Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys

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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 10, 2003 (2003-06-10)
Recorded1962–1988
Length74:39
Label Capitol
The Beach Boys chronology
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
(2002)
Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
(2003)
The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)
(2005)
Professional ratings (original release)
Review scores
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Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys is a greatest hits album of the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 10, 2003 by Capitol Records. The original collection was the most comprehensive single-disc compilation of the band's music, with 30 tracks including nearly every U.S. Top 40 hit of their career, except for "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (1965) and "It's OK" (1976).

Contents

On June 17, 2022, foreshadowing the band's 60th anniversary celebration, Capitol released an expanded three-disc edition of the compilation, including newly-remastered (and, in some cases, remixed) versions of the classic tracks. [4] It received positive reviews from critics but a mixed to negative response from fans.

Release and reissues

Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys was released into a market already containing numerous Beach Boys compilations, including Endless Summer (1974) and three Greatest Hits volumes: Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations (1995), Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations (1999), and Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 (2000). Nevertheless, Sounds of Summer reached number 16 on the US charts (their highest peak since 15 Big Ones in 1976), and had a lengthy 104-week stay. Currently certified triple platinum, The Very Best of The Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer was re-issued with a DVD component in 2004 with the regular edition remaining available.

In 2007, a follow-up album, The Warmth of the Sun , was released which contains other fan favorites and hits that were not included on Sounds of Summer.

In 2011, Mike Love stated, "Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys is fast approaching selling three million copies – if it's triple-platinum, which is, you know, pretty good. And by the time this 50th celebration is over, it'll probably be more than triple-platinum." [5]

The album was re-released on February 7, 2012 as the Celebration Merch Set which featured the original CD along with a T-shirt celebrating the band's 50th anniversary. [6]

2022 remix and remaster

A three-disc expanded edition of the compilation was released on June 17, 2022, as part of the band's 60th anniversary, and contains 50 additional (previously released) Beach Boys songs. [7] The reissue was curated by Mark Linett and Alan Boyd. [8]

The collection features 24 new mixes including two first-time stereo mixes, as well as 22 "new and improved" stereo mixes, based on a new digital stereo technology, allowing for a separation the original mono backing tracks for the first time. [9] The new edition is available on three CDs or six vinyl records. All tracks from the original Sounds of Summer album were included in a new Dolby Atmos remix on the expanded Sounds of Summer.

The reissue received acclaim from music critics. In a perfect review, Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter said the effect of "leaving the listener breathless while experiencing [...] seamless harmonies" was intensified by the "new stereo mix and the addition of lesser-known tracks", concluding that the collection could "never be bested." [10] While Gillian G. Gaar of Goldmine did lament how a major expansion "undercuts Sounds of Summer’s original concept", she praised the new mixes, complementing the newfound freshness and clarity of the handclaps in "I Get Around" and the tambourine in "Help Me Rhonda" in particular. Gaar gave the reissue a score of four out of five stars. [11]

However, the expanded edition received a mixed to negative response on Beach Boys fan forums. Some of the new mixes were deemed "flat-out unlistenable" and the overall sound quality described as "brittle" [12] [ better source needed ] and "almost offensively bad." [13] [ better source needed ]

Track listing

2003 – Original release

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."California Girls" (2001 Stereo Mix) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) , 19652:44
2."I Get Around" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
All Summer Long , 19642:13
3."Surfin' Safari" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Surfin' Safari , 19622:05
4."Surfin' U.S.A."
Surfin' U.S.A. , 19632:27
5."Fun, Fun, Fun" (Mono Single Version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Shut Down Volume 2 , 19642:18
6."Surfer Girl"B. Wilson Surfer Girl , 19632:27
7."Don't Worry Baby" (Mono)
Shut Down Volume 2, 19642:47
8."Little Deuce Coupe"
  • B. Wilson
  • Christian
Surfer Girl, 19631:38
9."Shut Down" (2003 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Christian
  • Love
Surfin' U.S.A., 19631:48
10."Help Me, Rhonda" (Mono Single Version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today! , 19652:46
11."Be True to Your School" (Mono Single Version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Little Deuce Coupe , 19632:08
12."When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:02
13."In My Room"
Surfer Girl, 19632:12
14."God Only Knows" (Stereo Mix from The Pet Sounds Sessions )
Pet Sounds , 19662:51
15."Sloop John B" (Stereo Mix from The Pet Sounds Sessions) Traditional, arranged by B. WilsonPet Sounds, 19662:57
16."Wouldn't It Be Nice" (2001 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Asher
  • Love
Pet Sounds, 19662:31
17."Getcha Back" The Beach Boys , 19853:00
18."Come Go with Me"C.E. Quick M.I.U. Album , 19782:05
19."Rock and Roll Music" (Album Version)Berry 15 Big Ones , 19762:27
20."Dance, Dance, Dance" (2003 Stereo Mix)
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:00
21."Barbara Ann" (Mono Single Version) Fred Fassert Beach Boys' Party! , 19652:11
22."Do You Wanna Dance?" (Mono) Bobby Freeman The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:18
23."Heroes and Villains" (2001 Stereo Mix)
Smiley Smile , 19673:38
24."Good Timin'"
  • B. Wilson
  • C. Wilson
L.A. (Light Album) , 19792:12
25."Kokomo" Still Cruisin' , 19883:35
26."Do It Again" (Mono Single Version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
20/20 , 19692:18
27."Wild Honey" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey , 19672:37
28."Darlin'" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey, 19672:12
29."I Can Hear Music"20/20, 19692:36
30."Good Vibrations" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Non-album single, 1966 (intended for Smile and later included on Smiley Smile, 1967)3:36
Total length:74:39

