What are the essential Beach Boys albums? I heard there's a lot of terrible albums between some good ones.
every album is good to great
and God Only knows is the best song ever made
>>64262307
Okay, but what's like, a smiled down list of a handful of albums that are top tier?
essential:
All Summer Long
Today!
Summer Days
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Friends
Sunflower
Surf's Up
Holland
Love You
after that, I would say just listen to everything else from the '62-'78 era
and SMiLE, of course
>>64262273
that and smile are the essentials. everything else is bad to great
Honestly, you're fine with Pet Sounds and some other hits. IMO, Pet Sounds is the only entire album worth it. Yea yea, come at me.
>>64262273
Thats the only good one.
every album before M.I.U. is amazing, but their best imo are (in no order)
Today
Pet Sounds
Smile Sessions
Wild Honey
Smiley Smile
Friends
Holland
Surf's Up
Sunflower
Love You
>>64262531
Shitty opinion but you're entitled to it
NOW WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM
AND WHAT CAN YOU SAY THAT WONT MAKE THEM DEFENSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
Keeping The Summer Alive is their absolute rock bottom btw. Check out that cover art; the message is really, really fucking obvious.
>summer's over (ie. we're completely washed up)
>the penguin is the only fan we have left
Aside from a lazy Chuck Berry cover, this album has absolutely nothing of interest or redeeming quality on it.
I made this a long time ago when people were all into making flowcharts for artists. as far as essential, id say
SMiLE
Pet Sounds
Today
Sunflower
Surf's Up
Surfer Girl
Summer Days and Summer Nights
All Summer Long
>>64264311
You can tell Brian has absolutely no desire to be there.
Teenagers think Pet Sounds is some kind of experimental emotional masterpiece when really it's just The Beatles 2 Faggotronic Boogaloo
I'm 28 years old, I'm probably older than the majority of people on /mu/. I've studied music theory in college for five years. I play more than five instruments including guitar and violin. I'm part if a rock duo and I perform monthly at various places. We've been working on an album since 2014. I think I know what I'm talking about.
To all you Pet Sounds fags, how much music theory do you know? What instruments do you play? I'm guessing none.
>>64264329
This is really bad and outdated, just fyi. I don't think I posted the new version until just now but here it is.
>>64264318 is a lot more terse too.
>>64264465
Wow, I fucked that up.
>>64264311
>Aside from a lazy Chuck Berry cover, this album has absolutely nothing of interest or redeeming quality on it
The title track is kind of fun in a retarded way and the closer track (Endless Harmony) would almost be a good song if they didn't destroy it with the ending bit thanking fans for their support over the years.
>>64264369
If I think its a masterpiece than it is to me. I do people here thinl their "abilities" make them more viable? If you're such an amazing musician them go release a fucking album so people here can say its shit if they dont like it. Because here if you dont like it them its crap. Your opinions are the most correct right. Everyone here is a fucking musical pro. You guys are just self centered fags. Listen to what you want and dont care about anything else
>>64264499
Wow, OP here and I forgot to check this thread. This helps out a lot. Thank you my dude.
>>64264369
it's gotta be bait, right guys?
>>64262273
Protip: Skip everything before Pet Sounds, and just listen to this comp.
>>64266457
Not the guy you're replying to.
I agree with you, but holy shit, your grammar is awful and you're making us all look bad.
>>64267393
bad advice
there are a bunch of gems on their early albums that aren't on endless summer
>>64268593
bullshit
name 15
>>64268834
please let me wonder
we'll run away
your summer dream
keep an eye on summer
the surfer moon
lonely sea
hushabye
i'm so young
she knows me too well
don't back down
spirit of america
the ballad of ole betsy
summer means new love
amusement parks u.s.a.
kiss me baby
sounds like you haven't heard a single pre-pet sounds album, mate
>>64264329
>tfw I'm this guy
So what versions of Smile would you consider checking out? There seems to be a lot of versions
>>64270253
Outside of the bootlegs, there's only Brian's rerecorded version (the 2004 Brian Wilson Presents...)
and the SMiLE, which is just using the original recordings to try and emulate the 2004 album.
Listen to both.
