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  • Audio CD (November 4, 1997)
  • Original Release Date: September 2, 1997
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI Special Products
  • ASIN: B000002T9C
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,953 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Fun, Fun, Fun
2. California Girls
3. Good Vibrations
4. I Get Around
5. Help Me, Rhonda
6. Wouldn't It Be Nice
7. Barbara Ann
8. Surfer Girl
9. Surfin' U.S.A.
10. Be True to Your School

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great Music But A Really Short CD, October 3, 1999
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The total time on this CD is about twenty minutes
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Either Love It Or Hate It, January 18, 2004
By anthony nasti (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
Admittedly, I really used to like this album. It was this album that got me into The Beach Boys' music. I used to play it all the time in my car. Then, as I got more and more into their music and I heard stuff from "Pet Sounds", "Friends" and "Sunflower", I realized that this album was nothing more than a cheap way to cash in on the success of The Beach Boys.

For a greatest hits collection, the song selection can hardly be beat - "California Girls", "Surfer Girl", "Fun Fun Fun", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", etc. There all here. But the complaint is for what's not here. With 10 tracks that equal a running time of about 20 minutes, there was enough room to include "Little Deuce Coupe", "Shut Down", "Surfin' Safari", "In My Room", "God Only Knows", "Surfin'", "409", "Little Saint Nick", and "Sloop John B." to make it a much more complete collection of hits.

If you want a single disc collection of The Beach Boys' greatest hits, then seek out "Sounds Of Summer". It has all 10 of the tracks on this cd, as well as 20 other hit singles. It also has better sound and liner notesby an experienced rock and roll researcher. Take my advice (and the advice of every other reviewer who gave this a one or two star review) and skip this album.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A cheap collection of classic songs, December 30, 2000
By Martin (Sussex, England) - See all my reviews
That one star review really annoyed me. All this is is a cheap way to obtain ten of the Beach Boys classics on one CD. Their early surf period is when they did their best songs, after that Brian Wilson's creativity fizzled. I'd rather hear Fun, Fun, Fun, Barbera-Ann and Wouldn't It Be Nice than stuff like I Can Hear Music, Kokomo or Then I Kissed Her. These are pure classics, and to be honest if you think such a veteran band, now lacking all three Wilsons, would be able to match these records if they re-entered the studio, you're living in cloud cuckoo land. These could well be among the band's ten best songs, though why God Only Knows isn't hear I don't know, and for such a low price..... But hey, I was forgetting- 'About 90% of this album is from the early 60's surfing career, plus a few songs from Pet Sounds'. Aside from the shaky maths of that statement, teh fact is their best songs were from said early surf period, and almost everything after Pet Sounds was tripe. 20 Golden Greats is a better set, but for the price this is an ideal introduction.
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1.0 out of 5 stars You can't cover the career of the Beach Boys in 10 songs.
As of this year, the Beach Boys have been together for 39 years. They have put out around 50 albums, not including greatest hits albums such as this. Read more
Published on November 27, 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL But Short
The first BEACH BOYS tape I ever heard! It's a wonderful tape (and I'm mad because there are two tracks on the CD edition that don't come with the tape--you see, I don't have a... Read more
Published on February 27, 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars California Girls and Surfin' USA are classics
This CD offers some great songs such as California Girls and Surfin' USA that can make anyones blue day good. This is a good album.
Published on November 26, 1998

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