2004 – Bonus DVD

DVD: Sights of Summer

  1. "Surfin' U.S.A." (Live on the T.A.M.I. Show , 1964)
  2. "I Get Around" (Live on the T.A.M.I. Show, 1964)
  3. "Surfer Girl" (Live on the T.A.M.I. Show, 1964)
  4. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Live on the T.A.M.I. Show, 1964)
  5. "Little Deuce Coupe" (Live from the Lost Concert, 1964)
  6. "Sloop John B" (Promotional Video, 1966)
  7. "Pet Sounds promo film" (1966)
  8. "God Only Knows" (Live montage, 1967 & 1968)
  9. "Good Vibrations" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show , 1968)
  10. "Do It Again" (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1968)

2022 – Expanded edition

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."California Girls" (2001 Stereo Mix) Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) , 19652:44
2."I Get Around" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
All Summer Long , 19642:13
3."Surfin' Safari" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Surfin' Safari , 19622:05
4."Surfin' U.S.A." (2021 Stereo Mix)
Surfin' U.S.A. , 19632:27
5."Fun, Fun, Fun" (2013 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Shut Down Volume 2 , 19642:13
6."Surfer Girl" (2021 Stereo Mix)B. Wilson Surfer Girl , 19632:27
7."Don't Worry Baby" (2021 Stereo Mix)
Shut Down Volume 2, 19642:47
8."Little Deuce Coupe"
  • B. Wilson
  • Christian
Surfer Girl, 19631:38
9."Shut Down" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Christian
  • Love
Surfin' U.S.A., 19631:48
10."Help Me, Rhonda" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today! , 19652:46
11."Be True to Your School" (Mono)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Little Deuce Coupe , 19632:08
12."When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:02
13."In My Room" (2021 Stereo Mix)
Surfer Girl, 19632:12
14."God Only Knows" (1996 Stereo Mix)
Pet Sounds , 19662:51
15."Sloop John B" (Stereo Remastered Mix) Traditional, arranged by B. WilsonPet Sounds, 19662:57
16."Wouldn't It Be Nice" (2013 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Asher
  • Love
Pet Sounds, 19662:31
17."Getcha Back" The Beach Boys , 19853:00
18."Come Go with Me"C.E. Quick M.I.U. Album , 19782:05
19."Rock and Roll Music" (2013 Stereo Mix)Berry 15 Big Ones , 19762:34
20."Dance, Dance, Dance" (2021 Stereo Mix)
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:00
21."Barbara Ann" (2021 Stereo Mix) Fred Fassert Beach Boys' Party! , 19652:11
22."Do You Wanna Dance?" (2021 Stereo Mix) Bobby Freeman The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:34
23."Heroes and Villains" (2017 Stereo Mix)
Smiley Smile , 19673:38
24."Good Timin'"
  • B. Wilson
  • C. Wilson
L.A. (Light Album) , 19792:12
25."Kokomo" Still Cruisin' , 19883:35
26."Do It Again" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
20/20 , 19692:18
27."Wild Honey" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey , 19672:37
28."Darlin'" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey, 19672:12
29."I Can Hear Music"20/20, 19692:36
30."Good Vibrations" (2019 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Non-album single, 1966 (intended for Smile and later included on Smiley Smile, 1967)3:44
Total length:75:05
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."All Summer Long" (2012 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
All Summer Long, 19642:08
2."Good to My Baby" (2012 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:20
3."This Whole World"B. Wilson Sunflower , 19701:57
4."All I Wanna Do"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Sunflower, 19702:36
5."Disney Girls (1957)" Bruce Johnston Surf's Up , 19714:08
6."Kiss Me, Baby" (2012 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Today!, 19652:44
7."Let the Wind Blow" (2017 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey, 19672:34
8."Forever"Sunflower, 19702:44
9."Sail On, Sailor" Holland , 19733:18
10."Long Promised Road"
Surf's Up, 19713:32
11."Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (2020 Stereo Mix) Huddie Ledbetter 20/20, 19703:19
12."Pom Pom Play Girl"
Shut Down Volume 2, 19641:31
