
Pretty unique list, cool! What do you think of the early stuff, if you really like the 70s albums?
@ronsaunders7294
Жыл бұрын
That's a good list but I'm one of those that would probably have Love You higher, my top 10 would be close to yours 1) Pet Sounds 2) Today 3) Friends 4) Wild Honey 5) Love You 6) Sunflower 7) Summer Days and Nights 8) Smiley Smile 9) Surf's Up and 10) Holland. I like Carl and the Passions a bit more than you do, besides Mess of help Cuddle Up is great plus Marcella and Hold On Dear Brother are pretty good. Side 2 of Surf's Up is iconic but side 1 kind of week, love Long Promised Road and Disney Girls but the other 3 just don't do it for me.
@johnlorinc2081
Жыл бұрын
It's hard to argue with your rankings.....although I'm surprised Love You was as high as you had it. I think Today! is a fantastic album.....if it not had the silly "Bull Session" closing track with something else it would probably be almost as good----and important----as Pet Sounds. Summer Days has a couple of undeniable killer tracks......but also some laughably-bad filler songs.....especially "I'm Bugged at My Old Man." All Summer Long is arguably their best early era release. Friends is very likable.....and yes, it's hard to not have Pet Sounds at number one. Great video as always!
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! All Summer Long is a fantastic album. It’s unfortunate that several of their mid 60’s albums could have been just as magical as Pet Sounds if they had trimmed off some of the dross like “Bugged”, “Bull Session” and uninspired instrumentals like “Summer Means New Love.”
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like for the first review, you had the same mindset as Mike Love did with Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson has an expansion of many different ideas to accumulate sounds to add to the music he produces. He always had a wide-opened mind with music.
@stefano.b65stef77
3 жыл бұрын
If i Have to go on a car trip i would bring sunflower not Pet Sounds with me, than in my top 5 there are friends, Wild honey and surf's up
@tubecrazy65
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jeff did you hear about the Beach Boys Feel Flows box set being pushed back to August 27
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
3 жыл бұрын
No! That is a bummer. I wonder what the reason is??
@tubecrazy65
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 I don't know but it really pisses me off
@williamhild1793
4 ай бұрын
For SOO many years, the default greatest Beach Boys album 9arguably the greatest album ever?) was Pet Sounds.... ....then, "The SMiLE Sessions" was released!
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
Love you i always see way high on people list but i think your placement is good
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
11 ай бұрын
Yeah I think it’s a bit overrated.
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
I did enjoy watching your video is really cool
@tomq6491
4 ай бұрын
Summer in Paradise is definitely, ehhh, an album!
@MIKELIN8
Ай бұрын
Summer In Paradise gives a look at what the Beach Boys would have been if Mike had been the most creative composer instead of that being Brian. I listened to the disc once when I bought it, and I have never listened to it a second time. Sorry, Mike.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Ай бұрын
He was no Brian Wilson. That album is a stain on the BB’s legacy.
@zhoulijun6296
5 ай бұрын
Pet sounds. Smile. Sunflower. Surfs up. Today. James from 🇦🇺
@smileysmilefan7879
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad someone respects
@diggerthegroundhog8799
3 жыл бұрын
Having been a fan since 1965 when I played my father's Beach Boys greatest hits in 65, seeing Brian 10 times and the Beach boys 10 times, here we go. Were close but damn Love you and Light Album no way they enter the top 15. A few ok songs but just no. Same goes for the latest album. Nice effort but No. I actually went album by album and rated each song and surprisingly Smiley smile beat out Pet Sounds by one point. 1. Smiley smile 2. Pet sounds 3. Friends 4. Wild honey 5. 20-20 6. All summer long 7. Today 8. Little deuce coupe 9. Surfer girl 10.shut down 2 I didn't put up The original Smile but it came in between Pet sounds and Friends. Even though I love quite a few songs on Surf's Up, Sunflower and Holland None of them cracked the top 10. Party is a gimmick album and so is the Christmas album. Love a few tracks on Holland but couldn't crack the top ten.
@Dseath
2 жыл бұрын
for all the checkered items in the BB history, the fact that Mike Love gave Dennis's Forever to John Stamos to sing.....its up there with the worst of it all
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
The song 'Wild Honey' is Awesome!
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is. Very soulful vocal by Carl!
