Audio CD review:
The Beach Boys - Endless Summer

The Beach Boys - Endless Summer

Band: The Beach Boys Title: Endless Summer Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Surfin' Safari 2: Surfer Girl 3: Catch A Wave 4: The Warmth Of The Sun 5: Surfin' U.S.A. 6: Be True To Your School 7: Little Deuce Coup 8: In My Room 9: Shut Down 10: Fun, Fun, Fun 11: I Get Around 12: The Girls On The Beach 13: Wendy 14: Let Him Run Wild 15: Don't Worry Baby 16: California Girls 17: Girl Don't Tell Me 18: Help Me, Rhonda 19: You're So Good To Me 20: All Summer Long 21: Good Vibrations

Editoral Review Endless Summer runs from the beginning of the Boys' pinstriped career to 1965, right before the melancholy of Pet Sounds, but also includes the inescapable "Good Vibrations. Brian Wilson's brilliance manifested itself in the euphoric, cheerfully square, sun-and-fun stuff heard here early on, before it got darker and more complicated. " You can hear a few hints of adolescent sadness and fear--"Help Me, Rhonda" is essentially a kids' sing-along about a wrenching emotional rebound, and the shadow of death is hiding somewhere in "Don't Worry, Baby"--but Wilson is mostly concerned with the cars, waves, and girls that made up the Boys' public image, and his ingenious arrangements (coupled with the group's inimitable harmonies) make everything go down as smoothly as lemonade. --Douglas Wolk .. You can see a complete list of all The Beach Boys discography, or go back to the The Beach Boys tabs