13."Wind Chimes" ( Smile Version)B. WilsonRecorded 1966, intended for Smile (later re-recorded for Smiley Smile, 1967; original version released on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys , 1993)3:10
14."I Went to Sleep"
  • B. Wilson
  • C. Wilson
20/20, 19691:40
15."Farmer’s Daughter"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Surfin' U.S.A., 19631:50
16."Let Us Go on This Way" (2021 Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
The Beach Boys Love You , 19772:02
17."You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (2021 Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Rieley
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" , 19723:25
18."The Night Was So Young"C. WilsonThe Beach Boys Love You, 19772:16
19."Marcella" (2021 Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Almer
  • Rieley
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough", 19723:45
20."You're So Good to Me" (2012 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 19652:15
21."Aren't You Glad" (2017 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Wild Honey, 19672:18
22."Baby Blue" (2021 Mix)L.A. (Light Album), 19793:24
23."It’s About Time"
Sunflower, 19702:58
24."Do You Like Worms? (Roll Plymouth Rock)" (2021 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Recorded 1966,
intended for Smile and later included on Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys, 1993
3:34
25."Surf's Up"
  • B. Wilson
  • Parks
Surf's Up, 19714:14
Total length:69:42
Disc 3
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Add Some Music to Your Day" (2000 Remastered Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Joe Knott
  • Love
Sunflower, 19703:34
2."It's OK" (Alternate Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
15 Big Ones, 19762:11
3."Goin' On"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Keepin' the Summer Alive , 19803:03
4."San Miguel" (2021 Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Ten Years of Harmony , 19812:21
5."The Warmth of the Sun" (2021 Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Shut Down Volume 2, 19643:04
6."Everyone’s in Love with You" (2000 Remastered Mix)Love15 Big Ones, 19762:43
7."All This Is That" (2012 Remastered Mix)
  • Jardine
  • C. Wilson
  • Love
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough", 19723:57
8."California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a)" (2012 Remastered Mix)JardineHolland, 19733:23
9."Feel Flows"
  • C. Wilson
  • Rieley
Surf's Up, 19714:46
10."Wendy" (2013 Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
All Summer Long, 19642:20
11."Girl Don't Tell Me" (2012 Remastered Stereo Mix)B. WilsonSummer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 19652:20
12."Let Him Run Wild" (2007 Remastered Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 19652:20
13."All I Want to Do" (Alternate Take 2021 Mix)
20/20, 19692:13
14."Susie Cincinnati" (2021 Mix)Jardine"Add Some Music to Your Day" single, 19703:01
15."Vegetables" (2012 Remastered Stereo Mix)
  • B. Wilson
  • Parks
Smiley Smile, 19672:10
16."Time to Get Alone"B. Wilson20/20, 19692:39
17."Where I Belong" (2000 Remastered Mix)The Beach Boys, 19852:56
18."I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" (1996 Stereo Mix, 2012 Remastered Mix)
Pet Sounds, 19663:19
19."Little Bird"
  • D. Wilson
  • Kalinich
Friends, 19681:59
20."'Til I Die"B. WilsonSurf's Up, 19712:32
21."(Wouldn’t It Be Nice to) Live Again"D. Wilson(Recorded 1971)
Made in California , 2013
4:37
22."Friends"
  • B. Wilson
  • C. Wilson
  • D. Wilson
  • Jardine
Friends, 19682:33
23."Devoted to You" ( Party! Unplugged Sessions Version 2021 Stereo Mix) Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (Recorded 1965)
Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged , 2015
2:21
24."Can't Wait Too Long" (2021 Mix)B. Wilson(Recorded 1968)
Smiley Smile/Wild Honey, 1990
3:46
25."California Feelin'" (2021 Mix)B. Wilson(Recorded 1978)
Classics Selected by Brian Wilson , 2002
2:55
Total length:73:03

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [28] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [30] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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