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Music : Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys
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Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys by: The Beach Boys List Price: $18.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.97 You Save: $8.01 (42%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD Brand: BEACH BOYS EAN: 0724358271027 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: June 10, 2003 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 326 MPN: 724358271027 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: \N Amazon.com: The cynic may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Everyone else, however, will appreciate what makes Sounds of Summer unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross section of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through 1988's "Kokomo." All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes, were Billboard Top 40 hits and 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. Which is to say that the title here passes the "truth in advertising" test. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, Sounds of Summer 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Sing Along TimeCool music of the days gone bye...great music for sing along while doing the boring exercise just pass'in the treadmill time away. Yes, singing on the treadmill in one's mind's eye... Rating: - good, but there is better out there.For a contemporary comparison try Nick Worrall's debut album, it has been compared to the classic 'Friends' album and is FREE to download. Rating:  - Great songsIf you are a fan of the Beach Boys but not enough of a fan to own all of their albums, then this one is for you. It has alot of their best hits. I enjoy the whole album and it always cheers me up when I listen to it. Very upbeat and fun. Rating: - The Teenage Declaration of IndependenceSounds of Summer, yes! Year-round summer is what California has always represented to the rest of the USA. The Beach Boys sang the surfer lifestyle into American and world consciousness, and doing so declared California's musical and cultural independence from the East Coast. The Beach Boys also sang the independence of teenagers of the Baby Boom, with cars and purchasing power, from their parents' generation of frugal, anxious conformists shaped by the Great Depression. They sang the primacy of summer and outdoor life over the stuffy classroom and grimy workplace. There's not a word of piety or propriety in any of Brian Wilson's songs; the Beach Boys were prophets of a life style free of shibboleths, in a world of sun-tanned smiles and endless ... Read More: Rating: - classic beach boyslistening to this music brings me back to my high school days in the 60's. Pure pleasure. |
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