For me, it's Surfs Up

For me, it's Surfs Up.

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>Boring barbershop music, but with an edgy cover
You're right, Beatles BTFO.

at least the Beach Boys are actually good at playing their instruments

HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN

My favorite Beach Boys album
Probably one of my favorite cover arts as well

Me too

The most ill-fitting album cover I can think of

Don't go near the water bro

I think they were consciously trying to tap into the socially aware market like

>beach boys
you mean the wrecking crew?

absolute trash
>take care of your feet
>don't go near the water
>student demonstration time

what where they thinking?

take good care of your feet is fun
don't go near the water is brilliant
student demonstration time is pretty crap yes

>>take care of your feet
>>don't go near the water
imagine actually thinking these are bad songs

The cover fits for the only reason that A Day in the life of a tree is in that album.
That shit is haunting

Don't Go Near The Water: 8
Long Promised Road: 9
Take A Load Off Your Feet: 6
Disney Girls (1957): 9
Students Demonstration Time: 3
Feel Flows: 7
Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song): 7
A Day In The Life Of A Tree: 9
Till' I Die: 9
Surf's Up: 10

Great highlights but inconsistent af. You just can't deny it
Also, can anybody redpill me on Feel Flows?

I'd knock A Day in the Life of a Tree to a 7. It's got nice lyrics but isn't that pleasant to listen to. Otherwise pretty spot on.

Anyone else think Friends is criminally underrated though?

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For me, it's Serfs Up.

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>It's got nice lyrics but isn't that pleasant to listen to
It's literally the other way around wtf

Don't Go Near the Water: 7.5/10
Long Promised Road: 7/10
Take a Load off Your Feet: 8/10
Disney Girls: 8/10
Student Demonstration Time: 3/10
Feel Flows: 9.5/10
Lookin' at Tomorrow: 8/10
A Day in the Life of a Tree: 8.5/10
'Til I Die: 9.5/10
Surf's Up: 8.5/10

This album's lyrical contents are basically: "we live in a society"

That’s literally every album ever.

It fits for the EP version of the album

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What about albums without lyrics

they didn't though

The verse of Disney Girls is some of the best music ever made, but the chorus is fucking trash jesus.
the way he sings "And dee-is-ney" girls makes me cringe.

>he can’t understand messages without lyrics

I was astounded that that was a Bruce Johnston song since Brian being the genius is the popular meme. The chord changes and general structure are fantastic.

Beatles output:

>one good song per album
>almost everything else is overdriven Chuck Berry mimicry
>two songs composed in some quirky mode like Mixolydian or something but just end up being melodically boring
>then throw in another quirky baroque song that is also melodically boring

You're right, best band ever

Surf's Up [Brother/Reprise, 1971]
Their worst since Friends, which just goes to show that making like a great group is as bad for your music as making like a buncha mystics. Except for the sophomoric "Student Demonstration Time," the songs on the first side are all right--"Take a Load Off Your Feet" is worthy of Wild Honey and "Disney Girls (1957)" is worthy of Jack Jones's Greatest Hits--but the pop impressionism of side two drags hither and yon. The dying words of a tree are delivered in an apt, gentle croak, but the legendary title opus is an utter failure even on its own woozy terms and there are several disasters from the guest lyricists--Van Dyke Parks's wacked-out meandering is no better than Jack Rieley's. I'll trade you my copy for Surfin' Safari even up, and you'll be sorry. B-

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this is pretty accurate

Friends is a very nice album yes

Everything in this post is wrong. Impressive.

how many of their albums were the wrecking crew on?

Why isn't long promised road a 10?

Is Mike Love a retard?

>taking christgau seriously

(he is right about student demonstration time though)

Friends > Surf's Up
>Those ratings on LPR and Surf's Up
I mean prob you prefer Brians vocals but you seem not like Carl
Thx :)
It's a fantastic track but not as strong or emotive as title track or Till I Die. Nice trips also

the cover perfectly describes the last three tracks which are by far the most important parts of the album
the last minute of don't go near the water makes the song worth existing

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>removing disney girls

Smiley Smile for me. It's such a warm and comfy album.

A Day in the Life of a Tree makes me cry

Nobody mentioned the Beatles, go listen to Strawberry Fields Forever for the 20th time in a row

>not removing Disney Girls
That song annoys me on multiple levels.