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Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Beach Boys
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 132
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 724358271027
UPC: 724358271027
EAN: 0724358271027
ASIN: B000093BDX
Release Date: June 10, 2003
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Condition: CD original and in vg condition. Front artwork missing. CD has a few scuffs, but plays fine. Liner intact. we ship quickly and use Delivery Confirmation.
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| Tracks:
| • | California Girls | | • | I Get Around | | • | Surfin Safari | | • | Surfin U.S.A. | | • | Fun, Fun, Fun | | • | Surfer Girl | | • | Dont Worry Baby | | • | Little Deuce Coupe | | • | Shut Down | | • | Help Me, Rhonda | | • | Be True To Your School | | • | When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) | | • | In My Room | | • | God Only Knows | | • | Sloop John B | | • | Wouldnt It Be Nice | | • | Getcha Back | | • | Come Go With Me | | • | Rock And Roll Music | | • | Dance, Dance, Dance | | • | Barbara Ann | | • | Do You Wanna Dance? | | • | Heroes And Villains | | • | Good Timin | | • | Kokomo | | • | Do It Again | | • | Wild Honey | | • | Darlin | | • | I Can Hear Music | | • | Good Vibrations |
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The cynic may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Everyone else, however, will appreciate what makes Sounds of Summer unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross section of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through 1988's "Kokomo." All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes, were Billboard Top 40 hits and are probably now as identifiable as the national anthem to anyone with radio or TV access. The fact that the tracks aren't in chronological order helps make for a fresh listening experience, as does the crisp digital sound. And yet these songs--even those that are more than four decades old--always sound strangely fresh and will likely remain so as long as there are beaches, young people, and that symbolic season of freedom and dreams. Which is to say that the title here passes the "truth in advertising" test. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, Sounds of Summer is in many ways a better representation of this legendary band's art than Elvis' 30 No. 1 Hits and The Beatles 1 were of the King and the Fab Four. --Bill Holdship
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| Customer Reviews: Read 132 more reviews...
 The Teenage Declaration of Independence June 18, 2008
'Giordano Hussein Bruno' (Campo dei Fiori)
31 out of 38 found this review helpful
Sounds of Summer, yes! Year-round summer is what California has always represented to the rest of the USA. The Beach Boys sang the surfer lifestyle into American and world consciousness, and doing so declared California's musical and cultural independence from the East Coast. The Beach Boys also sang the independence of teenagers of the Baby Boom, with cars and purchasing power, from their parents' generation of frugal, anxious conformists shaped by the Great Depression. They sang the primacy of summer and outdoor life over the stuffy classroom and grimy workplace. There's not a word of piety or propriety in any of Brian Wilson's songs; the Beach Boys were prophets of a life style free of shibboleths, in a world of sun-tanned smiles and endless summer. How could anyone not be thrilled by such a prospect?
Musically, the Beach Boys were tight, driving, innovative, the best dance music ever, and they never went noir on us, never wallowed, never whined. You might say they never grew up, they lived in a false paradise of surf boards and bikinis, but I'd say 'more power to 'em'. The Miwok Indians of California used to believe that dancing kept the world in balance, and if the dancing stopped, catastrophes would erupt. The Beach Boys kept the world dancing, at least for a few decades.
This is a great, ample, well-engineered collection of the Beach Boys' greatest songs from their golden times. I doubt we'll ever hear their like.
classic beach boys June 5, 2008
Richard Broomfield (Rhode Island)
listening to this music brings me back to my high school days in the 60's. Pure pleasure.
Sounds of Summer May 25, 2008
C. Buonomo (Brookfield, MA)
"Sounds of Summer" is the right name for this CD. Listening to all of the Beach Boys top hits will make you feel that summer is here no matter what the weather.
The Beach Boys February 10, 2008
J. Detrich (Iowa)
Reminds me of summer, teen years, just takes me back to a time that maybe wasn't really stress free, but the memories of that time certainly are. I smile all the way through this CD.
What a collection! February 8, 2008
stanton salerno (Stratford, CT United States)
Take a walk down memory lane! This CD has the best collection of Beach Boys hits around. I compared it with all the other releases and felt this was the best compilation.
The sound was very good also. VERY ENJOYABLE!
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