| Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 140 reviews)
Sales Rank: 307
Category: Music
Artist: The Beach Boys
Publisher: Capitol
Studio: Capitol
Brand: BEACH BOYS
Label: Capitol
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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| Tracks:
| • | California Girls | | • | I Get Around | | • | Surfin? Safari | | • | Surfin? U.S.A. | | • | Fun, Fun, Fun | | • | Surfer Girl | | • | Don?t 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 | | • | Wouldn?t 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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Amazon.com
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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 Sing Along Time August 9, 2008
Cool music of the days gone bye...great music for sing along while doing the boring exercise just pass'in the treadmill time away. Yes, singing on the treadmill in one's mind's eye...
good, but there is better out there. July 10, 2008
For a contemporary comparison try Nick Worrall's debut album, it has been compared to the classic 'Friends' album and is FREE to download.
 Great songs July 5, 2008
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.
The Teenage Declaration of Independence June 18, 2008
32 out of 39 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
listening to this music brings me back to my high school days in the 60's. Pure pleasure.
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