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Track Listings
| 1. Little Deuce Coupe | |||
| 2. Ballad Of Ole' Betsy | |||
| 3. Be True To Your School | |||
| 4. Car Crazy Cutie | |||
| 5. Cherry Cherry Coupe | |||
| 6. 409 | |||
| 7. Shut Down | |||
| 8. Spirit Of America | |||
| 9. Our Car Club | |||
| 10. No Go Showboat | |||
| 11. Young Man Is Gone | |||
| 12. Custom Machine | |||
| 13. I Get Around | |||
| 14. All Summer Long | |||
| 15. Hush A Bye | |||
| 16. Little Honda | |||
| 17. We'll Run Away | |||
| 18. Carl's Big Chance | |||
| 19. Wendy | |||
| 20. Do You Remember | |||
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LITTLE DEUCE COUPE is arguably the first rock & roll concept album. Combining car songs from the Beach Boys' previous three albums with several new car-related numbers, it celebrates the simple joys of being a teenage automobile owner. Hitsingles "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Be True To Your School" showed that Brian Wilson was becoming a remarkably sophisticated producer, songwriter, and arranger. He had mastered the art of vocal arrangements, as shown by the spectacular five-part harmonies on "Spirit of America" and "A Young Man Is Gone", their touching tribute to James Dean. This is a fun, unpretentious evocation of a California summer.
On this disc, DEUCE COUPE is coupled with ALL SUMMER LONG. The sustained Number One success of the latter's "I Get Around" established the group as America's best hope against the Beatles' continued dominance of the airwaves. The already-elaborate vocal harmonies grow more lush, the melodies more far-ranging, as Brian's rich falsetto dominates the vocal mix on beautieslike "Girls On The Beach" and a hymn-like cover of the doo-wop classic "Hushabye". Wilson also masterfully streamlined his Phil Spector/Wall Of Sound influence so that a large multi-track L.A. studio production still sounds as if it's being produced by a small combo.
LITTLE DEUCE COUPE is arguably the first rock & roll concept album. Combining car songs from the Beach Boys' previous three albums with several new car-related numbers, it celebrates the simple joys of being a teenage automobile owner. Hitsingles "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Be True To Your School" showed that Brian Wilson was becoming a remarkably sophisticated producer, songwriter, and arranger. He had mastered the art of vocal arrangements, as shown by the spectacular five-part harmonies on "Spirit of America" and "A Young Man Is Gone", their touching tribute to James Dean. This is a fun, unpretentious evocation of a California summer.
On this disc, DEUCE COUPE is coupled with ALL SUMMER LONG. The sustained Number One success of the latter's "I Get Around" established the group as America's best hope against the Beatles' continued dominance of the airwaves. The already-elaborate vocal harmonies grow more lush, the melodies more far-ranging, as Brian's rich falsetto dominates the vocal mix on beautieslike "Girls On The Beach" and a hymn-like cover of the doo-wop classic "Hushabye". Wilson also masterfully streamlined his Phil Spector/Wall Of Sound influence so that a large multi-track L.A. studio production still sounds as if it's being produced by a small combo.
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