The Beach Boys
Discography 1962-2018
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Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin'," the three Wilson brothers -- Brian, Dennis, and Carl -- plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous harmonies ever heard from a pop band. With Brian's studio proficiency growing by leaps and bounds during the mid-'60s, the Beach Boys also proved one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, exemplified by their 1966 peak with the Pet Sounds LP and the number one single "Good Vibrations." Though Brian's escalating drug use and obsessive desire to trump the Beatles (by recording the perfect LP statement) eventually led to a nervous breakdown after he heard Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the group soldiered on long into the '70s and '80s, with Brian only an inconsistent participant. The band's post-1966 material is often maligned (if it's recognized at all), but the truth is the Beach Boys continued to make great music well into the '70s. Displayed best on 1970's Sunflower, each member revealed individual talents never fully developed during the mid-'60s -- Carl became a solid, distinctive producer and Brian's replacement as nominal bandleader, Mike continued to provide a visual focus as the frontman for live shows, and Dennis developed his own notable songwriting talents. Though legal wranglings and marginal oldies tours during the '90s often obscured what made the Beach Boys great, the band's unerring ability to surf the waves of commercial success and artistic development during the '60s made them America's first, best rock band. 

Contents:

(1962) Surfin' Safari + (1963) Surfin' USA
(1963) Little Deuce Coupe + (1964) All Summer Long
(1963) Surfer Girl
(1964) Beach Boys Concert + (1970) Live In London
(1964) Shut Down, Volume 2
(1964) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
(1965) Beach Boys' Party! + (1968) Stack-O-Tracks
(1965) The Beach Boys Today! + (1965) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
(1966) Pet Sounds
(1967) Smiley Smile + (1967) Wild Honey
(1968) Friends + (1969) 20-20
(1970) Sunflower + (1971) Surf's Up
(1972) Carl And The Passions - 'So Tough'
(1973) Holland
(1974) Endless Summer
(1976) 15 Big Ones + (1977) Love You
(1978) M.I.U Album
(1979) L.A. (Light Album)
(1980) Keepin' The Summer Alive
(1985) The Beach Boys
(1989) Still Cruisin'
(1990) Landlocked
(1992) Summer In Paradise
(1996) Stars And Stripes, Volume 1
(1997) The Pet Sounds Sessions
(2004) Christmas With The Beach Boys
(2011) The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Edition)
(2012) Fifty Big Ones, Greatest Hits
(2012) That's Why God Made The Radio
(2018) With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra


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