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As a teenager, the very first album I purchased with my own money was by The Beach Boys. That was the start of my appreciation of their music and this album was certainly on the list of their many albums I purchased over the years.
A weird fucking album. Luckily, I like weird fucking albums.
Not what I expected from beach boys, and not bad
This was weird af
Best Track - "Long Promised Road"
Good OG BB flavour with some interesting synth parts and vocal phasor effects which reflect quite obviously the year of release. Some good pop tunes mixed with some more experimental numbers. Quite dark at times, references to the then current social and natural climates. Still some good "BA BA BAs" included!
Night vibes - Dreamy - Hypnotic. Algunas un tanto repetitivas
❤️: Student Démonstration Time 🙂: Surf's Up 👍: Disney Girls Long Promised Road
Sounds like they were into the White Album
Les Beach Boys en pleine forme (de création musicale).
Ahhh fait du bien, j'étais un peu sur un drought moi là et je commençais à me demander si j'aimais pu la musique ou j'étais juste grincheux. Je connaissais moins Surf's Up que Pet Sounds et Smiley Smile, mais Brian Wilson est encore absolument génial. Disney Girls me donne des frissons dans les magnifiques séquences d'harmonie. Les tounes écologiques et les thèmes d'introspection émotionnelle et deep revelations (encouragés par quelques hits de LSD et de schizo sûrement) frappent juste.
Les Beach Boys souffrent d’avoir pondu un chef d’oeuvre avec Pet Sounds. Tout le reste en pâli. Pas contre j’ai bin apprécié quand même. Long promised road est excellente. Student demonstration time suprenante avec le son garage rock à mille lieux de surfin USA.
2/1001 ~ First ever listen. Three tracks in, it sounds to me like a heaping spoonful of Rundgren, a dash of Yes, and …wow, did this just become an intervention? Given all the health drama I’ve been through this year, including multiple issues unique to each foot, the song “Take a Load Off Your Feet" sounds a little bit like a read. Anyway, Disney Girls, er DIZ-ooh-NEE Girls, lends a whirling Wonkatania wistfulness, and suddenly we’re student protesting at…the Red Dog Saloon? So far this album is an eclectic collection of sounds and ideas that feels a little like overlapping identity crises, or too many cooks in the kitchen bubbling up a soupy grey area—In a good way. I like how it sounds unfinished or in progress despite the definitive album title. Maybe this one's supposed to hang in the ether as-is, distant, like its vocal harmonies. 'Til I Die.
8/10
decent
Really good, never thought I'd see the day that I enjoyed the beach boys
Had never heard of this album or the songs on it. I liked them though and still think the beach boys are great
3,25
Previously rated: The Beach Boys Today! (4/5) Pet Sounds (4/5) ********************************* I don't think I've heard a single track on this album before. Some of the lyrics here are a bit too on the nose for me, and associating the Kent State shootings with what was originally a comedy song ("Riot in Cell Block No. 9") was kind of strange. However, I think it deserves another listen because there are some interesting things going on here. It doesn't have the standout tracks that Pet Sounds has, but a lot of what's here beats the filler tracks on that album.
Surf’s Up would get 5 stars for the cover alone, but the music is fantastic too. After Smile failed to coalesce into an actual release, the Beach Boys would include an occasional song from those sessions on their next few albums. Surf’s Up was the last song to appear from Smile until the release of the full Smile sessions in 2011. It feels fitting as the last song from that era to come out. This whole album feels like the true end of the Beach Boys. They’ve moved on from surfing and girls to larger concerns about the environment and death itself. A progression the band was always working towards and became fully realized here. Bittersweet but a wonderful listen nonetheless
Basic with BB attempt at protest song
Liked this more than I expected. Listened through to Pet Sounds after Brian Wilson died and couldn’t get into it. This was more Neil Young than barbershop quartet. Felt ahead of its time.
🗯 Cracked sunshine, innocence gone — but still gorgeous. This isn’t the same Beach Boys of Surfin’ Safari or even Pet Sounds. By 1971, the counterculture had burned bright and begun to collapse, and so had Brian Wilson. Surf’s Up feels like the wreckage and the beauty intertwined — lush harmonies, but with an unmistakable melancholy running through them. Tracks like ’Til I Die and A Day in the Life of a Tree ache with existential weight, while the title track (rescued from the abandoned Smile sessions) is nothing short of breathtaking, a hymn to lost utopias. Even the lighter cuts (Disney Girls, Long Promised Road) carry a wistfulness that makes the whole album feel haunted. It’s a late-era triumph, proof that The Beach Boys could still conjure magic while standing in the shadows of what they’d already done. Verdict: Excellent (a bruised beauty, less iconic than Pet Sounds but still deeply moving) For fans of: Brian Wilson, Smile-era fragments, melancholy wrapped in perfect harmony
Reading the Wikipedia article about this album, it seems the critics reckoned three of the songs on this album were good. To my mind that's not enough to make this album great. I didn't really like any of this albume and I found the lyrics pretty trite. I suppose they had to release something from the failed Smile sessions, but frankly the best thing about this album is its brevity. Oh, except for the slightly weird cover.
Not the vibe we'd usually associate with The Beach Boys but we enjoyed it.
Liked this more than I thought I would!
🤏🏻🤷🏻♂️
Beach Boys going psychodelic, I liked it, some weird moments
Solid Album, the vibe was goood. Will go back.
Really great album of top-notch early 70s psychedelia on top of its iconic cover. Blah blah blah Student Demonstration Time sucks.
Not much here. You can tell Brian Wilson didn't have much involvement in this album. Only decent song is Surf's Up, and it doesn't rank up there with the Beach Boy classics.
je suis bien neutre par rapport à cet album
This is such a cool album cover, but the album doesn’t really hold up for me. It’s trippy, psychedelic, and all over the place. It’s definitely unique and pretty fun at times, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever return to it.
'Toothpaste and soap will make / Our oceans a bubble bath / So let's avoid an ecological aftermath.' The Beach Boys weren't the only artists in '71 to bemoan ecological catastrophe: Marvin Gaye in fact did it more classically on 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).' But no one did it as romantically or as heavenly as the grown-up and fed-up group once inclined to preach an all-is-good ethos on tracks like 'Surfin' U.S.A.' It's now Surf's Up and all is not good: 'But now my branches suffer / And my leaves don't offer / Poetry to men of song.' In good faith, I can't say this is on par w/ Pet Sounds, which in its own way is just as dark and daring as this one, but I applaud it for its originality and for its moments of unusual beauty, especially tracks 6-10.
