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Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
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Artist(s)The Beach Boys
StudioBEACH BOYS
Release DateJune 10, 2003
UPC Code724358271027
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Tracks

  1. California Girls
  2. I Get Around
  3. Surfin’ Safari
  4. Surfin’ U.S.A.
  5. Fun, Fun, Fun
  6. Surfer Girl
  7. Don’t Worry Baby
  8. Little Deuce Coupe
  9. Shut Down
  10. Help Me, Rhonda
  11. Be True To Your School
  12. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
  13. In My Room
  14. God Only Knows
  15. Sloop John B
  16. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
  17. Getcha Back
  18. Come Go With Me
  19. Rock And Roll Music
  20. Dance, Dance, Dance
  21. Barbara Ann
  22. Do You Wanna Dance?
  23. Heroes And Villains
  24. Good Timin’
  25. Kokomo
  26. Do It Again
  27. Wild Honey
  28. Darlin’
  29. I Can Hear Music
  30. Good Vibrations

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (138 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteGreat songsQuote
If you are a fan of the Beach Boys but not enough of a fan to own all of their albums, then this one is for you. It has alot of their best hits. I enjoy the whole album and it always cheers me up when I listen to it. Very upbeat and fun. July 5, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteThe Teenage Declaration of IndependenceQuote
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. June 18, 2008

rating: 5 Quoteclassic beach boysQuote
listening to this music brings me back to my high school days in the 60's. Pure pleasure. June 5, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteSounds of SummerQuote
"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. May 25, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteThe Beach BoysQuote
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. February 10, 2008

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