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Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys,The Beach Boys

- Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
Released 2003

California Girls (2002 Stereo Mix)
02:46
90,793 plays

Wouldn't It Be Nice (2001 Stereo Mix)
02:33
77,580 plays

Surfin' U.S.A.
02:28
69,812 plays

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songs

- 1
- California Girls (2002 Stereo Mix)
- 02:46
- 90,793 plays

- 2
- I Get Around (Mono Version)
- 02:14
- 69,221 plays

- 3
- Surfin' Safari (Mono Version)
- 02:07
- 50,424 plays

- 4
- Surfin' U.S.A.
- 02:28
- 69,812 plays

- 5
- Fun, Fun, Fun (Mono Version)
- 02:21
- 59,352 plays

- 6
- Surfer Girl
- 02:28
- 48,266 plays

- 7
- Don't Worry Baby (Mono Single Version)
- 02:49
- 57,072 plays

- 8
- Little Deuce Coupe
- 01:41
- 53,501 plays

- 9
- Shut Down (New Stereo Mix)
- 01:50
- 41,341 plays

- 10
- Help Me, Rhonda (Mono Single Version)
- 02:47
- 48,272 plays

- 11
- Be True To Your School (Mono Single Version)
- 02:10
- 45,497 plays

- 12
- When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (Mono Version)
- 02:03
- 36,880 plays

- 13
- In My Room
- 02:13
- 39,925 plays

- 14
- God Only Knows (1996 Stereo Mix)
- 02:53
- 45,387 plays

- 15
- Sloop John B (1996 Stereo Mix)
- 02:59
- 46,424 plays

- 16
- Wouldn't It Be Nice (2001 Stereo Mix)
- 02:33
- 77,580 plays

- 17
- Getcha Back
- 03:01
- 37,942 plays

- 18
- Come Go With Me
- 02:07
- 45,408 plays

- 19
- Rock And Roll Music
- 02:30
- 37,537 plays

- 20
- Dance, Dance, Dance (New Stereo Mix)
- 02:03
- 37,220 plays

- 21
- Barbara Ann (Mono Single Version)
- 02:13
- 54,227 plays

- 22
- Do You Wanna Dance? (Mono Version)
- 02:20
- 41,908 plays

- 23
- Heroes And Villains (2002 Stereo Mix)
- 03:40
- 31,539 plays

- 24
- Good Timin'
- 02:14
- 28,038 plays

- 25
- Kokomo
- 03:38
- 274,826 plays

- 26
- Do It Again (Mono Version)
- 02:21
- 31,748 plays

- 27
- Wild Honey (Mono Version)
- 02:40
- 28,300 plays

- 28
- Darlin' (Mono Version)
- 02:14
- 29,720 plays

- 29
- I Can Hear Music
- 02:39
- 30,002 plays

- 30
- Good Vibrations (Mono Version)
- 03:39
- 60,338 plays

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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 minisets -- 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