@wezlo8733
Жыл бұрын
A very interesting selection
@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy
3 жыл бұрын
I will say, hypothetically, had _Smile_ been finished and released back in '67 largely as it was based on Brian's final version released as a solo album in '04 and what was available on the _Smile Sessions_ set, it would be my #1. It totally met - even exceeded - my expectations, even after all these years... and would've blown _Sgt. Pepper_ (which I've always found quite overrated -- mostly because none of Paul's songs on it are among his best, IMO) out of the water. But, as their discography is, I would question anyone's sanity who didn't have _Pet Sounds_ as #1. And, yeah, I don't get all the love for _Love You,_ either. After the solid 1-2 punch of "Let Us Go on This Way" and "Roller Skating Girl" that opens it, it all goes downhill. It's really almost more like a half-Beach Boys/half-Brian solo album. And I'm not a fan of the muddy synth sound that permeates just about the entire thing. And the bulk of Brian's songs are among his most naïve.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
3 жыл бұрын
I agree Smile would be a no brainer as #1 had it been released in the form we have now. And it absolutely would be better than Sgt Pepper!
@sheatiller2465
2 жыл бұрын
I think Love You has great songs after that 1-2 punch. Johnny Carson and several tracks on the second side are great.
@lowenbad
Жыл бұрын
“Carl and the passions- So Tough” is my #3. I guess I am in the minority.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
I respect that pick! I’ve grown to love that album.
@lowenbad
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 I’m loving the new “Sail on Sailer” box set that just came out. Particularly the entire live set from 1972 that was included in it. It rocks so hard!
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
I was pretty much gonna judge you on your top three. In the mid 80s and late 70s when I was listening to oldies music, there wasn’t this thing of this legacy thing it was all very strange how everybody looked back at the past at that point, but the beach boys went from being like an oldies band to a band that I’ve collected their albums early on early sitting up going that way. And back then everybody hated the beach boys I mean I’ve got in my annual where are being put down by people who laid REM in the pixies, which I thought was funny, considering Frank black ended up, covering the alternate track. But a long time ago without any kind of legacy thing, oppress built up in my head the top three that you picked are the exact top three that I picked a long time ago, and it seems strange to look back on my Wi-Fi because I had nothing to influence me why I like those records and to be honest I think that sounds isn’t a perfect record and I think the track that doesn’t belong on the album is pet sounds. But I’ve always enjoyed listening to friends because it sounds like a gentle breeze, in the most underrated track in the entire beach boys catalog performance of anything is in the back of my mind that’s just like the killer track. It’s really sad that Dennis never really did a lot more because I think he actually would a bit of-standout guy if he bit more of a front man. And the other cool thing is when you were talking about :-) smile if you mention a little pad that’s another very underrated beach boys track. And the only other thing I think I could say is that I prefer the Cantina version of heroes and villains.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
4 ай бұрын
The cantina version is much preferred. Little Pad has always been a favorite of mine, it;s a hard thing judging Smile in a critical way because we will never know what it would have sounded like or what shape it would have taken had it been properly released back in ‘67.
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 there’s one thing I can’t figure out. I know there is a version of till I die that’s the slightly altered so I’m structure version was just got the different things kind of rearranged but I swear I read that there was a different version that was recorded in LA it was played one time on an LA radio station in like 1970 and I’ve not been able to figure that out.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
4 ай бұрын
@@joebrewer4529 there is actually a remixed version with a longer intro on the Endless Summer soundtrack from the early 2000’s.
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 yeah from what I could read that it’s not the version they were talking about. It was played on the LA radio in 1970. That’s the part I can’t figure out the information for this very obscure. I actually found it on the Internet but it wasn’t a typical it was like an old-school Internet post, but a very much detailed the interview in the song being played on LA radio.
@joebrewer4529
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 do you like save for a rainy day?
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
I Love Pet Sounds!
@revoltanhero2610
2 жыл бұрын
Overall, this list is ranked well in my view. The only exception, and it’s a massive one, is your placement of Friends at 2. It’s got to be the Beach Boys’ most overrated album (funny enough the same year the Beatles had their most overrated album), and it’s just fragments in many parts. The only line I can draw from Pet Sounds and Smile to this album is Busy Doin’ Nothin’, which is brilliant. Anyways, I don’t see how the case can even be made that Today is worse than Friends, or Summer Days for that matter. Other than that, thanks for the list.
@rustedroses6480
Жыл бұрын
Don't knock Keeping the Summer Alive so much. Yeah, there are some clunkers but some true classics. Going On is as good as it gets!
@jdd3786
Жыл бұрын
I agree. The 1st side is pretty bad except for School Days. The 2nd side however, is filled with gems from start to finish.
@georgiapatriot13097
Жыл бұрын
TODAY is a great album..alottta great songs!
