The Beach Boys Today!

Boring, childish, elevator music

What The Beach Boys did, they did very well. But they repeated it so often that it isn't really necessary to put more than one of their albums on a list like this. They lose stars for being so frigging monotonous. Moving on......

Yup, it's 50's beach rock alright!

Yes… The Beach Boys are an important part of musical history, and it only takes one second to know that it’s them when you turn on a song. That doesn’t make everything they made, good music. Help me Rhonda is good though… perhaps because of the nostalgia that hits me when I listen to the early Beach Boys songs. And a song like Kiss Me, Baby has that beautiful vocal arrangement that we also hear a lot on Pet Sounds This album is not the Beach Boys I like. Pet Sounds is where it’s at! And that’s more like “Brian Wilson ft. the Beach Boys.” But this is still fun to listen to, but the lyrics… oh my God they are terrible

I recognised the music as being the Beach Boys without consciously knowing any of the songs. Very much of the time and feels very dated.

Don’t wanna be rude! >_< I like other beach boys stuff I’ve heard, but I didn’t really get much outta this album.

Had some parts I liked but for the most part it wasn't memorable. Parts I liked weren't good enough to carry the album. Favorite songs were: 6. Dance, Dance, Dance 10. She Knows Me Too Well 4/10

When I was a kid, I thought The Beach Boys were super cool. Today, I found this really boring.

Great harmonies, dick-and-jane subject matter. I guess it's an insight into young middle-class boomer men.

The problem we have in 1965 is The Beatles were releasing Rubber Soul. Moody, psychodelic cover and - whilst we needed to wait until 1966 for Revolver as the fiunished article - half an album of revolutionary songs which had started to change the world. By contrast, whilstt he sheer talent of Brian Wilson's songwriting can be heard on 'do you wanna dance' and 'help me rhonda', the music, image, harmonies and vibe of this record is still steeped. It hasn't even homed in on the californian surf style pop which gave Wilson the kick start before going on to complete his one and only opus, Pet Sounds. Americans probably have a different opinion because this record wanders nowhere beyond their shores.

Correcto

2/5

It was okay. Not my vibe

Makes me wanna start an acapella group with the boys

Corny. Annoying.

There are two fun tracks on here. Thank God the Stones et. al. came along and saved us from all this sacharin silliness.

They should revise this list and limit it to one album per artist. This doesn't sound like anything but worse songs from Pet Sounds.

I have fond memories of the Beach Boys from listening to them in my Dad's car on childhood summer journeys, but this is actually pretty bad. Help Me Ronda and Do You Wanna Dance are pretty good fun, but the rest of the album is just the same thing but worse, except for a shitty, self indulgent out take at the end. There's a time and a place for the Beach Boys, and it's probably on a best of compilation.

This was the album that came out after Brian Wilson had to give up touring for health reasons, but a year before Pet Sounds. It’s an ok collection of pop tunes with two bangers (Do You Wanna Dance and Help Me Ronda) but a lot of filler for an album that’s less than 30 minutes. The worst bit is the last track which is just two minutes of studio chatter. I initially thought this was a special feature, but it’s on the original release. Lazy, lazy Beach Boys.

This kind of music feels like unicorns puking rainbows. It's funny and colourful at first sight, but it's always the same (a fuckin' rainbow!) and when you look into the details, it's pretty gross (I'm 99% sure they were all sexual harassers). And it's not even one of their most known records; it once again makes me wonder why we have this and some much more interesting/meaningful records are not here (I mean, apart from the fact the list was done by a group of old American white dudes).

I just can't with the beach boys

More misses than hits. There’s a kitschyness that the Beach Boys exude. There are glimpses of the Wall of Sound working its way into things. Frankly I was underwhelmed.

Yeah, there’s a couple very well known, good songs, but the album sounds like crap. I don’t know if it was due to the era or they only had access to terrible equipment or the producing let it down, but it’s echoey, flat, muddy, there’s zero bass, and even the remaster sucks so I suppose the master sucked worse. That part’s a damn shame, I can see why they would’ve been popular then. Second half of the album is way too slow for me though.