Brilliant album. Better than Pet Sounds in my opinion.
A lot of psa on this album, which, in addition to the harmonies that always seemed very light hearted, makes the album seem almost silly. 3/5
The artwork goes insanely hard. The album itself isn’t my favorite, but it is pretty decent – it’s sonically a bit all over the place, with occasional lyrics about environmentalism and social justice somewhat bringing things together. The unique arrangements and effects across the board are ultimately what sell the album for me – I can’t really see myself coming back to any of these songs individually in the future. Highlights: Take a Load off Your Feet, Feel Flows, ‘Til I Die
Not too bad for a beach boys album
Certainly a more mature sound then I am used to from the Beach Boys. Ultimately not my flavor.
Album cover was the best part.
I don't think I'd ever seen this album cover before. Very funny.
Når Beach Boys siger at man ikke skal gå i nærheden af vandet, så skal der lyttes! Jeg kan ikke svinge mig op til mere end 3 selvom jeg nåede 2 lyt. Det er så fint, me. Ikke mere end det.
The Beach Boys go dark. Det lyder mere interessant end meget af det andet jeg har hørt fra dem.
Stupendous
OK
So far ahead of their time Jesus what a great album, stuff they sing about prevalent today 50 years later
This isn’t a bad album, not by a long shot, but when you set it against the full weight of the Beach Boys’ catalog, it doesn’t sit near the top for me. What is interesting is how much more inward and aware it feels compared to their sun-bleached early work. There’s a personal, almost confessional tone running through it, paired with a sharper social consciousness that you don’t always expect. It reads like a transitional record, a moment where they’re still carrying the harmonic DNA everyone knows, but bending it toward something more reflective, even uneasy. The commercial reception backed that up: it charted well, enough to show the public was still listening, but the material itself signals a band in the middle of an artistic pivot. Familiar, yet distinctly not; a break from the past without completely abandoning it.
Not my fav from them
also really good
Awesome songwriting and some beautiful mature sequencing. Wasnt quite sure what the picture was like so far after pet sounds.
This album was so fine and I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially the song "Looking at Tomorrow"! I'm obsessed with it
A perfect album. Good variety, plenty of tongue-in-cheek with songs like Take a Load Off Your Feet, tasteful use of synths in Long Promised Road and Student Demonstration Time, classic Beach Boys sound in tracks like Surf’s Up, but overall the album’s sound is more progressive, dynamic, and experimental while still being quite listenable.
Best track 'surf's up'
4 stars I was not familiar with this album at all. I was skeptical. Having only really listened to Pet Sounds all the way though and finding it somewhat overrated (but still good), I wasn’t sure a 70’s Beach Boys album would do much for me. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The album does contrast with expectations of The Beach Boys in a way I feel works. Starting with “Don’t go near the water” has this surreal experience that something is off. It ends up being pretty consistent. While the album does not include anything nearly as perfect as “Wouldn’t it be nice” or “God Only Knows,” I feel like the flow and pace work better than Pet Sounds. Who knew? It’s still not at all perfect. But I managed to enjoy it all the way through on multiple listens- even songs other complain about like “Student Demonstration Time” I found to be fun and effective. I felt like “Surf’s Up” felt a little out of place on the album, but it may be because I’m familiar with the Smile version having heard Brian Wilson Presents Smile years ago, and knowing how it was supposed to fit more within the flow of its original context. But it is still an interesting track and fits in the same kind of unexpected feeling of the rest of the album. This was a pleasant surprise.
Ok.
I grew up with a Beach Boys Greatest Hits tape. I loved it. I still do. But that was almost the entirety of my knowledge of the Beach Boys. Then Almost Famous came out and introduced me to Feel Flows which became an instant favorite. But I still never looked into any other Beach Boys beyond what I knew to that point. The cover of Surf's Up doesn't look it would be anything related to fun and sun and surfing. It looks dark, ominous and brooding. And so it goes with the album - this isn't the polish pep I was expecting - even with the cover casting a shadow. Other than Student Demonstration Time - which catches my attention for being kind of ridiculous in a bad way - once I can separate myself from my summer sun expectations, this ends up being a pretty great record.
Є щось таке у музиці біч бойз, що важко артикулювати. Мені цікаво до них повертатись інколи, хоча не зовсім прям мій стиль.
There's something a bit uncanny about this record, like a couple going through a divorce putting on a rather convincing smile in public, through which you can only see the cracks when you already know they're there. But sometimes you've got to ease it with metrics like "cohesiveness" and "consistency", and simply realise that if 90% of these songs are pretty bangin', then that must mean it's a pretty bangin' album too.
Very good and cozy music
Loved it! As always with The Beach Boys I come for the vocal harmonies, some heartfelt lyrics, and a little camp. This album delivered all that and then some. Favorite tracks were Long Promised Land, Disney Girls, Student Demonstration Time, and Surf’s Up
Best one yet. Buying this. That one occasion that Charles Manson and drugs had a good influence.
Overall, really enjoyed the album. Had a lot of great songs, especially Disney Girls and Surfs Up. There were a few weirder songs, but overall great.
Listened to this one forever ago. Still liked it enough. Not as instantly recognizable or memorable as other Beach Boys outings.
Beste nummer verpest met abrupte fadeout
Juste students protest
Love
Back at it with the albums. First catch up, Surfs Up, Beach Boys. I really tried, I’m a BB fan, but think one isn’t good. The production is very good and every thing sounds great but the actual songs, a bunch of stinkers. And then, suddenly, we reach the end and Til I Die and Surfs Up are right there with Brian’s best work. Surfs Up in particular is brilliant. This is the end of the classic BB period and almost falls completely flat but for the end. Good enough to earn this one a 3/5
nice enough
I never liked the Beach Boys sound, and,while this is different, I didn't like it any better.
This was severely disappointing. I can't listen to this without comparing it to other albums by the Beach Boys, and by comparison, this sucked. Perhaps, taken on its own without a comparison to their other music, I could like it. Unfortunately, my brain just doesn't work that way. This was not the version of the Beach Boys I like. Ugh...⭐⭐?
This is another album that over the course of time has somehow inexplicably built steam in the critics eyes. Its easy to see how this influenced other groups and blended genres of music later on, it doesnt mean this is A. good or B. something someone NEEDS to hear before they die. I suppose you NEED to hear this if you want to hear the last gasp of a once great pop group.
