The Beach Boys Albums Ranked Worst to Best

[@skybluemarshall]

Shortenin' Bread was recorded because Brian became obsessed with it for about a decade. He played it over and over on his piano and got his friends to sing along with him at parties and basically drove everyone crazy with it. He once told Alice Cooper that it was the best song ever written. Alice was like, "Okaaaay. It's Brian Wilson, so I guess he must be right." 😂

[@Z-eb]

@5:16 Keeping The Summer Alive, I dont agree this is where their nostalgia act started, it started Waaaaaay eariler with the double LP from 1974 and the ill-fated "Brian`s Back" campaign.....BUT i do love any Beach Boys up to and including Keeping the Summer Alive, the stuff after is god awful, except "Thats why god made the Radio" and some of Brian`s solo albums are decent ! Great video folks !

[@johnrunion5357]

surfin' safari is what it sounds like : a bunch of kids. the beach boys were never a garage band. they were a living room band. surfin' usa is a HUGE improvement; a giant leap forward. the lonely sea is one of my all time favorite songs. the first glimpse we get of bw's more melancholy side. to me surfer girl, little Deuce Coupe, shut down volume 2, all summer long, Christmas album, TODAY! (my all time favorite album by ANYONE), summer days/nights, pet sounds, SMiLE! sessions, smiley smile (in the 70's this album was my favorite album by anyone of the previous decade, then i heard TODAY! and the doors's debut), wild honey, friends and 20/20 are all classic albums. i don't really count party! as a studio album. i could live without it. i like most of sunflower. i like much of surf's up. i really can't get into much of carl/passions and holland. i appreciate them more than i actually enjoy them. Mount Vernon and Fairway however is amazing. 15 big ones is/was a HUGE disappointment. the bb recorded it under duress. their label was threatening to sue them for not meeting the obligations of their contract. they owed the label two more records.they went into the studio and attempted to record two albums at once. they were going to record one album of covers and one album of new material, but the clock was ticking and they were running out of time. so they presented what they had recorded thus far as one album to buy them more time. this album should have been either all covers or all new material, not a mash-up. around this time they also recorded their second Christmas album hoping that would fullfill their contract, but the label rejected it. they did not want a Christmas album. it would take decades for this material /their second Christmas album to finally be released. LOVE YOU is my favorite album of the 70's. it is their last truly great, classic album. it was the last time they attempted to move forward. originally love you was to be a solo brian album called brian loves you. special note should be made of nearly every member of the band walked out during love you's recording process not knowing what to make of what brian was doing; dennis and carl MAY have hung around the studio more than the others. after this the bb stopped even atempting to move forward. mike love seized control of the band. they then proceeded to attempt and failed to regain their former, early era glory. i wish they had retired the BB name or retiring from recording after love you. the beach boys are my all time favorite band, but i do not listen to any of their post 1977 love you albums. even bruce says they sound like old men on MIU. l.a. light album has a very few good songs, but everything else post-love you i just wish would cease to exist. still crusin' to me isn't a studio album; just a compilation with left overs. That's Why God Made the Radio is a good reunion album.

[@johnrunion5357]

also check out brian's unreleased albums adult/child and sweet insanity as well as brian and dennis's cocaine sessions aka the hamburger sessions.

[@stefano.b65stef77]

Hi guys, I enjoyed your video, I might be the only one who prefer Sunflower to Pet Sounds! I find Sunflower far more enjoyable, I don't skip any songs while on Pet Sounds there should be at least 2, anyway, music is subjective. PS: what was that beep noise?

[@SoundlabStudios63]

Nick’s smoke alarm for some reason beeps

[@stefano.b65stef77]

@@SoundlabStudios63 ok, thanks!

[@skybluemarshall]

​@SoundlabStudios63 Battery alarm. It was telling him to buy a 9 volt and swap it.

[@Townshend90125]

Sunflower is my second favorite album of theirs

[@tightenup82]

Just changed all my smoke alarm batteries

[@SoundlabStudios63]

I know, it’s a long video