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The Beach Boys - M.I.U. Album/L.A. (Light Album) Audio CD

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Title: M.I.U. Album/L.A. (Light Album)
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Release Date: 2000-08-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: She's Got Rhythm 2: Come Go with Me 3: Hey Little Tomboy 4: Kona Coast 5: Peggy Sue 6: Wontcha Come Out Tonight? 7: Sweet Sunday 8: Belles of Paris 9: Pitter Patter 10: My Diane 11: Match Point of Our Love 12: Winds of Change 13: Good Timin' 14: Lady Lynda 15: Full Sail 16: Angel Come Home 17: Love Surrounds Me 18: Sumahama 19: Here Comes the Night 20: Baby Blue 21: Goin' South 22: Shortenin' Bread

M.I.U. - Improved
I. "M. U. " gets a lot of crap because it can be argued it was the album at which point the Beach Boys lost their edge. That's understandable. However, the album contains some undeniably catchy, solid Brian Wilson-penned pop songs, including "She's Got Rhythm," "Wontcha Come Out Tonight," and "Pitter Patter. " Yes, the songs for the most part lack an edge, but "My Diane" comes pretty close to having one of its own. In this age of iTunes and media players, it's probably best to come up with your own playlist so that you can truly appreciate the album for what its worth, and realize that individual songs are greater than the sum of its parts. My playlist is as follows: "She's Got Rhythm," "Cruisin'" (from Mike Love's "Celebration" group), "Wontcha Come Out," "Sweet Sunday Love," "Belles of Paris," "Pitter Patter," "My Diane," "Almost Summer" (also from "Celebration"), "How's About a Little Bit" (discarded fro the original M. I. U. line-up), "Lady Lynda" (from the "L. A. " album but originally recorded for M. I. U. ), "San Miguel" (considered for M. I. U. but recorded during the "Sunflower" sessions), "Our Team" (another unreleased gem from the M. I. U. sessions), and lastly, "Sad, Sad Summer" (from "Celebration"). For those who are less than satisfied by "M. I. U. ", try the songs in that order, and you may just find yourself pleasantly surprised. .


Swap the album titles! ;))
To my surprise, "MIU" proved to be extremely good to my taste! I have no idea why people hate this one or, f. When I was going to buy this CD, I was a bit afraid, because everyone was saying and writing how "MIU Album" was bad, and after the dreadful "Beach Boys Love You", I was expecting to survive another disappointment. ex. , "Summer In Paradise" (which is great on its own). "MIU Album" contains very beautiful and catchy songs, simple and unpretentious, i. e. exactly what can be said about the band's "surfing" classics from the early 60's. My personal faves are "Kona Coast", "Peggy Sue", "Belles Of Paris", the great "Pitter Patter" and "Winds Of Change", while the other half of the album is almost as good. I think you could swap the album titles and name this release "Light Album", leaving "MIU" to its more meditative successor. Yes, "LA Album" is more serious and darker record, hence very Dennis-styled. It features such gems as "Good Timing" (archetypal BB), "Lady Linda", "Sumahama" and "Going South". Sometimes this album shows too much variety, I mean the disco version of "Here Comes The Night", which I always skip.

I highly recommend this release, because this is undoubtedly the best pair of Beach Boys 70's albums after Sunflower/Surf's Up and a huge improvement after the band's downhill inbetween.


Beach Boys M.I.U. album
I. The Beach Boys M. U. album suprised me in a good way. Some of the cuts are done well. Winds of Change is my favorite with good harmonies. I would rate this album based against other Beach Boys albums,so I would give it 3 out of 5 stars. Maybe if they would have spent more time on these songs,they could have been better. Overall ,I love the Beach Boys and collect all they have done. The other album on this CD is The Light Album. I give it four stars for great harmonies on Good Timin,Lady Lynda,Full Sail,and Baby Blue. I gets me a singing along. P Campbell Colorado.


MIU/LA LIGHT
I am VERY pleased of how good a shape my cd came and how fast.


BABY BLUE!!!!!
If nothing else for Baby Blue alone. I give this album 4 stars. Arguably the most heartwrenching song the Beach Boys ever did. I never cry at anything but one night while listening to this song the tears just flowed at the pure beauty of this song. Carl sounds like an angel from heaven and Dennis like a broken soul crying for help. This might also be Dennis' best vocal effort. Personally I think Dennis was a great vocalist, just different from Brian and Carl. Love Surrounds Me and Full Sail are also great. Try not to listen to Here Comes the Night or anything Mike Love sings. Beach Boys Forever!!!!! Peace!!! .


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