It was kinda out there, but not always in a way that I liked. The latter half was definitely better, but didn't really amaze me that much.
Haven't listened to much of the Beach Boys, not at all what I expected. Fun, nice listen with some interesting effects going on.
D Strand büebli once again, und das es stückli besser wie s letzte Album. Aber jetzt doch au nüd Wellebrechends. Go with the flow und 3 hang loose
boyzboysboyz gemütlich wie immer, aber halt au nüd speziel guets. es gid es abgrundeti 3 sandkörner für e neui beach am ne schwizer see.
Not a fan. The songs were all over the place in terms of tone and instrumentation. I appreciate some of yhe messaging of the songs, but overall a dissapointing entry from the Beach Boys. 1.5/5
It's pretty cool, cover is sick
Not a fan
Nothing too marvelous imo. Some pretty neat vocal harmonies
listened to again great stuff
I didn't dig this. Maybe good for it's time but I was bored.
I didn’t actually hate this, which I fully expected to. Some of it really works - Long Promised Road, Take a Load Off Your Feet, Disney Girls. A lot of it is twee though and deeply outdated. Low 3.
I'd rather listen to my parents have sex than put this album on again. There are too many heinous moments to count: 'four martyrs earned a new degree, the bachelor of bullets'. 'Trees like me can live if all this earth can give is pollution and slow death'. I don't have the words to describe my despair when I realized they'd written a whole song about feet. Was this popular among anyone who wasn't being viciously bullied in the 70s? Hateful 1* from me.
This is kind of a fascinating album. The band’s beautifully arranged harmonies are still mostly here, but the lush multi-instrumental production from the Pet Sounds era is not. This is the Beach Boys in full on image reinvention mode. No more of that carefree ‘Surfin USA’ stuff; now the Beach Boys have something important to say: “Don’t go near the water”, “adults are phoneys”. Some of it is effective - and even poetic, but I can’t help but feel a song like Student Demonstration Time has totally missed the boat by 1971. Aside from being abjectly horrible, it sounds a bit phoney coming from a band like the Beach Boys - and plain baffling on an album that also espouses the importance of good feet hygiene. Equally important messages, I guess. With that said, I’ve always found the Beach Boys so endearing, and the same applies here. I really love the song Surfs Up - it’s the only high point for me on the album. And I do admire the group’s attempt to rail against the public’s image of them. It’s just all a bit in vain here. ⭐️⭐️
Hmmm. Unlike a lot of albums I've gotten lately, I am glad to have heard this one. But what a weird collection. Until we get to the Brian Wilson productions at the end, it's almost a sine wave: Long Promised Road, Disney Girls, and Feel Flows are good; Don't Go Near the Water, Take a Load Off Your Feet, and Student Demonstration Time are not. And the last three - the production is reminiscent of the glory days, but the songs feel like excuses for recording, rather than the point of it.
p234. 1971. 4 stars. Parts of this have not aged well, and several of the tracks stray into faux eco-hippy nonsense - but when it's good, its brilliant. It is 32 degrees in the UK, clear blue skies, and this is the almost perfect soundtrack to a lovely day.
Really surprised by this one. Had not listened to much beach boys beyond Pet Sounds and couldn’t believe how evolved their sound was. Seemed very ahead of their time
Filled with industrial electronic beats and typical Kanye lyrics I would say this album is great listen with standouts on the album being On
nem rossz. kicsit indifferens vagyok ezzel
The final two songs are fantastic. The rest suffers from a decided lack of Brian Wilson's influence.
Very cool listen. Gotta respect when a band with the clout of The Beach Boys decides to try something new and undefined -- and, they do it well. I don't think it's perfect, but it's very unique and very solid. Fave songs: - Don't Go Near The Water - Long Promised Road - Take A Load Off Your Feet - Student Demonstration Time (side note: why does everyone hate this?? It's kind of a total vibe???) - Lookin' At Tomorrow - Surf's Up
I did not expect this type of sound from The Beach Boys it was interesting!
Like the song "'Til I Die", the vocal harmonies sound too retro to me.
10/10
I was previously only familiar with their hits. This album showcases a lot more range and I found it really engaging.
This album subverted all my expectations for The Beach Boys. Everything I thought I knew about them no longer stands. Off of just knowing their hits I was prepared to hate this album, and wow was I pleasantly surprised. Awesome album with awesome songs, I didn’t know my beach brethren had this in them.
Un disco con baladas psicodélicas, por ratos tiene sonidos más viejos de lo que realmente son y no puedo evitar pensar en la etapa psicodélica de los Beatles al escuchar este trabajo. No tengo un tema que considere mejor que el resto.
Some songs I really liked, overall gut composition but not my favorite and only saved 2 songs to my playlist
That was a great album although the feet song is weird.
Spécial spatial. Prod pleine de surprises. 3.75 étoiles
This is a bit of a revelation. I'm generally a Beach Boys skeptic but this is excellent. Only really knew Feel Flows before but but will need to revisit this
Hmm. Some really good (‘Til I Die and Surf’s Up), and some really really bad (opening track, the one about feet, and the Tree song). Never really understood the critical love for The Beach Boys, but did a bit of deep dive once this album popped up and now I understand better the musical genius of Brian Wilson, even if I don’t love all of the music. There were spots on this record that were sonically beautiful, but some of the lyrics are just putrid. So this one for me was a mixed bag. At times during the listen, I was thinking a “2” at best, but then there was some truly genius tracks, and I was thinking 4. Guess I’ll have to settle in the middle. The 2-3 great songs save this for me and I’ll give it a 3, bordering on a 2 for a third, bordering on a 4 for a third.
It’s ok
real enjoyable. paced well, short and sweet. had to remind myself it was the 70s.
Lowkey mid. As a beach boys fan, idk how I haven’t heard this album. Only like 2 decent songs. The 70s were a time I suppose
I’ve never really been a fan of The Beach Boys, the instrumentation is good in this album but I just can’t get in to the lyrics, they are often a bit to in the nose
#666. <insert Steve Buscemi "How do you do, fellow kids?" meme here> What is happening with this album? This shit is fucking weird, and not in a good way. 2/5: yikes
Fuck me, not another Beach Boys album. I'm starting to feel like it's me that's wrong. The previous BB albums I've reviewed were largely shite, occasionally dipping into bearable. This particular album was more bearable than shite, but it's still a long way from something I would willingly seek out and listen to.
Čakal som, že to bude horšie ale stále to znie dosť staro. Neboli tam zle pesničky a prizmurujem trochu oči lebo to není môj žáner.