I love some BB tracks but let's be honest they pretty much all sound the same.

One long boring song.

I never have understood why so many people think so highly of the Beach Boys. For me 2 stars or D- is generous.

Ok, 1965. Brian Wilson is 23, Dennis Wilson 21, Carl Wilson 20, Mike Love is 24, and Al Jardine 23. It's weird to realize that this is their EIGHTH album and they've only been a band for four years. Several of them were married. Given their youth, and likely... distorted view of life due to fast fame so young in an era where misogyny was standard, but... Some of the lyrics are creepy as fuck: Good to My Baby: "They think I'm bad and treat her so mean, but all they know is from what they've seen / and when I get her alone now, you know we're happy as a couple could be / and when I giver her my love it's between her and me." Sounds like a classic abuser and rapist. Don't Hurt My Litter Sister: "Why don't you love her / Like her big brother" ew. Help Me Rhonda He's begging Rhonda to have sex so he can forget about another girl who dumped him. Please Let Me Wonder: "I built all my goals around you / That some day, my love would surround you / You'll never know what we've been through / For so long, I thought about it / And now, I just can't live without it / This beautiful image I have of you" So, basically, stalker vibes. She Knows Me Too Well: He places unreasonable expectations on his girlfriend. He "treat[s] her so mean." He's jealous, "And then I'm not happy 'til I make her break down and cry." Wow. Great harmonies can't overcome that.

Even when listening to the better Beach Boys songs, it’s hard to get over the feeling that you’re listening to what conservative parents in the 50s hoped their children would be into. And this album didn’t contain the better Beach Boys songs

This wasn't good, the only positive was that it was under half an hour. Definitely. will not be listening to it again

Recognizable Sing along music

I don't know. Some weird stuff here.

Sounds a bit like they’re trying to ride The Beatles wave a bit. I did like the slower ballady half of the album (2.5/5)

1. dance - 0 2. baby - 1 3. zizter - 0 4. man - 1 5. rhonda - 0 6. dance - 1 7. uuonder - 1.5 8. young - 1 9. kizz me - 1.5 10. uuell - 1.5 11. mind - 1 12. daddy - 0

She Knows Me Too Well Honestly forgot I was listening to this album and then it was over. The harmony is good but it’s nothing to go crazy about.

Boring. Prefer them when Adam Buxton does them. https://youtu.be/iq8IHET9eiE?si=RNAg6RdAGm87F55K

Listen to a single beach boy song and you've listened to all of them I swear.

This could be a very normal album by a celebrated good time group but the lyrics are some of the weirdest shit I’ve ever heard. Maybe it was different back in the day but “people say I’m mean and treat her bad” followed by “they just know what they see” is some weird shit. Don’t tell people to kiss your sister. I never realized “Help me Ronda” is about a rebound hookup. “Please let me wonder” is confusing…is this guy an incel or is he having second thoughts? I can’t figure it out. A lot of other artists could get away with this but the whole point of The Beach Boys is the singing and the clear enunciation of every word. The musicality (is that a word?) is classic beach boys. But yikes.

like a 60s version of backstreet boys or n sync - this album really grated on me after the first song or two, the entire thing sounded like one long song

I think it was fine. Didn't get through the whole album, but not offensive.

Limp wristed frat boy band.

Samey after a while. Pet Sounds is better.

Californian Surfin' sound, the trademark of the Beach Boys. It is somehow repetitive, and to some extent boring. Worse are the lyrics. Maybe acceptable at that time, they are now cringe at best.

Einschläfernder orchestral Rock.

My Beach Boys listening has been primarily confined to Pet Sounds and one best-of comp. Help Me Rhonda is on that comp. I think that's actually all I needed to hear of this album. The songs are so *verbose* in such a boring way. Not what I wanted to hear.

