Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43061 in Digital Music Album
• Published on: 2002-07-02
• Released on: 2002-07-02
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Customer Reviews

Buy The Original Full Albums
Beach Boy Best of's are only good for grabbing a better master of something and this offers only a new stereo remix of Heroes and Villians. The single version has been out in stereo for over 10 years on a boxed set.

If you are new to the Beach Boys, buy the following albums in this order:
Pet Sounds (The 1996 remaster -stereo and mono.)
Wild Honey (as good as Pet Sounds, but different)
20/20
The Beach Boys Today!
Friends
Summer Days and Summer Nights
Shut Down
All Summer Long
Surf's Up
Sunflower

The other albums I recommend only for the most die-hard fan as they don't come close to the above.

I love listening to Brian working in the studio with the great musicians who made these records: Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Lyle Ritz, Don Randi, Glen Cambell, Barney Kessel, etc. For this, the box sets are nice.

From assorted source you can assemble 80% of the original Smile. It's far better than the overly slick remake. The Beach Boy voices had a magic. Combined with the great arrangements and musicians it adds up to something that will never be reproduced.

FINALLY! A BEACH BOYS COMP WORTH BUYING
Everytime I saw a new Beach Boys Greatest Hits come out I would get so excited. Everytime I read the song selection my excitement would turn to bewilderment. I was bewildered for one reason (is this proper english), where the heck was "Sail On, Sailor". The Greatest track ever written by the Beach Boys. I can not believe that the one person to get the comp right was Brian Wilson - this without a doubt comfirms his genius status. All kidding aside - this is one great album, and thank you Brian. (I was starting to think you really did'nt like this song - and that would make you crazy!) By the way - the mastering is superb and look at the used cd prices - crazy.

50 years distilled.
After listening to the Beach Boys for nearly fifty years, if I just wanted one heartfelt compilation, this is it. It embraces the music and outlines a journey. It is wonderful.