I loved this
When I think of The Beach Boys, I think of their classic surf rock sound. This was something else, a combination of pretty good production, near psychedelic vibes, combined with the idea of summer or islander energy. I was pleasantly surprised when I heard effects popularized in dub or other Jamaican genres, giving me that gringo-beach feel. I wasn't very impressed with the social pieces, they felt overproduced and in that sense, not genuine either. Still! Pretty decent listen, I'm glad I heard this other side of the band. I'm not gonna actively look for this record, but if I spot it at a good price, I'd buy it.
Ok.
Beach boys: depression edition.
3.5/5 - really liked Feel Flows but rest were just ok for me. Maybe I would have more appreciate if this wasn’t my first beach boys album?
Meh, being more mellow doesn't really work for The Beach Boys.
Not a fan of this album.
I feel like this album misses the arrangements of Brian Wilson. And though the themes are darker and more serious than early Beach Boys, that does not by itself make this album great. Honestly, for me, this album is fine at best. Lyrically, a lot of the songs feel weak to me, and the harmonies just aren't as robust as they are with Wilson.
Something different than their big hits. But not for me.
Meh
Probably my favorite beach boys album. Imcredibly creative song writing and melodies.
Not as depressing as the album cover makes it seem, although it is most definitely a darker sound for The Beach Boys, I love the atmospheric spaces they make in the instrumentation along with the echoey vocals. It feels like music for walking along the beach at night, that half sort of peaceful/haunting vibe.
Turns out i'm a huge beach boys fan
Loved this - different side to The Beach Boys, but reflects the changes music and culture went through in the 60s into the early 70s.
dont touch the water?
This really blindsided me. It's a big change from conventional Beach Boys sound, which doesn't completely work. It feels a bit insincere, as if they're trying to get with the times and grow out of their niche, but there are growing pains. It's an inconsistent and flawed record, but it is interesting. My favorite part was the last 3 tracks ("A Day in the Life of a Tree", "Til I Die", "Surf's Up") which are actually all the Brian Wilson-written songs on the record. I guess that goes to show that when I say I like the Beach Boys, I'm really saying I like Brian Wilson. I think the rest of the album needs to sink in for me, and will get better with re-listening. It sits around a 3 or 4 for me after one listen, so I will round up with the expectation it will grow on me.
Tremendo registro histórico. Mucho más psicodelico de lo que me esperaba, igual me gustó.
Mehhh. Not The Beach Boys I love.
You would think after 17 albums they would know what good sounds like..... clearly not. T
Preferred the movie adaptation
9/10 A post Smile BB album, which means it will be uneven, maybe weird, and doesn’t have as much Brian as you’d like. Tick. But this is better than I remember - great even - and is right up with Sunflower for me in the “second best BB album” competition. Carl’s contributions are excellent, stand out songs. Second side of this album is ridiculously strong (shock horror that’s where the Brian stuff is). Best: ‘Til I Die
5/5. Absolutely amazing!!!
I reckon this was great at the right time. Some dreadful lyrics though
Really enjoyed it - I will have to listen to more beach boys
Ei niin hyvä mitä aikaisempi Beach boys levy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tämä oli kyllä hyvä! Vaihtelevaa ja miellyttävää meininkiä koko levy!
I much prefer this album to the previous, kitschy “in their sound” Pet Sounds. This was simple, classic, and delightful.
Still Sunflower for me 5/10
A more psychedelic Beach Boys but also they're more environmentally conscience? They should have made the whole album Feel Flows.
Incredibly flawed in the first half (long promised road aside). Second half hits all the depressing highs.
good compositions and harmonies, but not my favorite. Too manufactured trying to find the right slot.
The Beach Boys weren't my favorite band. I'll say that because of that, I didn't listen to a lot of their music. And with that I found this album surprising because of its difference.
A couple good songs but really kinda cringey or corny.
2- Stars (4/15)
I enjoyed this one, though I have to say that I'm looking forward to Pet Sounds as it's my favorite Beach Boys album. This one had a lot of tracks I'd never heard before, and they weren't all what you'd think of when you think of the Beach Boys. More somber and less sunshine sometimes. I also really like the album art. Standouts: Feel Flows, 'Til I Die, Surf's Up Rating: 3.75/5
Another album that's meant to be a classic. I've never got any further than quite liking it.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. This was an interesting album and sounds like a band trying to be The Beach Boys. The vocals are not in full swing with all the harmonies. Some tracks do feature their signature vocal sound but others are way more sparse. Subject matter is environmental and political and kind of funny. Till I Die I had heard before. Really solid song and interesting artwork for the album compared to the name.
This album was pretty good! I hadn't heard any of these songs before so it was nice to hear some new beach boys!
what if the beach boys were moody?
Never thought going to the beach with some boys would be such a snooze fest.
A few days ago I was discussing with my brother how I think I just don't get the Beach Boys and the Beatles. He concluded that maybe I just don't like the 60's sound. Strange, because I like Cream, Hendrix, the Doors, Zeppelin, Zappa... But I will now contend that when people claim that these two bands competed to be the best, it's trying to be the best in something I have no space in my heart for. This kind of music was a race in what is something of a tech demo. Who can layer the most impressive soundscape, the most complicated harmonies? Does that yield the objectively best music? To people invested in that race it does. That would not be me.
Some experimental songs really hit hard. The lyrics are really well written. Great work, Mr Wilson and crew. Just not completely convinced by the album as a whole. 6,5/10 fav songs : Student Demonstration Time (which is just the BB version of Revolution) & Surf's Up
It's OK but not earth breaking.
This was actually one of the strangest albums in this project. It felt like a psychedelic children's album. I kind of liked Don't Go Near The Water and Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song). I found the first half of Surf's Up annoying but then it gets good at around the 3 minute mark. Strange vibes.
I know the 60's were gentler times, but there's a lot of PSA in this album that feels a bit silly at times. It's OK, but I was looking for a riot.
I appreciate all of their experimentation with sound and melodies, but it never really comes together for me.
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This album is full of theatricality, which makes of it something great and a very diverse album. It is such an enjoyable album that catches you from start to begging. I have to admit it has impressed me.
weird, noises, eh. Too old.
This reminded me of the first time I heard Odessa by the Bee Gees, in that I had very specific expectations based on what I was used to from the band and was very wrong. This album title seemingly alludes to the era of surf pop being over (everyone loves a good pun). Despite being very different to my favourite Beach Boys albums, this does stand up on its own as a different type of good. It’s almost proggy, and way more intricate to those poppy surf bops.