I don't dislike the Beach Boys, but this album was really boring. Maybe it's because it's an early album and they were still working out their sound, but a lot of it just feels kind of lifeless and dull. The early version of "Help Me Ronda" here is a good example of that — the re-recorded version they released on their next album is so much better. A lot of the lyrics haven't aged well either. Good harmonies, but otherwise meh. 2/5

Pleasant

On a par with Pet Sounds, which really isn’t saying much.

Even though this is the Beach boys I feel like this album hasn't aged well and is now less than average

- Beach Boys doing Beach Boys things - Fand ich irgendwie immer ganz witzig, mehr aber auch nicht. Musikalisch reißen sie mich überhaupt nicht mit. Dementsprechend mache ich mir NIE etwas von denen ab. - Habe dieses Album noch nie gehört. Fands nicht scheiße aber ich werde es sehr wahrscheinlich auch nie wieder hören. 2/5

Chill but not great

While I respect the beach boys and a lot of the things they did, I have to look at this album outside of that. If I didn't know it was by them, would I like it very much? No, no I would not. It's not bad by any means, especially for something made in 1965, but I don't really get much out of it. It sounds mostly the same, similar lyrics in most songs. Easy to listen to but that's it for me. Wake me up when we get to Pet Sounds. Fav songs: - Do You Wanna Dance

Capital B boring

Crooners to the max. Gotta admit all these songs sounded the same after a while. The harmonies, of course, are impressive.

What a boring snooze-fest! It's snore-town at dullsville! What a yawner of a bore-fest!

Ok not great!

The Beach Boys sound like pedos to me... I dont know. Meh

Nothing impressive didn't really enjoy it

Their job.... It's beach...

Sadly, I think the Beach Boys are even more overplayed than the Beatles, plus I just find their musical style too simplistic for me to feel any joy from listening to. Blehhh . I respect this as quality musicianship work, I just don't care for it. 2 stars

Meh. Studio mixing is primitive. I only recognized one song and it isn’t even a polished version of it. 2 stars because of sentimentality, otherwise it would be 1.

Unimpressed. Apart from the opening track "Do You Wanna Dance?" (which is a cover) and "Help Me, Ronda", I don't think that this album has a lot going for it.

Meh, 2 stars

Not a big fan but some tunes were enjoyable

The music and the harmonies are top notch and highly influential for the time. The lyrics leave A LOT to be desired. They're both *very* dated and pretty much saying the same thing over and over again. Makes for a boring listen. Definitely not my favorite offering from the Beach Boys.

Meh. Not one of their best

Meh.

Ug one star dad rock no even going to listen. Wasnt quite that bad but oof.

Fine listen. Nothing special. Backstory makes it a little more interesting. Feel somewhat bad about giving it 2 stars, but I have no desire to dig into The Beach Boys and listen to more.

Not the greatest hits.

alla låtar låter fan likadant.

I find it hard to stomach this era of music. It’s corny as hell. I’m not sure I like the Beatles around this time either. Maybe it’s because of what that generation left in its wake, but it’s hard to listen to music this optimistic and cheeseball. I appreciate their influence but this ain’t no Pet Sounds. But hey, it’s less than 30 min!

Well this sure is The Beach Boys. Unmistakably The Beach Boys. I mean, it's practically the same as 95% of The Beach Boys ouvre. Sure, there's some stand-out tracks, but they're the ones that don't sound as Interchangebly identical to the rest of them. It does The Beach Boys impeccably well, but as soon as you've heard the first track (maybe throw "Help me Rhonda" in, to make sure you've got the best) you might as well switch it off because you've heard everything from this album.

Bit same-y but ok to drop in now & again.

Didn't enjoy this album at all. Just not into it today

Ugh. I just KNEW you were going to throw a Beach Boys album at me. Not a fan.

I'm sure the beach boys were extremely influential during their time. They were very harmonious. And their bull session, it's just classic. But three albums on this list? THREE? That's 0.3% of this entire list.

Its one of their better albums but the Beach Boys are so child like and creepy that its very hard to like them

Grew up listening to The Beach Boys. They sound so utterly the same I can’t even remember which ones I knew as a kid.

Beatles...

