Audio CD review:
The Beach Boys - Made in U.S.A.

The Beach Boys - Made in U.S.A.

Band: The Beach Boys Title: Made in U.S.A. Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Surfin' Safari 2: 409 3: Surfin' U.S.A 4: Be True To your School 5: Surfer Girl 6: Dance, Dance, Dance 7: Fun, Fun, Fun 8: I Get Around 9: Help Me, Rhonda 10: Don't Worry Baby 11: California Girls 12: When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 13: Barbara Ann 14: Good Vibrations 15: Heroes And Villains 16: Wouldn't It Be Nice 17: Sloop John B. 18: God Only Knows 19: Caroline, No 20: Do It Again 21: Rock And Roll Music 22: Come Go With Me 23: Getcha Back 24: Rock 'N' Roll To The Rescue 25: California Dreamin'

Customer Reviews A LITTLE UNEVEN BUT A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THEIR MUSIC THIS COLLECTION INTRODUCED ME TO A LOT OF COOL SONGS THAT WEREN'T ON 'BEST OF' SUCH AS 'CAROLINE,NO','DO IT AGAIN','DON'T WORRY BABY'. THIS WAS MY "RE INTRODUCTION" TO THE BEACH BOYS MUSIC BACK IN THE 80'S (PRIOR TO THAT, I HAD OWNED 'BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS). THE ONE COMPLAINT AGAINST THIS COLLECTION IS THAT THE SONGS THEY PUT ON THERE FROM THE 70'S WERE NOT VERY GOOD AND THE BEACH BOYS DID A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN THOSE YEARS TOO. There's a party going down at the rock and roll show. But there are a few curious choices made in song selection. This is a good compilation of Beach Boys songs. Why is the minor b-side "409" included when there are many bigger hits that were left off? Don't get me wrong, I love "409", but it's not a "greatest hit". But the main fault here is the inclusion of two mediocre new recordings at the end of the CD. Still, it's easy to find a cheap used copy of this, so it's worth getting. "beat the Beatles"?? ....that's a good one... Probably THE definitive one is the recent Sounds of summer. First things first: this is a very good complilation on the whole and I agree with some reviewers that at least a couple of "substitutions" might have raised the rating to 5 stars. But these comments putting a kind of rivalry between the B. Boys and the Beatles are not only useless but stupid: it wasn't a horse race but an artful competition that led to fantastic music from both parts. Besides, great mutual admiration between Brian Wilson and P. McCartney. But what can we answer to a previous reviewer? Well, just for fun. . . so maybe the Beach Boys have more than 100 "classics", they have surely the best bass player in pop/rock history (Carol Kaye???), one of the best solid/steady drummers in rock (ask Vinnie Colaiuta), a unique blend of elegance and personality in lead guitar (ask Gilmour or Clapton), and. . . . . well, the 4th one was a certain John Lennon. . . . "The Beach Boys beat the Beatles". . . . . . give me a break a keep listening ONLY to the Beach Boys. . . . . they're really good!!!. . You can see a complete list of all The Beach Boys discography, or go back to the The Beach Boys tabs