Not my favourite beach boys album but fine. Won’t be on regular rotation
Gentle, surf tinged pop with great vocal harmonies
Meh? It seems weak for the Beach Boys. I'm not much of a Beach Boys fan, but this lacks the engineering and composition that makes them fun and engaging.
-second Beach Boys album i’ve heard. really good, i’d say it might even have more variety and range than Pet Sounds -it did have a less cohesive feel than Pet Sounds however which made it kinda tough to connect with every song? still glad i listened, it expanded upon my Beach Boys knowledge -Favorites are Don’t Go Near The Water, Long Promised Road, and Student Demonstration Time
A really unique and relaxing listen. Nice and low-key melodies while still mixing in some summery/teeny bop classic Beach Boys. Much more sophisticated and mature sound. Straightforward and generally unremarkable lyrics, but still fun to put on and close your eyes to. Top tracks: Don't Go Near The Water, Disney Girls (1957), 'Til I Die
Dare I say the album art might be by far the best thing about this album.
despite never listening to this album before (why THIS beach boys album???) for some reason I have every single song downloaded? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ anyway there's some weird mixing and a lot of vocals are directly in my right ear and it just doesn't seem like i'm listening to the beach boys a lot of the time? favorite song: "feel flows" overall: 4/10 (sorry y'all)
If anyone mentions the Beach Boys, you automatically think of sun, surf, sand and girls (in roughly that order) sung by fresh faced, smiling Californian dudes. Alarm bells already start ringing with the cover to this album depicting a defeated spear carrier on a dying horse, looking like a Scandinavian death metal illustration. Whilst the music sort of sounds like the Beach Boys of old, the subjects include death, student riots and pollution with only a couple of moments where Brian Wilson’s genius shines through (notably in the title track which was a hold over from the legendary lost Smile album). It’s the Beach Boys Jim, but not as we know them.
That is interestingly different from the other Beach Boys albums I've listened so far, it feels "darker" and less "Oh hey I love the sun in the sky and girls on the beach". Maybe it is linked to the time when it was recorded (early seventies). They don't play doom metal either, don't get me wrong.
Solidly good album overall. Enjoyed how Don't Go Near Water was an almost satirical take on their early work. Great harmonies throughout the whole record.
12/07/2025 Apparently I don't have an issue with the Beach Boys.
Ethereal and very mellow.
So I’m familiar with a lot of The Beach Boys work because they were one of my first memories of hearing and liking a band. My grandmother gave me a few best of cassettes and a golden oldies cd and that was my earliest memory of music. But that being said I never actually got into their actual studio albums cause I grew up WAY after their prime and compilation cds were everywhere. But my point is that this entire album I had never seen or heard before. The cover is so dark and gloomy, my immediate assumption was that this was from their branching out period where they strived to get psychedelic with their sound and I was so happy to be right. That first track “don’t go near the water” how have I never heard this/never been on one of their best of albums. The song subject matter is still relevant to this day, it’s kinda dark and gloomy, but it’s also so creative and with that wholesome BB charm. Honestly this whole album really blew me away. I assumed this era in their history was underwhelming or embarrassing cause music documentaries and album sales would make you think that The Beatles were just annihilating them and they are always pitted one another in “music textbooks”. But honestly this is equally good. The amount of talent and creativity is all over this super fun album. My only problems are as always I struggled with some of the slower songs, so there are just a few skips. And because it’s the BB and they have their super nostalgic and crystal clean harmonies, which I enjoy in all their pop hits, but for their “edgy” psychedelic album they should’ve taken risks with the vocals. Don’t try and sound like other bands, keep doing what your doing but maybe less falsetto harmonies. I think that would’ve added a cool dynamic to this album, but what do I know. But to end on a positive, this album did force me to dive deeper into their catalogue to find more gems like this album. Definitely go give this album a listen.
Fun synths, interesting lyrics. Liked track 3
interesting
This was my third Beach Boys album in a month, but all three were different enough to be interesting. The typical Beach Boys sound is here, but it's generally tempered compared to some of their earlier stuff. The environmental message was occasionally cloying but came from a good place.
Even mid level beach boys is better than most of the other stuff out there
This album is pretty great. 1001 album generator is giving me a much greater appreciation of the Beach Boys and their brilliance. Such rich, tangible and fully realised songs. This album is full of great, fun songs, a few that are just okay. I really love Disney girls, beautiful song, I’d even say it rivals Something by The Beatles. I really don’t like the way ‘Lookin’ at tomorrow” sounds, the production is very nauseating for some reason. What a great, weird cover too! Fav tracks - Don’t go near the water - Long Promised Road - Take a Load Off Your Feet - Disney Girls - Student demonstration time - Feel flows - A day in the life of a tree Worst track - Lookin’ at tomorrow
Alright. Ok. Ok.
Enjoyed it more than expected
Save the trees! And the water!
I’m not a beach girl
This is definitely a different Beach Boys than Pet Sounds.
Wow... I'm NOT a Beach Boys fan but this sounds nothing like a Beach Boys album (until the final track Surf's Up). A ton of psych influence, overt social and environmental lyrics, more diverse and experimental sound. All fused with the solid studio magic perfected on Pet Sounds. I don't love it all but it was a very pleasant surprise.
80/100. Surf’s Up feels like The Beach Boys looking inward, not just musically, but emotionally. Musically, the album offers plenty of beauty. The harmonies are lush, and the arrangements often drift into dreamlike territory. Not every track holds the same emotional power, and some moments feel more like transition pieces than fully formed ideas.
a nice chill album but sorta empty. probably good for the time but it's missing something now
I can't say I'd listen to this again, or that any track really stood out to me, although Long Promised Road is probably the highlight here. For me, the production sound was phenomenal. The songs didnt even have to do it for me, I loved the production enough that it kept me engaged.
9/1001 The Beach Boys - Surf's Up Heard Before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ Melancholic Beach Boys is the best version of the band. Here, it sounds like a warning of the hippie dream gone wrong. One or two dude here and there, but overall an excellent album.
3/5. Not as subtle or beautiful as some of the other Beach Boy music I like more. The harmony work seems less ambitious.
Well constructed songs and it sounds like a response to other top albums of the late 1960s. Not my favorite but was great to listen to other songs from The Beach Boys I hadn't heard before.
3/5
Better than Coldplay
Okay...