The album where Brian Wilson started taking lots and lots of drugs. Whatever.

The vocals and harmonies were fine for what they were. But, not really my thing, and just way too much creepy "old man seducing teen girls" energy for my liking.

The weird thing is, I could listen to 'God Only Knows' on repeat. But the sentiment of that song feels wise and poignant compared to the super simple lyrics & storytelling of this album, which mostly seem intent on mimicking a teenage mentality. It very much has a feel of adults trying to use modern slang and just making everyone uncomfortable when they do. Pretty harmonies can't really make up for that, especially when that feels like the only tool in your toolbox.

repetitive across song and album but the beach boys sound is classic and this early unformed sound is still that. 2/5

I like the beach boys. But this is their SEVENTH album and they had cranked out 6 just like it already. Harmonies are good, rock adjacent music nods to those who started the genre with a west coast lilt. But damn every song was the same. Gotta get Brian off the deep end before the symphonies got going.

Never was a fan of the Beach Boys, although over the years I've found a lot more to at least appreciate - if not enjoy - about some of their music. This has that traditional "Beach Boys sound" with the soaring harmonies that definitely turned me off as a kid - it's impressive and unique, I just never connected with it and still don't. Eh not much to say - it's the Beach Boys; a few well known songs and a famous classic (e.g. "Help Me Rhonda") - I can start to look beyond the saccharine-sweet vocals (a little bit) to better-appreciate the sneaky complexity in musical arrangements overall. Multiple and varied instruments on every track, counter melodies, honestly quite impressive for 1965 let alone any time. End compliments there - most of the songs are boring. The ballads that the second half of this album loads up on somehow make a 29 minute album feel 3x as long. Regardless I suppose everyone should at least be familiar with their sound and a few hits but as an album this is a giant meh. 5/10 2 stars

Yeah average

44/100

It's not surf rock anymore and it's not the masterpiece that Pet Sounds is. It's a transitional record. To be honest the transition is not very interesting. Everything is OK, but nothing stands out. I don't think this belongs on the list. The link to youtube music was dead, but it's there if you search for it. Favorite song: When I Grow Up To Be A Man.

It's a mid beach Boys album

Milk shakes and brillantine.

Best Song: Dance, Dance, Dance. This is the kind of mindlessness that they're suited for. Worst Song: Don't Hurt My Little Sister. What in the brotherfuck is this song? Overall: The Beach Boys feel like a band that over-indexed on their ability to sing perfect harmonies. Great, you've got a big group that covers a broad vocal range. Congrats. Do something more interesting with it. Each song just sounds like they're soullessly singing a bunch of loosely connected sentences.

The vocal harmonies are nice, but that is literally it. I just don't get the hype. The lyrics are mindless, the instrumentation uninspiring, and the addition of 'Bull Session with the 'Big Daddy'' just plain insulting. It's 11 actual tracks in 27 minutes just barely constituting a "rock" album. You could then argue that this records holds historical value in being an early example of a rock album, but at this point in time The Beatles had already released A Hard Day's Night and would release Help! and Rubber Soul later that year. Why even bother with this one then?

Obviously, plastering otherwise boring songs with vocal harmonies is not going to safe them, Brian.

Do You Wanna Dance is a a great song but not an original. Help me Rhonda is a good original. When the album switches to ballads it sounds like high pitched Beatles ballads that Paul wrote that weren’t good enough to make their albums.

Although I admit that the Beach Boys are probably the finest purveyors of harmonics and vocalization, I never did enjoy their music. Although well performed, written and produced (reminiscent of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound), their music sounds positively quaint and anachronistic today. I also think the Ramones covered Do you wanna dance better.

Brani Preferiti: - Nessuna preferenza Note: Non posso dire di essere un fan di questo album, è sicuramente piacevole da ascoltare ed è una buona musica da ascoltare in sottofondo. Non mi pare essere un album che abbia contenuti interessanti.

Not bad, but not particularly inspiring either. As a few others have pointed out, it sounds like a collection of B-sides. There are a few Beach Boys albums worth listening to; this is probably toward the bottom of that list.

