Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys is a 2003 compilation of music by The Beach Boys released through Capitol Records. This collection is the most comprehensive single disc compilation ever issued of their music, with 30 tracks clocking in at over 76 minutes and grabbing nearly every US Top 40 hit of their career, except for 1965's number 20 hit "The Little Girl I Once Knew", and the 1976 top-30 hit "It's O.K.". In 2011, Mike Love stated, "Sounds of Summer is fast approaching selling three million copies – if it's triple-platinum, which is, you know, pretty good. And by the time this 50th celebration is over, it'll probably be more than triple-platinum."[4]

Sounds of Summer:
The Very Best of The Beach Boys
Greatest hits album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedJune 10, 2003
RecordedApril 1962 – Spring 1988
GenreRock
Length75:58
LabelCapitol
ProducerBrian Wilson, Murry Wilson, Nick Venet, The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Ron Altbach, Bruce Johnston, James William Guercio, Steve Levine and Terry Melcher
The Beach Boys chronology
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
(2002)		 Sounds of Summer:
The Very Best of The Beach Boys
(2003)		 The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was released in a market already containing the three volumes of hits issued during 1999 and 2000, but that did little to deter shoppers, who were responsible for shooting the CD into the US charts at number 16 (their highest peak since 1976's 15 Big Ones) and a lengthy 104-week stay. Currently certified triple platinum, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was re-issued with a DVD component in 2004 with the regular edition remaining available.

In 2007, the album was succeeded by The Warmth of the Sun, which is composed of fan favorites and hits that were left off Sounds of Summer.

The album was re-released on February 7, 2012 as the Celebration Merch Set which featured the original CD along with a T-shirt celebrating the band's 50th anniversary.[5]

Track listing
  1. "California Girls" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love [1965]) – 2:44
  2. "I Get Around" (B. Wilson, Love [1964]) – 2:13
  3. "Surfin' Safari" (B. Wilson, Love [1962]) – 2:05
  4. "Surfin' U.S.A." (B. Wilson, Chuck Berry [1963]) – 2:27
  5. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (B. Wilson, Love [1964]) – 2:18
  6. "Surfer Girl" (B. Wilson [1963]) – 2:27
  7. "Don't Worry Baby" (B. Wilson, Roger Christian [1964]) – 2:47
  8. "Little Deuce Coupe" (B. Wilson, Christian [1963]) – 1:38
  9. "Shut Down" (B. Wilson, Christian, Love [1963]) – 1:48
    • Exclusive new stereo remix
  10. "Help Me, Rhonda" (B. Wilson, Love [1965]) – 2:46
  11. "Be True to Your School" (B. Wilson, Love [1963]) – 2:08
  12. "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (B. Wilson, Love [1964]) – 2:02
  13. "In My Room" (B. Wilson, Gary Usher [1963]) – 2:12
  14. "God Only Knows" (B. Wilson, Tony Asher [1966]) – 2:51
  15. "Sloop John B" (Traditional; arranged by B. Wilson [1966]) – 2:57
  16. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (B. Wilson, Asher, Love [1966]) – 2:31
    • Revised stereo remix from 2001 re-issue of Pet Sounds
  17. "Getcha Back" (Love, Terry Melcher [1985]) – 3:00
  18. "Come Go with Me" (C.E. Quick [1978]) – 2:05
  19. "Rock and Roll Music" (Berry [1976]) – 2:27
  20. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (B. Wilson, Carl Wilson, Love [1964]) – 2:00
    • Exclusive new stereo remix
  21. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert [1965]) – 2:11
  22. "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman [1965]) – 2:18
  23. "Heroes and Villains" (B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks [1967]) – 3:38
  24. "Good Timin'" (B. Wilson, C. Wilson [1979]) – 2:12
  25. "Kokomo" (Love, John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Melcher [1988]) – 3:35
  26. "Do It Again" (B. Wilson, Love [1968]) – 2:18
  27. "Wild Honey" (B. Wilson, Love [1967]) – 2:37
  28. "Darlin'" (B. Wilson, Love [1967]) – 2:12
  29. "I Can Hear Music" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector [1969]) – 2:36
  30. "Good Vibrations" (B. Wilson, Love [1966]) – 3:36

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys (Capitol 72435 82710 2) hit number 16 in the US during a chart stay of 104 weeks.

DVD: Sights of Summer
  1. "Surfin' U.S.A."
  2. "I Get Around"
  3. "Surfer Girl"
  4. "Dance, Dance, Dance"
  5. "Little Deuce Coupe"
  6. "Sloop John B"
  7. "Pet Sounds promo film"
  8. "God Only Knows"
  9. "Good Vibrations"
  10. "Do It Again"
  • 1-4 Live on The T.A.M.I. Show, 1964
  • 5 Live from the Lost Concert, 1964
  • 6 Promotional Video, 1966
  • 7 Promo film, 1966
  • 8 Live montage, 1967 & 1968
  • 9-10 Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1968

Personnel

Credits from Craig Slowinski:[6][7][8]

The Beach Boys
  • Al Jardine – vocals, bass guitar (2, 5, 7), rhythm guitar
  • Bruce Johnston – harmony and backing vocals (1, 14-17, 21, 24-30)
  • Mike Love – vocals; saxophone (9)
  • Brian Wilson – vocals, producer (1-2), piano (2, 4, 7-8, 10), harpsichord (2), Hammond B3 organ (2, 4, 10), bass guitar (3-4, 6, 8–9)
  • Carl Wilson – vocals, lead guitar (1-6, 8-13, 20-22, 24, 26-29), rhythm guitar (2, 7), bass guitar, drums, percussion
  • Dennis Wilson – vocals, drums (2-3, 5-9, 12-13, 18-20, 24, 26-27, 29), percussion, piano, organ (30)
  • David Marks – harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar (3-4, 6, 8-9, 13), additional lead guitar (9)
Additional musicians

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  3. Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 47. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. "Exclusive: Mike Love 'Looking Forward' to Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  5. https://www.amazon.com/Sounds-Summer-Celebration-Merch-Set/dp/B006QVRX9S/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1335901782&sr=1-10
  6. Slowinski, Craig. "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)". Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  7. Slowinski, Craig (2014). Keep an Eye On Summer 1964 (Digital Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records.
  8. Black, Frank (2014-12-03). "FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: The Beach Boys 1964: Keep an Eye on Summer – new copyright extension release". Fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  9. Dillon 2012.
  10. http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=0a018874ead15d2c39b64529a6286378&topic=26359.msg646396#msg646396
  • Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys CD booklet notes, Anthony DeCurtis, c.2003
  • Allmusic.com
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