Ya, OK whatever. Not horrible, but no real interest in hearing this again,
Instant classic and immediately purchased on vinyl. An album I hadn't really heard of before but was awesome. It seemed more like a prog rock album which was a nice surprise given their other albums. An amazing album front to back.
I liked this. Not entirely what I expected.
Dogshit
Best goed, niks bijzonders
Beach Boys are woke???
Truly an album that grows on you with each passing listen, as Carl Wilson takes over during his brother’s decline. There’s hints of all sorts of genres to come, from yacht rock to indie folk, all encompassed in 10 tracks. And other than one absolute eye-roller, the music here is another step ahead of what anyone else did. Good album.
life-affirming pop music with one beyond obvious blemish
An enjoyable experience from an artist I've never really checked out in any capacity. This very much has proto-progressive rock tendencies without being clearly identifiable as such, falling into a strange stylistic category of psychedelic pop rock which is that bit more challenging and unconventional than you'd expect. The songs take on a bittersweet, high-key yet bordering on melancholic approach, which is always a welcome juxtaposition. My main criticisms of the album would be that the production is somewhat suspect in patches - the vocals can become a bit scratchy/overbearing in the mix, and it does hit a bit of an impasse in its mid-section - "Student Demonstration Time" is a minor dud with these production issues becoming quite glaring.
This is a bizarre mix of what people love about the Beach Boys while also being a victim of their desire to expand what they can do. A lot of the base songs sound pretty interesting but the way something is mixed or arranged is sometimes a detriment to something that is otherwise pretty cool. I was pretty shocked seeing this album cover, and that it was a Beach Boys album.
I'm trying to give this a listen... I can't do it.
Another Beach Boy album. I can see their place in history, but nothing very exciting or interesting time personally.
Two Beach Boys & one Brian Wilson album since he died 15 days ago, STOP. As my previous comments have stated, I cannot get into them. This album is horrible.
3.6 - First half all good, last 4 songs not so much
Surprisingly creative music, almost more like the Beatles or Donovan type of sound compared to the early Beach Boys.
This is really not my favourite Beach Boys record, but even their more lacking ventures have some real highlights.
Prachtige harmonie. Ben maar tot de helft gekomen. Dusss een save for later
Pretty good, not as good as pet sounds though
excellent, and quite different from what I remember listening to at 13
Weird fun but good!
this is the third the beach boys' album i get here... don't think they're for me
Didn't enjoy it. 1 star
Weird and wonderful
A great album though I found the mix had the voice too high in it
Escuché el álbum yendo al trabajo con una temperatura de 0° , no lo conocía y aún así no me dejó morir en la fría mañana de buenos aires, gracias brian wilson
The simple title of this one made me think it might be a straight-forward early Beach Boys album. But this early 70's release has some interesting minor key arrangements and psychedelic touches alongside the always beautiful vocal harmonies. Some fairly lame lesser tracks drag this rating down compared to the strengths of its better songs. Standouts: Surf's Up, 'Til I Die, Feel Flows
What the hell did I just listen to? Some nice harmonies but there's a lot on this that is downright goofy. I'm coming to the conclusion after listening to 2 Beach Boys albums (with one of them being Pet Sounds) that I do not particularly like them. Favorites: None Would I listen to it again: No
Really waffled between thinking Brian Wilson was the most overrated artist of all time (don’t go near the water, Disney girls, student demonstration time) to kind of liking it (long promised road mostly but the last few songs were ok).
3.5 Kinda getting a sad clown vibe from this one. Very, very cool cover. I always thought of the beach boys as sort of a pop band without a whole lot of substance (and it always seemed they (or some form of the band) would play any venue in their later years to get a paycheck). The more listens I get in, the more I can appreciate the great songs they have written, pioneering production and a bit of a darker side to keep things interesting. Will check this one out again
I think this is my first listen. I may have heard it once before but I am in no way familiar with it and don’t really know what to think about it. It is both awful and brilliant at the same time. The vocals, the harmonies and the production are so stripped back and don’t have that fat sound that the Beach Boys usually go for. Although Feel Flows has that fatter sound. The songs are ridiculous: Take a Load Off Your Feet, Student Demonstration Time and A Day in the Life of a Tree. Disney Girls (1957) is an unexpected slow waltz which jars the flow of the album. It gets a bit psychedelic for my tastes on side two and dips into that Pet Sounds vibe. It also has the fatter sound that I associate with the Beach Boys. I really can’t decide if the album is genius or junk but I would listen to it again.
feels not like the beach boys. something off about this one, not awful but doesnt seem as good as others of theres.
My second Beach Boys record in a week and it may be weird to say, but I prefer this to Pet Sounds. It just sounds more fresh to me and less dated and this I would absolutely call a world class album.
today's the day I learned The Beach Boys had 17+ albums. lyrically it feels quite experimental and whimsical. I was not expecting some kind of an environmentalist rock record. it's strange. I can't really get into it but at the same time there is something intriguing about it that keeps pulling me back in. 3.5
Inoffensive. Needed more Brian and less Carl Wilson. I sorta liked “ Take a Load Off Your Feet” and “Student Demonstration Time.”
Great album
74/100. Feel Flows is great. A few other good songs
After a brief absence, back to your regularly scheduled programmin’ (of “what’s-next?-I-don’t-know!” jammin’.) In that week off, Brian Wilson passed and this was the album that appeared on the day of his passing. It is also now my favorite Beach Boys album. A complete and total surprise. Brian Wilson, you’ll be missed — loved listening to this bizarre, aggressively political, anti-beach party Beach Boys record. “I'm a leaf on a windy day, pretty soon, I'll be blown away. How long will the wind blow? How long will the wind blow? Until I die; these things I’ll be until I die.”
Ha! get it.... like surfs UP
Darker tone.
I actually liked this better than any other Beach Boys album I’ve previously listened to. Getting out of their cornball wheelhouse did them a real favor.
3/5
Nothing particularly stood out.
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I don't surf though.
Overall: 8/10 The only reason this was on my radar at all is because of that incredibly depressing and beautiful album cover. It's so NOT Beach Boys that you can't help but be drawn to it. The music inside fits the cover surprisingly well, with this being a bit of a melancholic departure for these guys. Honestly, I'm surprised this album isn't more popular. It obviously isn't their best work but it's very artsy and shows that Brian (RIP) wasn't the only member of the band capable of making these types of artsy pop songs. I highly recommend it to any fans of The Beach Boys who want to hear something different from them. Fav Song: Take a Load Off Your Feet Least Fav Song: Student Demonstration Time
Interesting sound!
