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The Very Best of the Beach Boys [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (9 Jul 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Capitol
  • ASIN: B00005ARS9
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 747 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Good Vibrations (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:36£0.69
Listen  2. California Girls (2001 Digital Remaster) (U.K. Remaster) 2:43£0.69
Listen  3. I Get Around (2001 Digital Remaster) (U.K. Remaster) 2:14£0.69
Listen  4. Wouldn't It Be Nice (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:25£0.69
Listen  5. Surfin' Safari (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:07£0.69
Listen  6. Fun, Fun, Fun (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:20£0.69
Listen  7. Surfin' U.S.A. (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:28£0.69
Listen  8. Help Me, Rhonda (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:47£0.69
Listen  9. Don't Worry Baby (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:49£0.69
Listen10. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:04£0.69
Listen11. Little Deuce Coupe (2001 Digital Remaster) 1:38£0.69
Listen12. Dance, Dance, Dance (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono) 2:00£0.69
Listen13. Little Honda (2001 Digital Remaster) 1:52£0.69
Listen14. Do You Wanna Dance? (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:21£0.69
Listen15. Surfer Girl (2001 Digital Remaster) (U.K. Version) 2:27£0.69
Listen16. Then I Kissed Her (2001 Digital Remaster) (Mono) 2:15£0.69
Listen17. God Only Knows (1996 Digital Remaster) 2:50£0.69
Listen18. Caroline, No (1996 Digital Remaster) 2:19£0.69
Listen19. Sloop John B (1996 Digital Remaster) 2:55£0.69
Listen20. Barbara Ann (2001 Digital Remaster) (U.K. Remaster) 2:05£0.69
Listen21. Heroes And Villains (2001 Digital Remaster) 3:38£0.69
Listen22. Do It Again (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:19£0.69
Listen23. Darlin' (Digitally Remastered 01 For Uk Only) 2:12£0.69
Listen24. Wild Honey (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:38£0.69
Listen25. Break Away (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:56£0.69
Listen26. Rock And Roll Music (2000 Digital Remaster) 2:28£0.69
Listen27. I Can Hear Music (2001 Digital Remaster) 2:37£0.69
Listen28. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (2001 Digital Remaster UK Only) 3:02£0.79
Listen29. Lady Lynda (2000 Digital Remaster) 3:58£0.69
Listen30. Kokomo (1995 Digital Remaster) 3:35£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The cynical may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Non-cynics, however, will appreciate what makes The Very Best Of... unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross-selection of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through to 1988's "Kokomo". All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes are probably now as identifiable as the national anthem to anyone with radio or TV access. The fact that the tracks aren't in chronological order helps make for a fresh listening experience, as does the crisp digital sound. And yet these songs--even those that are more than four decades old--always sound strangely fresh and will likely remain so as long as there are beaches, young people and that symbolic season of freedom and dreams. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, The Very Best of the Beach Boys is, in many ways, a better representation of this legendary band's art than Elvis' 30 No 1 Hits and the Beatles' 1 were of the King and the Fab Four. --Bill Holdship


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"Definitive" best-of collection for the perennially popular60s surf-pop group, released to coincide with their 40th anniversary. Features all their best-known hits including 'Good Vibrations', 'Surfin' USA', 'I Get Around', 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' and 'Kokomo'.

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44 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The strongest collection of their hits, 22 Mar 2003
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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So many of their songs are well known, and not just to those who were raised on this music, but to people of all ages. Part of the reason may be that surf music is inextricably linked with the sixties - you won't find any modern equivalent.

Here you get the classic songs they wrote themselves - California girls, Fun fun fun, Good vibrations, Little deuce coupe, Help me Rhonda, God only knows, Darlin', I get around and Wouldn't it be nice to name just a few - together with songs that they covered in their own unique way - Do you wanna dance, Then I kissed her, Sloop John B and Cotton fields.

There have been plenty of compilations of their music down the years and will be many more. Given the number of classic songs they recorded, picking just thirty inevitably means that some great songs get left out. Yet, this compilation is as good as any you are ever likely to find. For absolute perfection, I would have preferred In my room or Bluebirds over the mountain (perhaps the best two songs not included) to Caroline no, but this is a minor quibble.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Summer in a CD, 7 Aug 2006
By D. M. York (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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I was aware of the more popular Beach Boys songs, such as the fantastic "I get around" or the sombre "God only knows", though this CD is a real testament to the abilities of the band and the vast range of music that they could produce. It is easy to picture people cruising around on hot summers days with this music playing, whilst it is just as easy to picture people slow-dancing to some of the other songs.

The CD has a distinctly "summery" feel to it. I cannot help but smile to myself when I am listening to this music during the morning commute. What a real, real shame that bands today don't manage to produce music that is as softly brilliant as this. Somehow the music manages to make me feel so much younger and happier just listening to it. Now thats something pretty amazing to say isn't it?

On a technical aspect, since these songs have all been recorded some time ago, they have been superbly remastered and compare excellently to more recent songs that have found their way onto my MP3 player.

All over, a complete winner for me.
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unimitable, 14 Mar 2002
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Faultless harmonies, beautiful melodies, effective lyrics, rockers, ballads, weepies.

This album has it all, in spades. And then some.

Some may grumble over track choice, but this disc offers a fairly comprehensive and concise history of the East Coast outfit.

The Beach Boys were never what you could call "An Album Band" like the beatles (Pet Sounds excluded).

But their singles - Good Vibrations, I can Hear Music, Do it Again etc. - rank amongst the most heavenly pop of all time. This disc is a perfect showcase for most of them.

Purchase this, then Pet Sounds, then Surf's Up and it's all you'll ever need.

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Love this CD. Put it on my mp3 for when i went on holiday, the perfect combination. If you love the beach boys you will love this cd.
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