Classic surfer sound. The hits still sound good. The slow songs did not age well. Many songs sound similar. Would rate it a 1.5 if possible.

nice clean boys making bops

Cheesy selection of surf-pop from a band still two years away from their peak work.

I like the Beach Boys, but this isn't really a good album of theirs. Only song worth listening to is Help Me Rhonda. They have much better albums than this one.

I have tried to listen to the beach boys multiple times in my life. People say Pet Sounds is a masterpiece. I don't get it. This is lame barber shop crap.

No es un disco mediocre por lo que significa la banda y por alguno que otro tema resacatable (3 4 como mucho), pero este disco me resulta demasiado monotono. Si es musica alegre que zafa, pero la realidad es que en formato disco aturde hasta cierto punto ai lo que uqeres es escucharlo. Para bailar y cantar debe ser lo mejor, pero no siempre se escucha asi 4/10.

Of course, I'd heard of the Beach Boys, and yeah, I'd also heard some of their songs, but I guess I never sat down and listened to one of their albums. Well, I sort of regret having done that, because I really did not enjoy it. The tracks are repetitive, the production quality is all over the map, and the lyrics sound like they were written by a 70s TV sitcom writer attempting to channel the ethos of a 1950's teenager. Only in radio-hit sized doses I guess...

Must have been the bee's knees in 1965, but in hindsight it's pretty generic 60s pop. 2/5

2.5

The Beach Boys are enjoyable when pioneering the surf rock sound with lots of harmonies. This album was pretty short on both of those things.

I can respect the musicality, but The Beach Boys is not my jam.

Of its time. Not offensive, but not something I would actively choose to listen to.

wooooooooo weeeeeee waaaaaaaaah

2.75

If any of these songs show up on a shuffle, or the radio, I may listen... but to hear the whole record at one sitting... I make it to the 2nd song and am done with it.

I've already listened to too much Beach Boys in my life.

Meh

- IDK why but I can never seem to get into The Beach Boys - it’s quality accapella

I don’t really need another Beach Boys album from the sixties. It sounds like pet sounds.

That... wasn't great. Despite clocking at less than 30 minutes, somehow this album barely captured my attention. Some interesting harmonies here and there keep it a little above "terrible" but not by much. It's amazing to think this is the same band that gave us the amazing Pet Sounds the next year.

Ehh……

This was tough wading through expired misogynistic baby boomer syrup. An extra star for Do You Wanna Dance? That is a solid pop song. And I just happened to notice, Brian Wilson didn't write that one.

Very simple and not their best so 2*

The Beach Boys have one amazing record and this ain't it! This is the second album by them and I don't get the appeal. This does have that joint from Alf on it so it's not all that bad!

Do you wanna dance was alright, but I don't want to listen to a bunch of frat boys practicing the guitar. Shit show.

This was really bland, most the songs at least on the first listen were very forgettable. And some of the lyrics are a bit creepy down in retrospect

Not my favourite Beach Boys record. Pick it up, boys.

I found this very annoying.

I hate the beach boys. There's a couple good songs on here and the rest are bullshit filler. It would be the grossest thing about my day so far if I wasn't cleaning filthy drains. It must have been nice to grow up in a world where all you have to do is worry about who your baby was gonna hold hands with and which 3000 square foot house you'd live in.

Ok. We get it. You can harmonize. I could never get in to the BBs though.

There’s some good moments with catchy Melodies it was perfectly fine on a Saturday morning

Weather appropriate.

Rock and roll, tamborines, high pitch guitar solos, during its era I suppose it was a great success however its not very appealing to the music standards today.

Misschien ben ik te streng, maar dit is toch een en hetzelfde nummer?

Hey look! It’s the Beach Boys between their well-loved California fun heyday and their anachronistic Pet Sounds era! There’s a reason why adolescence is regarded as an awkward age.

Ok album of early songs I think later albums are better

This album has that classic Beach Boys sound with great harmonies but it doesn’t quite do it for me. It sounds trapped in the mid 60s, right before The Beach Boys got cool and made Pet Sounds. I won’t be revisiting this one.