Didn’t even sound like them.
It was ok
I know I’m being influenced by Brett’s opinion, but this album isn’t that good. It is some sounds from The Beach Boys that I like (upbeat and funky) but it’s overall erratic. There’s one song that has emergency vehicle sounds in the background - who wants to listen to that!?
gemütlich
Yeah, this is a trippy album, an example of rock and roll music at the time. I thought it was good, though, and will listen to it again.
I was a Beatles girl so I never got super into the beach boys, but it they truly are the epitome of 60s psychedelic beach rock
very fun, though some songs had a similar concept
Some of the best Beach Boys songs with a lot of filler in between. 7/10
I like it 3.5 stars
Absolutely incredible album. 5/5
Dobrej klidecek, prvne poslechnuto
surprisingly not like the Beach boys I am used to. depressingly topical even after 50+ years.
How timely. RIP Brian Wilson.
so fun! didn't realize it was so different than their other popular songs
it was surprisingly really good. i didn’t know blues rock beach boys existed. i only know the a cappella ones
The site ate my review. Needless to say, this is not a good album, not even a good Beach Boys album. They should have broke up after Smile fell apart.
A "too many cooks" record, the 10 songs here pull in a number of different directions, leaving the album with no cohesive center. There are a couple of terrific Brian Wilson co-written tracks ("'Til I Die" and "Surf's Up") and pair of Carl Wilson co-written tracks ("Long Promised Road" and "Feel Flows") that represent a step forward for the Beach Boys sound. On the other hand, it also contains a number of clumsy attempts at social commentary (including the bizarre 50s-ish throwback "Student Demonstration Time") and some corny tracks that should have stayed in the vault ("Take A Load Off Your Feet", "A Day In The Life Of A Tree"). The band deserves credit for trying to move forward but this album contains just a few too many missteps.
This is record that I own. I don't listen to it often. The songs that I most familar with are the last two. Til I Die and Surf's Up. Long Promised Road is great one. If I heard this out in public, I don't know if I'd ID it as a Beach Boys song. There's a couple clunckers in the middle.
Pretty solid
I actually enjoyed this one more than the first one I listened to. This one sounded deeper musically and lyrically than that one.
Žao mi je Briane Wilsone. Evo dala sam dvije poštene šanse. I u toku ovog albuma dosta puta se pošteno zapitala koji đavo slušam. Ne ide pa ne ide. Možda je i ovo preamerički. Možda samo loše.
Is it just coincidence to get a Beach Boys album the day after learning that Brian Wilson passed away? Or is this site less random than it appears? Something to ponder while listening today. I feel like this album can be summed up as "the Beach Boys get dark." Visually, I was struck by the imagery of the album art and its juxtaposition with the seemingly upbeat "Surf's Up" title. From what I know of the BB's music, they're generally happy, chill, and good-vibe-based. But this makes it look more pessimistic, or at least like dark times are ahead. The music was in this vein as well. Mostly melancholy, versus the generally cheery songs I otherwise would know. I wasn't familiar with any of the tracks on this album prior to listening to it today. It's interesting that the group shifted to this sound, which felt much more band focused (as in fewer harmonies, more instrument-heavy) than I have heard from them before. They also seemed to have more topical mindset, since the lyrics often dealt with societal and environmental problems. While I appreciated this approach from this band, I didn't love the album. Most of it was fine, but none of it really seemed better than good. It's hard to pinpoint anything in particular wrong with it, other than to say it just didn't reach the level of being great. Overall: 3.2/5
The epitome of the phrase flawed masterpiece, this album sees the Boys getting serious about the issues. The relatively sparse vocal layering (by Beach Boys’ standards) of Carl Wilson’s production lets the songs breathe. When Brian pops up at the end with the title track, you kind of think, ‘Oh Brian, I wondered where you’d got to’.
Weird for BB. Not terrible with a couple good songs
Got this the day after Bryan Wilson died.
I've never considered myself a fan of The Beach Boys, but I might have to start. I wasn't a huge fan of the first couple songs - 70s surf rock always sounds cheesy to me, but Disney Girls was surprisingly decent even though it doesn't really fit the era or genre, and while some parts of Student Demonstration Time were disappointing, the overall melody is super catchy and there are some awesome lyrics (especially "the pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun"). After that, the album settled into mostly mellow psychedelic rock which was great, though nothing really stood out to me.
I've never heard of this album before; I kind of like it. It's a little different from what they usually sing.
RIP Brian Wilson. Simply a great record.
8.5/10 The Beach Boys didn't disappoint with their first album on this list. R.I.P to Brian Wilson. Masterful songwriting and composition. This album provides great insight into the world we live in today, with lessons about taking care of our environment in songs like "Don't Go Near the Water" and "A Day In The Life of a Tree." We also get a bombastic track about the dangers of rioting in "Student Demonstration Time," my favorite track. All the while, it mixes in some songs to chill out with and navigate through life. There's only one dud on the album, "Lookin' At Tomorrow." Favorite Tracks: *Student Demonstration Time*, *Long Promised Road*, Don't Go Near the Water
A day after the death of the great Brian Wilson...really good album, especially the last 3 songs
Sharp, moving and glorious. Even by looking at the cover alone you can tell this record was a switch up for the Beach Boys. Even though the group wasn't led by Brian at this point in time, the music was still great and their move towards the 70's saw some great records being made, with Sunflower, Holland and Love You being some of my favorites. Surf's up is that essential switch in momentum that was needed, its political, its raw and it isn't your average sunny beach boys record, even the contrast with Sunflower is stark. Nonetheless Surf's up for me is one the greatest beach boys records, as its trying to be more artsy and meaningful. The lyrics are punchy and the instrumentation is excellent as always. Whilst songs like Don't go near the water and Lookin' at tomorrow provide some food for thought, the record has some lighter tones with songs like the soft and emotional Disney Girls. There plenty of experimentation with songs like feel flows, which is an emmaculate representation of the groups technical capabilities, even without Brian. But the main focus of this record should be the last three tracks, which is singlehandedly one of the greatest endings ever made. Each song is enough to give you the chills; they're raw, emotional and have emaculate production. I dare say the ending sequence along makes the this record worth listening. Overall this is just one of my favorite record by the beach boys as it shows they're technicality to the fullest, its versatile and heartfelt and its you at the core. One of my favorites that will be spun much much more. Favorite song: Day in the life of a tree (massive massive HM to Till I die... good lord the harmonies, also, of course, surf's up, objectively the best song on the record, I'm just biased as hell, and Disney Girls the softies). Overall score: 9,8/10
How timely. RIP Brian Wilson. Although I definitely prefer Pet Sounds, I enjoyed this a lot, especially with the harmonies. 4/5
meh
It's interesting...
