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The real breakthrough, as Brian Wilson asserts himself in the studio as both songwriter and arranger on a set of material that was much stronger than Surfin' Safari. Besides the hit title track and its popular drag-racing flip side ("Shut Down"), this has a lovely, heartbreaking ballad ("Lonely Sea") and a couple of strong Brian Wilson originals ("The Noble Surfer" and "Farmer's Daughter"). There are also a surprisingly high quotient of instrumentals (five) that demonstrate that, before session musicians took over most of the parts, the Beach Boys could play respectably gutsy surf rock as a self-contained unit. Indeed, the album as a whole is the best they would make, prior to the late '60s, as a band that played most of their instruments, rather than as a vehicle for Brian Wilson's ideas. The LP was a huge hit, vital to launching surf music as a national craze, and one of the few truly strong records to be recorded by a self-contained American rock band prior to the British Invasion.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Murray Wilson, Producer
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
S.K. Russell, Composer - Nicholas Roubanis, Composer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Fred Wise, Composer - Milton Leeds, Composer - Joseph Pina, Composer
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Gary Usher, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Chuck Britz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Saxophone, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Roger Christian, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Britz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, Composer - Mike Love, Composer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Billy Butler, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Shep Shepherd, ComposerLyricist - Bill Doggett, ComposerLyricist - Johnnie Scott, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, Composer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Carl Wilson, Composer
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Dick Dale, Composer
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Venet, Producer - Brian Wilson, Composer - Mike Love, Composer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Beach Boys, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
The real breakthrough, as Brian Wilson asserts himself in the studio as both songwriter and arranger on a set of material that was much stronger than Surfin' Safari. Besides the hit title track and its popular drag-racing flip side ("Shut Down"), this has a lovely, heartbreaking ballad ("Lonely Sea") and a couple of strong Brian Wilson originals ("The Noble Surfer" and "Farmer's Daughter"). There are also a surprisingly high quotient of instrumentals (five) that demonstrate that, before session musicians took over most of the parts, the Beach Boys could play respectably gutsy surf rock as a self-contained unit. Indeed, the album as a whole is the best they would make, prior to the late '60s, as a band that played most of their instruments, rather than as a vehicle for Brian Wilson's ideas. The LP was a huge hit, vital to launching surf music as a national craze, and one of the few truly strong records to be recorded by a self-contained American rock band prior to the British Invasion.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:24:21
- Main artists: The Beach Boys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1963 Capitol Records LLC ℗ 2015 Capitol Records LLC
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