Summer Dreams [Import]

The Beach Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000007XEX
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,408 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1. I Get Around 2. Surfin' USA 3. Fun Fun Fun 4. Little Deuce Coupe 5. Surfin' Safari 6. Help Me Rhonda 7. California Girls 8. Don't Worry baby 9. When I Grow Up 10. Dance dance dance 11. Little girl I once knew

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love em, March 24, 2010

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Y2bjs Reviews (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Dreams (Audio CD)

One Thing this band never lacked was air play.But there is a good reason for that because they produced alot of good songs that make you feel good.
Obviously my favorites are their big hits like Barbara-Ann,I Get Around,Little Deuce Coupe,Surfin' Safari,Help Me Rhonda,California Girls David lee Roths version of that song was great also,Good Vibrations,Sloop John B.,Fun Fun Fun,Wouldn't It Be Nice and a definite favorite Heroes and Villains.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Beach Boys Retrospective, August 22, 2008

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Chappa "Larcha" (Olympus Mons, Mars) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Dreams (Audio CD)

The Beach Boys were an awesome band to say the least! Their songs are extremely catchy and feature exemplary arrangements of lead and backing vocals. In the beginning they played a style that's often called surf-rock but gradually they incorporated different styles such as psychedelic rock in the late sixties.

There are twenty eight songs here and all of them are great! Not a single weak moment to be found. The first song "I Get Around" instantly gets your attention and the album becomes an unforgettable listening experience till the last number. Highlights from their early sixties period include "Fun Fun Fun" with it's Chuck Berry inspired guitar intro, the surf anthem "Surfin' USA", one of the band's many car odes "Little Deuce Coupe", and the party song "Barbara Ann".
The band wrote excellent ballads too as evidenced by songs such as "Don't Worry Baby", "California Girls" and "God Only Knows" where the band proves once again how skilled they were at blending different vocal melodies at once.
"Good Vibrations" and Heroes And Villains" are memorable multi-part numbers while "Do It Again" is a cool mid tempo rock number.

From their late sixties period I enjoyed the psychedelic "Friends" where a vibraphone is used to great effect, the melodic rocker "Darlin'", their stellar cover of the Ronettes song "I Can't Hear Music", and the country tinged "Cotton Fields" (as good as Creedence's version if not better). Great melodies occur throughout "Break Away" while the last number "California Dreamin'" is a great cover of The Mamas And The Papas song. Also note the up tempo "Bluebirds Over The Mountain" with that prominent lead guitar.
Let's not forget the booklet which contains a couple of good band pictures plus very informative song by song commentary too.

So if you are a sixties rock fan, then this is essential listening! Any extensive compilation from them will do.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later...

5.0 out of 5 stars All Original Recordings From 1962-1970 Plus California Dreamin' From 1986., March 4, 2011

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J. Thompson (Essex UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer Dreams (Audio CD)

If like me you have lost count of the number of Beach Boys Greatest Hits etc, you have to ask yourself what does this one have to raise it above so many others.
Well the songs are really are fantastic summer sounds, for example Don't Worry Baby, God Only Knows, Break Away and California Dreamin'.
With 28 songs spread over almost 80 minutes, there's no lack of quantity either.
Maybe the clincher is the individual notes on each song, basically very informative.
Finally California Dreamin' includes Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker guitar solo, that really concludes the CD on another high.