The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)

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The Platinum Collection
(Sounds of Summer Edition)
The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition) cover.jpg
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 2005 [1]
Recorded1961–1988 and 1996
StudioVarious locations
Genre Rock
Length172:03
Label EMI
Producer Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher, Murry Wilson, Curt Becher, Albert Cabrera, James William Guercio, Al Jardine, Tony Moran, Nick Venet, Damon Wimbley [2]
The Beach Boys chronology
Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys
(2003)
The Platinum Collection
(Sounds of Summer Edition)

(2005)
Songs from Here & Back
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition) is a three-disc greatest hits album by American rock band The Beach Boys, released in December 2005 by EMI. It includes some of The Beach Boys' most popular songs from their early days like "California Girls" and "Surfin' U.S.A.", but also songs from their later period, when their success started to fade, like "Lady Lynda" or "Sumahama". Except for some songs from the first two albums, most previously mono tracks have been digitally remastered in stereo. [5]

Contents

Track listing

CD one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Get Around" Brian Wilson, Mike Love 2:13
2."Don't Worry Baby"B. Wilson, Roger Christian 2:49
3."Surfin' U.S.A." Chuck Berry, B. Wilson2:28
4."In My Room"B. Wilson, Gary Usher 2:13
5."Little Deuce Coupe"B. Wilson, Christian1:40
6."Surfer Girl"B. Wilson2:28
7."Fun, Fun, Fun"B. Wilson, Love2:20
8."When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"B. Wilson, Love2:03
9."Girls on the Beach"B. Wilson2:26
10."All Summer Long"B. Wilson, Love2:09
11."Wendy"B. Wilson, Love2:17
12."Dance, Dance, Dance"B. Wilson, Carl Wilson, Love2:02
13."Be True to Your School"B. Wilson, Love2:10
14."The Warmth of the Sun"B. Wilson, Love2:53
15."Little Honda"B. Wilson, Love1:53
16."Surfin'"B. Wilson, Love2:12
17."Surfin' Safari"B. Wilson, Love2:07
18."Do You Wanna Dance?" Bobby Freeman 2:21
19."Please Let Me Wonder"B. Wilson, Love2:47
20."Then I Kissed Her" Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry 2:15
Total length:45:37
CD two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Vibrations"B. Wilson, Love3:38
2."California Girls"B. Wilson, Love2:46
3."Sloop John B" Traditional, arr. by B. Wilson2:58
4."Barbara Ann" Fred Fassert 2:13
5."God Only Knows"B. Wilson, Tony Asher 2:53
6."Wouldn't It Be Nice"B. Wilson, Asher, Love2:32
7."You Still Believe in Me"B. Wilson, Asher2:36
8."The Little Girl I Once Knew"B. Wilson2:38
9."Caroline, No"B. Wilson, Asher2:20
10."You're So Good to Me"B. Wilson, Love2:16
11."Girl Don't Tell Me"B. Wilson, Love2:21
12."Help Me, Rhonda"B. Wilson, Love2:48
13."Heroes and Villains"B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks 3:40
14."Wild Honey"B. Wilson, Love2:39
15."Darlin'"B. Wilson, Love2:14
16."Friends"B. Wilson, C. Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine 2:33
17."Bluebirds over the Mountain" Ersel Hickey 2:53
18."Break Away"B. Wilson, Reggie Dunbar 2:57
19."The Beach Boys Medley"B. Wilson, Love, Christian, Fassert, Berry4:08
Total length:52:55
CD three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do It Again"B. Wilson, Love2:19
2."Cottonfields" Huddie Ledbetter 3:15
3."I Can Hear Music"Barry, Greenwich, Spector2:37
4."Tears in the Morning" Bruce Johnston 4:08
5."Sail On, Sailor"B. Wilson, Parks, Tandyn Almer, Ray Kennedy, Jack Rieley 3:19
6."Disney Girls (1957)"Johnston4:07
7."Long Promised Road"C. Wilson, Rieley3:34
8."Forever"D. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson 2:41
9."Surf's Up"B. Wilson, Parks4:12
10."'Til I Die"B. Wilson2:38
11."Marcella"B. Wilson, Almer, Rieley3:54
12."Student Demonstration Time" Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Love3:59
13."Lady Lynda"Jardine, Ron Altbach3:59
14."California Saga: California"Jardine3:22
15."Sumahama"Love4:29
16."Rock and Roll Music"Berry2:29
17."Here Comes the Night"B. Wilson, Love4:33
18."Kokomo"Love, Scott McKenzie, Terry Melcher, John Phillips 3:37
19."Wipe Out" (with The Fat Boys) Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, Ron Wilson 4:01
20."California Dreamin'"J. Phillips, Michelle Phillips 3:15
21."Fun, Fun, Fun" (with Status Quo)B. Wilson, Love3:11
Total length:73:31

Charts

Chart performance for The Platinum Collection
Chart (2005)Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [6] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 30

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