Reviews (page 10 of 10)
doesn't look like their popular songs are on this album. this list is allergic to hits. look at the song lengths though they were ahead of their time. initial reaction: oh i can't do this. i will power through though it's just 28 minutes long. there might be one good song, you never know. and it will be worth it for that. sounds pretty stupid so far lol. 'dance, dance, dance' is not awful. 'please let me wonder' is okay and so is 'i'm so young', i suppose their chill songs are okay, its some of the upbeat ones that got on my nerves kinda. dumb lyrics in all of them though lol. i cant say i liked this but hey the second half of the album was passable.
Hart erarbeitete Oberflächlichkeit bleibt trotzdem eine solche, bisschenn Sommerhitchsrme
Do The Beach Boys belong on this list? Absolutely. Is this the album that belongs on this list? No chance in hell. This is an album with zero hits, best summed up as the B-sides album. "Help Me Rhonda" is the only song I actually like, and it starts to drag about halfway through, but the rest are instantly forgettable. This album being used to represent The Beach Boys is straight up an insult to one of the most recognized and influential bands in American history. I wish I could rate it higher since it IS an otherwise amazing band, but I can't do it for this album.
Couldn't even make it through one song. Quite possibly the worst kind of Beach Boys, and that's the schmaltzy Hallmark "Wish you were here" kind. Yuck.
not old enougy to appreciate or enjoy this, saved 0/12
Well, at least it was a merciful quick listen (28 mins). I despise The Beach Boys, and this album just reinforced that stance. I legitimately do not understand how anyone under the age of 70 can enjoy this music. The Beatles I get, their music is timeless, but this group of doo-wop losers bring nothing to the table. There wasn’t even a hit single on this album! People who like them always point to the harmonies, “Oh, the harmonies are so beautiful!” They’re not beautiful when they’re crooning about creepy stuff like having vague romantic feelings for their sister (an actual song on this album). This album and band both suck ass; they will rightfully join the Hall of Shame as my eighteenth 1/5
If these Boys are from the beach, why are they wearing knit sweaters and sitting by a pool on the album cover?
No nostalgia for me here. I feel both my parents skipped the 60s. Not my jam.
You can skip this one. There's at most 45 seconds of engaging music in it.
Aburrido, no es el mejor disco de Beach Boys, muy monótono.
So nostalgic. Love the vocals, and the general vibe is so chill. Fav song is ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’.
Firstly terrible name. Secondly I really did not enjoy listening to this. In fact I hope I never have to listen to to it again. Sounded pretty much the same every track.
pffff ouais c’est pas ouf hein
I never understood the appeal of the Beach boys
How can a band make a career out of sounding the same on every song?
Why did it recomended??
Not for me
No thank you!
easy one. this horrible wooing will haunt me in my sleep.
Side A of this is too chirpy and upbeat and harmonic for me to hate it completely despite the shallow, misogynistic, repetitive lyrics. Side B, however, has the same kind of material set to ballads and it's so unforgivably bad that it cancels out any kind of merit that album might otherwise muster.
This album was shit
Don’t see why this made the cut of the 1000, personally
Standard Beach Boys stuff, but the extended chat at the end loses it a star.
Blech Boys! This has never been my cup of tea. People go on and on about how the Beach Boys changed music and they're amazing. Lord knows I've tried too many times to dig in and hear the gems buried in their music, to no avail! If you've heard 1 minute of their music, you've heard it all! Over and over, high pitched harmonies, singing about the beach life and girls. Sorry, dude. I tried. I really did. But there is no there there. This is a 1!