@diggerthegroundhog8799
3 жыл бұрын
Nice job but...Beach boys fan since 1965 and Smiley Smile is their best album and it is better than Pet Sounds, in my opinion. I did ratings of the top 16 albums (1-10 per song) and Smiley Smile got 9.72. 2. Pet sounds 8.76. 3. Friends 8.5. 4. Wild honey 7.9 5. 20/20 7.9. 6. All Summer long 7.58. 7. Today 7.58. 8. Little Deuce Coupe 7.41. 9. Surfer girl 7.16. 10. Shut down 2 6.83. 11. Surfing USA 6.1 12. Surfin Safari 6.0 13. Surfs up 6.0 14. Sunflower 5.75 15. Party 4.9 16. Holland 4.4. People ask how can I rank Holland and Sunflower so low? Easy. Take away the sentimental value and the fact that each album only has about 4 great songs and there you have it
@padraicbuckley6385
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more about LA Light. Why it is considered so poorly is a mystery to me. While Sumahama may be the worst thing they ever recorded, I completely enjoy this LP.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
2 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure why it has such a bad reputation either? There are certainly worse!
@padraicbuckley6385
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Also, I think you could have been a bit kinder to So Tough. Granted it's not great, but is has some terrific cuts. I noticed you did not mention Marcella when you look at it. That MUST have been a mistake. A really good Brian tune.....
@Icecreamforcrowtoo
Жыл бұрын
Hey Little Tomboy is a great song.
@magictransistorradio4933
3 жыл бұрын
I actually would consider Still Cruisin as worse than Summer in Paradise because it's not a full album. Even though 1 or 2 songs on it are better than anything on Summer in Paradise. I don't consider Stars and Stripes a true Beach Boys studio album.
@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy
3 жыл бұрын
Granted, even if you subtract those 3 redundant songs tacked on at the end, _Still Cruisin'_ is still longer than any of their first 4 albums. 🤨 I would consider the title track and "Somewhere Near Japan" arguably the 2 best songs they recorded in the '80s. And, yeah, I don't know why _Star and Stripes, Vol.1_ keeps getting lumped with their other studio albums. It's really a 'various artists' tribute album with the group themselves providing backing vocals. 🤷♂️
@magictransistorradio4933
3 жыл бұрын
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy I do admit that Kokomo, Somewhere Near Japan and Make It Big are better than anything on Summer in Paradise. So I guess it's quality vs quantity.
@JCStorm76
2 жыл бұрын
Neither of those are even my least favourite
@JCStorm76
2 жыл бұрын
@@magictransistorradio4933 My least favourite is actually Surfs Up. I just can’t get into that album
@magictransistorradio4933
2 жыл бұрын
@@JCStorm76 While I think it could have been better than some of the songs that were left off the Surf's Up album, mostly Dennis songs, it has some of the most progressive songs they ever did! Both Carl Wilson songs, Til I Die, A Day in the Life of a Tree, Don't Gon Near the Water and Looking At Tomorrow are all amazing!
@brianborba8299
Жыл бұрын
Pretty good list. I have a few disagreements, but I agree 100% with the bottom 10. But my top-10 would be: 1. Pet Sounds 2. The Smile Sessions 3. Sunflower 4. The Beach Boys Today! 5. The Beach Boys Love You 6. Friends 7. Surf's Up 8. 20/20 9. Wild Honey 10. Smiley Smile H.M. to Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), All Summer Long, and Surfer Girl
@jeffthevideoguy23
Жыл бұрын
What about Stack-O-Tracks?
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
Жыл бұрын
There’s not much to say about it except it is an instrumental album.
@jeffthevideoguy23
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Yeah, but it's karaoke! LOL
@alwaysamysteryyes2021
3 жыл бұрын
Thr Beach Boys stormed on the American scene? 😁
@kookadams85
3 жыл бұрын
Surfin Safari/Surfin USA/Surfer Girl/Shut Down vol2/All Summer Long/Today/Summer Days/Pet Sounds/Smiley Smile/Wild Honey////Sunflower/Surfs up/Holland////Love you. All you Need. Fact•
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
I have to agree
@stefano.b65stef77
3 жыл бұрын
had to go
@thomasball3658
3 жыл бұрын
Didn't they have an album called Still Cruisin'?,that album had Kokomo.
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486
3 жыл бұрын
Yes you are correct!
@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 You should've swapped out _Stars and Stripes_ (which I don't consider a true Beach Boys album; it's really more of a 'various artists' tribute album with the group just happening to also provide the backing vocals on each song) for it.
@andrewdyke5561
11 ай бұрын
Yeah it be at bottom with summer paradise and that country one
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