Biczowe bojsy z okresu grania prawdziwie plazowej muzyki, siodmy krazek w dyskografii bandy rocznik 65, sama plyta miala byc jednym z protoplastow grania albumowego, a nie wypuszczania singlowych utworow, chociaz biorac pod uwage ze w tamtym okresie bosjy potrafili wypuscic z trzy albumy takiego pokroju w ciagu roku, to tez duzo mowi o ich jakosci, bo na 28 minutach materialu poza prawdziwa orkiestra muzykow sesyjnych, bo gralo ich ponad 25, mozna posluchac mocno biczowych harmonijnych wokali do trakow pisanych przez duet willson-love z podzialem muzyka-liryka, ciezko szukac tutaj tutaj innych motywow poza plazowa miloscia, wiec najpopularniejszy popowy topik muzyczny od zarania dziejow, na plejke dodam help me rhonda, bo jest tutaj ciekawszy plot niz na wiekszosci trakow i dodatkowo utwor wyroznia wokal od pana jardine, o ile zazwyczaj lekko mi sie slucha biczowego popowania tak dzisiaj jakos ciezko wchodzil ten krazek, moze niedospanie, oczekiwanie i zmeczenie daja sie we znaki i odpowiedzia na nie byloby cos o wiele bardziej wyczilowanego, a nie przepelnionego taka radoscia z zycia i milosci, bo ciezko wykrzesac z siebie czasem nastroj do takiego stylu zycia, zabawnie tez wyglada okladka tez plyty patrzac z perspektywy pol wieku, modnie ubrani plazowicze w welnianych sweterkach

Not a good sign when a two minute long song feels too long. A couple were kind of catchy, but mostly I found them annoying.

Vapid heartthrob pop. Pet Sounds is a five; this shouldn’t even be here.

Never was a big fan of The Beach Boys, and it doesn’t help that this isn’t one of their better albums

Liked the songs “When I Grow Up” and “Don’t Hurt My Little Sister”. Although I don’t know, I think they have better albums than this.

As I know Scott is an avid Beach Boys fan, this one is hard for me. And it's not just Scott — so many people consider Brian Wilson a genius and the Beach Boys some sort of transcendent band, and I don't understand it. I continue to try. So this is not me shitting all over the band so much as trying to explain what I'm hearing. Harmonies. No doubt, the harmonies on any given song are impressive. But after three tunes, it's like everything is just cranked through the 8-part Beach Boys harmony machine and it all starts to sound like an endless, meandering "oooOOOooo." Themes. Did these guys ever actually grow out of high school? I guess it's a sign of the times, but the infatuation with girls makes it hard to take the music seriously. Lyrics. They sound so desperate to be cool, they drop every catchphrase in the parlance of the times. If they had just laid down one "Daddy-O" my Beach Boys Lingo Bingo card would have been full. And on what is easily the most enjoyable song, "Help Me Rhonda," I was struck by the actual message of the song: "my fiancée dumped me and I'm brokenhearted, but you're pretty hot and if you blow me, I'll forget all about her." I mean, that's a pretty coarse interpretation of the lyric, but it ain't wrong. I was going to give it a 2, but I'm hovering over the 3. Help me Rhonda!

Ich kotze vor poppigkeit

It’s funny that this is regarded as one of greatest albums of all time. I can’t get behind The Beach Boys orchestra, uptempo approach. They are definitely very much in their own lane of sound and create that surf, summertime feel. I do enjoy the slower, ballad songs on the album such as please let me wonder and in the back of my mind, but the pace of the first half of the album prevents me from enjoying it as a whole.

Not bad, but short and boring

This one has that feeling of being too old. At this point this kind of music feels more like a novelty. The surfer sound is cool enough but the lyrics and concepts are OLD

onhan tämä malliesimerkkipoppia, kirjaimellisesti suunnannäyttäjä. Do you wanna dance on toki loistava. muuten ei 60-lukusoundi mulle nappaa, ollaan liian puhtoista poikaa

Sopii harrastajille. Henkilökohtaisesti olen vähän sitä mieltä, että tämän musiikin distinktiiviset piirteet ovat samalla juuri niitä, joita ilman se olisi parempaa.