The Beach Boys distanced themselves a bit from the surf rock genre and with it went a lot of the charm that I guess I appreciated from their earlier albums. Maybe it was the right professional choice at the time, but 25 years later these chamber pop albums are just skippable bubble gum for the most part. It's not the worst in small doses for 1-2 songs but most of it has no lasting appeal. I'm not a big Beach Boys fan to begin with and this comes in well below than the prior entry. Glad that it was short because it would have taken additional hits had it dragged on. They had their moment in the sun and deserved it but music has mostly moved on. (Evidently not everyone has moved on since whatever is left of The Beach Boys is still touring in 2025 with John Stamos involvement. Madness.) 1.48 stars
Repetitive, stupid lyrics. Thin instrumentation. I guess it’s good at evoking a certain period of time. If you’ve heard one beach boys song you’ve heard them all. At least the harmonies are nice. Help me Rhonda was the best of the bunch. Can’t see myself listening to this again unless I’m cosplaying the golden girls.
I just can't do The Beach Boys. They make me cringe
4th Beach Boys related album in my first 40 reviews. I’ll say it again, PLEASE STOP. I understand what they did, but they’re it for me.
Too sweet
Nyt se sitten selvisi, en pidä The Beach Boysin musiikista minkään vertaa.
Not a fan of this overrated group of prima donnas. Mike Love ruins everything anyway. 1 loveless star
Is this it? Is this really it? America's answer to the Beatles? It's not even an answer to the Silver Beatles. Pack up, go home, your wasting you time. And a cover? Do you wanna Dance? The worst version ever. But the real laugh? It's still the best track on the album! Help them Rhonda, they need it!
"Do You Wanna Dance" gets a point here; everything else is pretty crap. Hard to believe only a year after this they release "Pet Sounds." What a world of difference.
If this crap is on the list, I imagine the good Beach Boys album is on the list somewhere.
Archaic and awful in equal measures.
Not available yo stream.
Nä, alldeles för vintage. Föredrar Pet Sounds.
El grupo sobrevalorado de Estados Unidos para no sentirse inferiores ante la invasión británica. Me da mucha grima sus voces y su aspecto. Y para colmo justo hoy ha muerto Brian Wilson y se llenará el mundo de elogios desmedidos.
Really not for me
I feel like I'm supposed to be respectful as I've been given this album on the day that Brian Wilson died, but... ...I can't. I've never understood the appeal of The Beach Boys. The whole vocal harmonies schtick leaves me cold. The US college boy surf thing feels like it's designed to appeal to a tiny slither of the population that I'm not part of.
Sounds like it was recorded in a call centre
Of course this pops up on my list the day after Brian Wilson passes. I've tried to like The Beach Boys but it's like nails on a chalkboard. Not for me.
Siendo totalmente sincero no me gusto pero para nada, parece un coro infantil de navidad, supongo que para la época era el hit del verano, pero siendo yo ahora no conecte nada
Positive - only 28 minutes long Negative - Sounds its age
Absolute garbage. Also, throwing a beach boys album at me the day after Brian Wilson died is hardly “random.”
Brian Wilson died yesterday. Growing up in the 80s in the mid-Atlantic, The Beach Boys were music from another time and another world. They seemed so removed from my modern life, representing a sun-soaked naivety that was outdated and vaguely embarrassing. As I got older, the rot at the core of their saccharine exterior became better known: the drug abuse, the alcoholism, the weird connection to Charles Manson. Other than the big hits, I've never stopped to open The Beach Boys time capsule. I am not a big fan of their sound. Their lyrics on this album reflect a dated perspective. Their songs are about high school and "chicks." It's all a little creepy. It's of it's time. They were a defining band. It's ok in the background, to create an atmosphere, but this album didn't do much for me.
Booooo
it just makes me want to listen to Pet Sounds instead
This album is definitely a classic, but the Juicy Fruits/Beach Bums/Undeads were better #wellrememberyouforevereddy
Dear lord this music had a time and place, really hard to listen to all the while evoking a picture of a young Ron Howard.