R.I.P Brian Wilson Crazy coincidence to get this album the week of his passing though maybe the generator did that on purpose and it isn't a coincidence at all. Idk. Either way I'm happy to honor the legendary Brian Wilson by listening to this absolute classic. "Til I Die" hit extra hard... Love & Mercy 🌊🌴🍹🌺🏖️ Favorite track: Disney Girls
Wonder if it's a coincidence that this got served up the day after Brian Wilson died. You can tell that he wasn't as involved in this one because, uh, I dunno, it's just kind of there, I guess? Listened to it twice and nothing stuck. Really weird to hear a huge nostalgia band's album and not recognize a single track.
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As Brian passes yesterday. This and it’s predecessor Sunflower and my 2 favourite Beach boys albums, since lived with the Feel flow release a few years ago. It’s weird as fuck, kind of low fi pop, current and environment I presume for the time, 5 Star
Meh.
It's alright. Pretty dull to be honest. Won't be revisiting
With a title like that, you'd probably be expecting songs in the vein of California Girls and, yes, Surfin' USA. But you'd be wrong. These are deeper, more introspective ballads rather than cheery bubblegum pop. It's an interesting diversion.
Jesus, (maybe-not-so-random) 1001 albums generator. The day after the death of the legendary Brian Wilson, you give me a Beach Boys album I’m entirely unfamiliar with, which contains a Brian Wilson track called ‘Til I Die. You have devastated me, and I gently applaud your sneaky reverence. About half way through Surf’s Up, I had to stop everything (all the urgent emails and work Teams chats be damned), and read the lyrics to this album as they were sung. This album is super dense, and without concentration, the whole beauty and magnitude will blow by you. Now I’m going to have to listen to the entire Beach Boys discography. Despite having loved them since childhood, I’ve pretty much only listened to the Endless Summer compilation, Pet Sounds, and Smiley Smile. Surf’s Up has shown me at even deeper level than Pet Sounds, where they were willing to take their artistry. Well done album generator. Well done Beach Boys.
The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson tend to be insufferable, and much of this is, but some of it isn't! In fact, there are a few parts that are actually quite good!
as a whole album i think it's kind of okay? but there's a few songs that i like so it's not like terrible
One of the most beautiful album of the 70's.
Getting this album the day after Brian Wilson's passing, and I'm a little disappointed to get a Beach Boys offering that has such minimal influence from Brian. And it shows. Particularly the first half of the album, which is mostly forgettable and uninspired. The second half is really in a different league, but it's not enough to save this rating for me. Especially after reading about how the record was basically part of a PR campaign to rehab the Beach Boys image. Hard to get stoked about something that's mostly disingenuous. Still…RIP Brian. 3/5 Highlights: Student Demonstration Time Feel Flows Looking At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
R.I.P. Brian Wilson
Its good, quite whimsical but definitely not my fave Beach Boysm
Not really my thing, can see how it's influential but it's just very old
Better than I had expected. Very fun
- one of those moments when you realize why critically acclaimed bands are critically acclaimed - brutal look at the state of things seventy years ago. life of a tree today just as bad. student demonstration time. god - good good album. so much depth to it - harmonies are so very good
God Mike Love sucks
It's not perfect but this is my favourite Beach Boys. Delightfully idiosyncratic and weird. Carl's acid drenched lyrics tickle me no end. RIP the brother Brian. What an album to get on the day of his death, have just been spinning Pet Sounds.
beach boys met een geweten... blijft goed, ook met serieuzere teksten
I got this the day after Brian Wilson died I knew nothing about this album before this morning. I see it as groundbreaking in 1971. It's good. Just not for me.
Bizarre contrast between the name of the band, the album and the album cover itself. Beach Boys are a crazy band with some of the deepest and weirdest lore of any artist. Brian Wilson was a genius and the rest of the band was good as well unless they were Charles Manson or Mike Love. This album is a pretty good one, some very pleasant songs here along with some weird stuff like Student Demonstration Time. Not the very best album out there or even the best Beach Boys album of this era, but nice to listen to nonetheless.
Despite the name, this seems like the least-surfiest Beach Boys Album I’ve had so far. It verges on activism. They come out strong by protecting water, but pull their punches in “Student Demonstration Time”. I loved the grooves here though and the multiple genres they touch on. Their impact on future acts is evident here, as I hear Grizzly Bear and the Dirty Projectors.
Found out from r/1001AlbumsGenerator today that Brian Wilson passed yesterday and now I'm in a crappy mood. Especially since I reviewed "Pet Sounds" just two days ago and called Brian a diva lovingly. (I haven't even listened to The Beach Boys regularly in a couple of years, but he was dearly beloved.) — Now, I couldn't give the record any less than five, but I wasn't planning on that regardless. "Surf's Up" has been my favourite Beach Boys record — as well as their musical comeback. The whole mood of the album is eerie and dark — a stark contrast from The Beach Boys's bubbly and sappy earlier work. It is certainly more desolate and reflective, dealing with heavier topics than young love. While "Disney Girls (1957)" has a dreamlike, vintage quality and reminds me of Sunday drowses, "A Day in the Life of a Tree" and "'Til I Die" are haunting and f**king beautiful. "I'm a leaf on a windy day Pretty soon I'll be blown away How long will the wind blow? How long will the wind blow? (Until I die) Until I die These things I'll be until I die" "Surf's Up" (song) is a groundbreaking track. It can't get better than that. Carl’s voice carries a kind of childlike innocence that’s just gorgeous. (I was originally intending to sh** on Mike Love's infamous "Student Demonstration Time" but I'm not in the right headspace anymore. All I'll say is that you should skip that track.) Overall a ★★★★★ record. Please give it a spin. And...thanks for the memories, Brian. You shaped my early teenagehood more than you could have ever known. Whenever I listen to your music, I am brought back to that special place, where the sun shone brighter and the air smelled sweeter.
Unique, innovative, etc., but not my favorite thing ever, personally.
To be served this album the day after Brian Wilson's death was beyond amazing since this is another stone cold classic from the Boys.
The album was recommended the day after Brian Wilson died. It’s actually one of my favorite oldies bands growing up in Florida and we got to see them in concert in my teens.