Simple yet feel good classics.

Pleasant enough, unlikely to listen to it again though. 2.5 basically, but I'm trying to lean harsh on these ratings lol

Mislim, okej album, ali mi oni nisu baš nešt sad kao tipa Beatlesi, znam da su važni za glazbu i to, ali mi ne pašu baš previše.

I thought I liked the Beach Boys. I was wrong.

I've never listened to this beach boys album. You can really hear the influence this album had later in their career. Not my kind of music.

Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for the Beach Boys but this album fell flat for me. All the songs were similar and nothing (except Help Me, Rhonda) caught my interest. I think I prefer hearing their hits on the radio but don't enjoy listening to a whole album in a row

I'm still waiting for the "Oh that's why everyone loves them" moment for me with The Beach Boys but this wasn't it. Every song sounds the same to me and I find myself bored very quickly.

Dated. Nothing really here for me. I've heard so much of their music over my life, and none of it really latched on.

Ramones did the definitive version of the first song. Rest not particularly interesting.

can you make (about) 11 albums in 4 years without stretching stuff a little thin? I'm no Beach Boy devotee and understand all the critical stuff about this being the start of their studio golden period, but its 26 minutes plus skit, two covers...

Dance - instant classic, dig the surfy vibe Hard to believe the fidelity is so low. Vox are of course unique, but lyrics are pretty juvenile. Short and quick bangers. Dance dance dance, finally a short and sweet guitar solo. Please let with a nice interlude. Overall very boring and very dated. I'm sure it was monumental at the time. 2 outta 5 mics

I thought it was a pretty weak showing for Beach Boys. Nothing cutting edge especially if compared to Pet Sounds. The harmonies are good.

can see the change in direction but you can tell they are feeling their way..2

Never been a fan of the Beach Boys. I get the concept, I understand how important it is. It's just not my style. Except for God Only Knows, that's an excellent song. But, it's not on this album.

Þó Brian Wilson hafi samið besta lag í heimi, þá kemst ekkert af lögunum á þessari plötu nálægt því. Einsleitt og ómerkilegt.

Se przeleciało. Rozumiem ze kiedyś mogło to być fajne, ale raczej z braku laku

The Beach Boys Today! is nowhere near as good as Pet Sounds that only just preceded it on the list, it's short and tight and has that going for it but it's totally not memorable. This is here because of lazy authors who chuck some artists' entire back catalogue on the list and don't think about it, 2/5.

BORING! Having had Pet Sounds a couple of picks ago, this one was so much less interesting (despite being just a year earlier). Saccharine pop, very twee, nothing really to recommend it at all, and the lyrics are so bland. Scrapes a 2.

Production and sound quality is not great on this album. Does the closing track make it a concept record, if so they should go back to singing about cars and surfing. Cover art 2/5 lame

Meh 🫤

Eh, it's the Beach Boys.

I find the Beach Boys very bland - they are just not my thing

Ei mitään erikoista. Perus BB

The album doesn't really have a strong theme or direction. The songs sound similar and follow a formula. I also can't help but feel these guys are so incredibly uncool, a bunch of prep school guys.

beach boys

Sounds like a second rate REO Speedwagon tribute band trying to be the beach boys

Not a fan! It's too, I dunno, cheery for me? Which sounds more emo than I intend haha

Like, I get it. Beach Boys are iconic, but wow do I really not like this album, lol. I'd give Pet Sounds more pedigree due to its mixing/production in the age it was in, but if I'm honest this is a 2 on enjoyment. Vocally Beach Boys annoy me.

Muito chato e meio machista kkk

Not good, not bad

Classic 60s rock style, but not for me. Nothing that I really disliked, but not much that I really liked either...

actually bs not catjam at all

Bubble gum pop with just a hint of rock 'n' roll creeping in. Would have been interesting if more drugs were involved.

