Product Description

"Definitive" best-of collection for the perennially popular60s surf-pop group, released to coincide with their 40th anniversary. Features all their best-known hits including 'Good Vibrations', 'Surfin' USA', 'I Get Around', 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' and 'Kokomo'.

Track Listing

1. Good Vibrations
2. California Girls
3. I Get Around
4. Wouldn't It Be Nice
5. Surfin' Safari
6. Fun Fun Fun
7. Surfin' USA
8. Help Me Rhonda
9. Don't Worry Baby
10. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
11. Little Deuce Coupe
12. Dance Dance Dance
13. Little Honda
14. Do You Wanna Dance
15. Surfer Girl
16. Then I Kissed Her
17. God Only Knows
18. Caroline, No
19. Sloop John B
20. Barbara Ann
21. Heroes And Villains
22. Do It Again
23. Darlin'
24. Wild Honey
25. Break Away
26. Rock And Roll Music
27. I Can Hear Music
28. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
29. Lady Lynda
30. Kokomo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #410 in Music
• Released on: 2001-07-09
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The cynical may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Non-cynics, however, will appreciate what makes The Very Best Of... unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross-selection of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through to 1988's "Kokomo". All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes 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. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, The Very Best of the Beach Boys 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

Customer Reviews

Magnificant band, and a great introduction
I had of course always been aware of the Beach boys, but being a 17 year old brit, they were never top of my 'to listen list'. However I saw a rhcp cover of I get around,liked it, and decided to buy a complation of beach boy songs to take on my summer holiday. Needless to say they are now one of my favourite bands up there with the Ramones and the Beatles.
This compliation, as an introduction, is really good. It has all of the biggest hits. However going back to it now after hearing the likes of Pet sounds, sunflower and all summer long, I cant help but feel that some of the best songs are missing. The likes of 'Wendy', 'All summer Long', and later masterpeices like 'forever' are nowhere to be seen. But as an introduction, this is really good.

Summer music
You cannot beat the Beach Boys for that fun time summer feeling. I defy you to put on 'Barbara Ann' and not smile like a loon. There are so many good tracks on this album that it keeps the party going and for that nostalgic summer rush, with the great melodies and harmonies that they are famous for, you can't go wrong. A superb best of.

Pretty awesome
I only just bought this disk, more for a joke than anything, but I havent been able to put it down. I found out that it is impossible to be unhappy whilst listening to the beach boys. They are nothing like my usual taste in music, classic rock - Queen, Led Zepp, Black Sabbath, etc, but this CD is just awesome. You definately should put this in your collection, even if just for variety.