@DistantLights Not a studio album? It's as much a studio album as Pet Sounds! While it is incomplete, it was officially released in 2011. Too many people don't include this on their rankings. Meanwhile, Stars and Stripes is not a studio album, and gets put on most set lists for some reason.
@@truthtransistorradio6716 it's a compilation album, technically, while Stars and Stripes, while Stars and Stripes was recorded, finished, and released
“So tough” is my hot take album. It’s in my top 5. Admittedly, it could have been better. There’s a playlist on Spotify that illustrates what it might have been like if they had fleshed it out more with other songs recorded during the same era called “Alternative Carl and The Passions” that I can’t recommend enough. (And no, I did not make it). 😊
Really nice! I like the way you both rank and rate, which makes it more multidimensional, giving a sense of where each one stands compared to the rest of the list, while also giving each album a place where it stands among all of your albums. While I didn’t agree with all of either your ratings or rankings, I did agree with many. And you justified all of both and forced me to reconsider. BBLY is one that many people have being pushing me to reconsider, as it has never been one of my favorites. Same with 15 BO. Now, I know I need to go back and listen again. On the other hand, for me. both HOLLAND and CARL & THE PASSIONS are two of my favorites and both at least 3&½ star albums, and more like 4. I admit, though, that I may be biased as I saw that version of the band, the most of all of my years loving and seeing them perform live and that incarnation is still my favorite. And “Marcella” and “You Need a Mess of Help (to Stand Alone)” are two of my favorite BB songs. And they performed “Marcella” a lot back in those days, as did the Brian Wilson Band. But in any case, I really enjoyed your list, this video and your arguments for each and every position. Subscribed and will watch a lot more of your videos. And it also inspired me in making mine as I just start out my YT journey. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work.
@@ajmusic91you’re most welcome. And I forgot to say that while I treasure PET SOUNDS just a bit more, TODAY is so close for me that it’s almost a tie. For me, they almost belong together. And “Please Let Me Wonder”, might be tied for top spot as my favorite Beach Boys song of all time, with “Sail On, Sailor”. And actually, I probably listen to “Please Let Me Wonder” more. I have the UNSURPASSED MASTERS bootleg collection, and the volume for TODAY, is easily my favorite. And the takes, instrumental backing track sessions, vocal takes, mixes etc. for “Please Let Me Wonder” takes up one CD. And I have listened to that over and over for well over a decade. So good! Almost like listening to a symphony for me.
It was fun. A lot of people choose "15 Big Ones" as one of the worst albums, but you ranked it pretty high, which made me happy. It made me want to make my own Beach Boys ranking.
surfin' safari is what it sounds like : a bunch of kids. the beach boys were never a garage band. they were a living room band. surfin' usa is a HUGE improvement; a giant leap forward. the lonely sea is one of my all time favorite songs. the first glimpse we get of bw's more melancholy side. to me surfer girl, little Deuce Coupe, shut down volume 2, all summer long, Christmas album, TODAY! (my all time favorite album by ANYONE), summer days/nights, pet sounds, SMiLE! sessions, smiley smile (in the 70's this album was my favorite album by anyone of the previous decade, then i heard TODAY! and the doors's debut), wild honey, friends and 20/20 are all classic albums. i don't really count party! as a studio album. i could live without it. i like most of sunflower. i like much of surf's up. i really can't get into much of carl/passions and holland. i appreciate them more than i actually enjoy them. Mount Vernon and Fairway however is amazing. 15 big ones is/was a HUGE disappointment. the bb recorded it under duress. their label was threatening to sue them for not meeting the obligations of their contract. they owed the label two more records.they went into the studio and attempted to record two albums at once. they were going to record one album of covers and one album of new material, but the clock was ticking and they were running out of time. so they presented what they had recorded thus far as one album to buy them more time. this album should have been either all covers or all new material, not a mash-up. around this time they also recorded their second Christmas album hoping that would fullfill their contract, but the label rejected it. they did not want a Christmas album. it would take decades for this material /their second Christmas album to finally be released. LOVE YOU is my favorite album of the 70's. it is their last truly great, classic album. it was the last time they attempted to move forward. originally love you was to be a solo brian album called brian loves you. special note should be made of nearly every member of the band walked out during love you's recording process not knowing what to make of what brian was doing; dennis and carl MAY have hung around the studio more than the others. after this the bb stopped even atempting to move forward. mike love seized control of the band. they then proceeded to attempt and failed to regain their former, early era glory. i wish they had retired the BB name or retiring from recording after love you. the beach boys are my all time favorite band, but i do not listen to any of their post 1977 love you albums. even bruce says they sound like old men on MIU. l.a. light album has a very few good songs, but everything else post-love you i just wish would cease to exist. still crusin' to me isn't a studio album; just a compilation with left overs. That's Why God Made the Radio is a good reunion album. check out brian's unreleased albums sweet insanity and adult/child and brian and dennis's unreleased album the cocaine sessions aka the hamburger sessions.
their early sruf stuff is mediocre they didnt get good until All Summer Long and the Post-SMiLE era is one of their most acclaimed and beloved periods wow
Long time Beach Boys follower, friends with Al Jardine and some former back up band members. I agree with you on the ones considered weak, Beach Boys Today at # 1 is a Classic.