Not today or any other day. Beta male music from the Boomer era rubs me the wrong way for, admittedly, personal reasons. But I get it. The Beach Boys DO deserve a seat at this table - but only one - and that one should have been reserved for either 'Pet Sounds' or something from the height off their vapid surfer days. Oh, who am I kidding? I'm sure both of those are on this lousy list, too. *p.s. I hope it was just a coincidence that Brian Wilson died yesterday and that the algorithm isn't showing favoritism...
Huh? Why? I don’t know how this could even be justified to be on any list of things you need to hear.
1.5
's Ochtends vroeg was dit echt teveel. Wilde gelijk terug naar bed. Heb het tijdens het eerste nummer maar uitgezet. Poging 2 tijdens het werk. Niet goed voor de werkgever. Ik zak helemaal weg. Ik kijk nog even terug naar mijn cijfers voor de andere 2 Beach Boys albums. Beide ook een 1. Blijkbaar is er een band erger dan de Beatles. Als ik deze lijst heb doorgewerkt zet ik nooit meer iets op met deze jaren '60 klanken.
Terrible
me: please... enough with the UK 60s rock bands... this hellsite: ok :) here's an AMERICAN 60s rock band! HAVE MERCY I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE
Total close harmony wank
I hate the Beach Boys
creepy creepy
I just really fucking hate the Beach Boys. Old falsetto cheesy shit that may be objectively great for whatever reason, but no desire to ever hear this again unless it's part of a twisted David Lynchesque sort of film.
Really didn't get on with this. Didn't know any of the tracks and it was all so saccharin. Huge contrast to the other 2 albums from the 60s we had this week. Pretty awful tbh. Not for me. I'll take the 60s psychedelia and leave this. 1.5
This is some old time cheesy ass shit. No.
Booring
As somebody already pointed out: It very recognisable as The Beach Boys. The pioneers of having a signature sound. Which they've driven to an absolute extreme because to me, every song sounds exactly and precisely like any other song by them. Possibly with rejuggled lyrics, but I can't even be sure their songs actually do have different lyrics, because... It wouldn't even be necessary. Also, thanks to those legendary harmonies it all sounds so sugary sweet you're at risk of getting diabetes from listening to this
bof 1/5
In a nutshell: a weak prelude to Pet Sounds This album has two lukewarm singles and a tonne of filler. Some hints of Pet Sounds can be heard here but it doesn't have much else going for it. Overall: 2/10
What a dorky album cover - such a different time. Not exactly lyrical masterpieces - she’s my girl and I’m good to my baby. Ugh the patriarchy. So many gross yet childishly simplistic lyrics. I do like their voices? But unfortunately I paid attention to the words.
If there is a genre of music that really doesn’t stand up to the test of time, it’s The Beach Boys brand of harmony preppy-pop. The lyrics are cliched and borderline misogynistic. There was a time and a place for this. That time is not now and the place is not here.
Dreadful
No no no no no
People were STARVING for music in the 60s
60’s Don’t care
- puh so auf längere Strecke absolut gar nichts meins, fand ich dementsprechend super anstrengend
Just no
N/A Unavailable to stream
Ugh
Pop
I have never been a fan of the beach boys and honestly, after listening to an hour of them...I realized that I didn't ever give them a chance. Now that I have, I REALLY hate the beach boys.
Nothing special with a weird ending
God, I hate the Beach Boys! I knew eventually Pet Sounds would come up, because "Brian Wilson is a genius". Sorry, this is the Alvin and the Chipmunks. Adults shouldn't have to listen to this shit.
The soundtrack of young white privilege.
It's okay
Too cheesy for me
The only album I’ve turned off. How boring and bland. Trash tier music
I really couldn’t get into this album. It has the slightest of inklings of what they’d go on to do with pet sounds, but it’s a really awkward middle child between the commercial early stuff and their later work, but not in a good way a la 1965 Beatles. It’s cheesy yet takes itself seriously, the lyrical matter and sound is redundant, not catchy enough to be a guilty pleasure without the stand out songs that they have on other albums. Won’t be revisiting.
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