Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys

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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Greatest hits by The Beach Boys
Released	10 June 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
Professional reviews
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The Beach Boys chronology
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002) Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys (2003) Songs from Here & Back (2006)

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 #20 hit "The Little Girl I Once Knew" and the 1976 top-30 hit "It's OK".

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 a remarkable #16 (their highest peak since 1976's 15 Big Ones) and a lengthy 104-week stay. Currently certified double 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "California Girls" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1965]) – 2:44
   • Stereo remix from Endless Harmony Soundtrack
2. "I Get Around" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1964]) – 2:13
3. "Surfin' Safari" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love [1962]) – 2:05
4. "Surfin' USA" (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 [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
    • Above two: stereo remixes from The Pet Sounds Sessions box set
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" (John Phillips/Mike Love/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 #16 in the US during a chart stay of 104 weeks.

[edit] DVD: Sights of Summer

1. "Surfin' USA"
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"

• 1-4 Live on The T.A.M.I. Show, 1964
• 5 Live from the Lost Concert, 1964
• 6 Promotional Video, 1966
• 7 Promo film, 1966
• 8 Live montage, 1967 & 1968
• 9-10 Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1968

This section requires expansion.

[edit] References

• Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys CD booklet notes, Anthony DeCurtis, c.2003
• Allmusic.com

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