Hmm, ehkä 65 tämmöset rakkaus-rockbiisit oli vielä uus juttu mutta vaikea kyllä nähdä tätä erityisen mullistavana. Tuntuu vaan perus beach boysilta ilman surffaus-meemeilyä. Ehkä Beatlesin asettama korkee rima vääristää.

i got bored :(

Weak. 2/5

Lo mejor de este disco es el último corte en el que salen ellos hablando; y ni siquiera eso es interesante. Alguna canción se deja escuchar.

ehm niet zo mijn ding. legendary status though.

It is what it is.. Not bad but I don't think I'd want to listen to it often

A fine album.

2: the number of albums I've had in a row from 1965! 2: the number of albums that sound the same in as many days 2: the number of lyrical themes on this (love, incest) 2: the number I give this out of 5.

So help me God, but this sucks. Aged like a haddock down the back of a radiator. Aged like fine milk.

No, not today thanks. I've had more than enough mediocrity already

Reconozco y sé que este es uno de los mejores albums de la historia... pero esta muy Mehh

Nem zavart, csak simán érdektelen, volt hogy elfelejtettem hogy szól. Ez az acapella hatású éneklés viszont nagyon nem élvezhető számomra. Az énekhang is nagyon zavaró volt néha, mintha nem találná a hangot, vagy pont a legidegesítőbbet keresné. Maga a pengetős surfer alapok ének nélkül jó hangulatfestő zene lehetne.

The Beach Boys can get boring very quickly, can’t relate to this one very much

An enjoyable listen but not something I'll be returning back to much. Beach Boys are really a singles band for me, front to back albums are not that interesting.

Inoffensive pop, nothing special though by today's standards in my opinion.

Have never understood the great fuss about the Beach Boys, and there is certainly no comparison with 'The Beatles'

A tight listen.

Mike Love is a huge jerk, so it's hard to listen to the Beach Boys without that coming to mind.

God that was dull

I don't really get The Beach Boys 2.5

Boring

Not a huge fan already and this is lacking some of the energy and firepower of their standard hits. Nothing much special to me about this selection. Help me Rhonda?

Definitive Beach Boys sound but no real stand-out songs. They're all about pining after some girl. After a while, the up-and-down harmonies become as sickly as the lyrics. Just pick a note and stick to it. The most interesting track is the last one, Bull Sessions with Big Daddy, where they chill out and eat fast food and sound like normal humans instead of members of a yodelling cult.

I've long argued with my dad regarding the Beach Boys, but only the basis of their hits. I thought I would give them a proper chance with a whole album... nope. I find it quite simplistic, especially the lyrics. +1 star having a very recognisable sound and great harmonies.

bit too twee for me

Not my favorite Beach Boys album. Their harmonies are of course the thing they are known for, but here it gets quickly tiresome. Feels pretty generic to me, not as fun as their other songs.

I like me the occasional Beach Boys song, but frankly, this album is boring

That sure was a beach boys album. Far too cheerful for me at the moment lol

Pleasant I suppose. Fun fact: Robert Plant's favourite tune from this album is 'Good to my Baby. He also LOVES 'Kiss me, Baby'. Huge, huge fan of babies is Bobby.

2 1/2

Levy pyörähti käyntiin Hurriganes-coverilla. Se olikin levyn kohokohta ja loppu olikin aika mitäänsanomatonta lurittelua. Jännä että 28min55s mittaisen levyn loppuun on pistetty vielä 2min13s jutusteluraita. Eikö kehdattu tehdä lyhyempää levyä ja biisit olivat jo loppuneet kesken?

DNF'd this one, I sorta get it, really nice, clean cut, has a great bit of cheer to it. Nice love songs etc. But I'm so so so so so bored

Didn't pay much attention, but I think it wasn't that bad.

Bit boring

bland schlep that's aged terribly if it was ever good to begin with. At least it's usually boring and inoffensive enough to be forgotten quickly. Pop has gotten so much better since this.

Meh.

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

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

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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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