The Very Best of the Beach Boys
2001 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys
The Very Best of the Beach Boys | ||||
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Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys | ||||
Released | 30 June 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1961–2001 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 1:17:58 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Very Best of the Beach Boys is a compilation album released by the American rock and roll band the Beach Boys. The album was released by EMI in 2001 and features 30 of their greatest hits digitally remastered. It is the first compilation of the Beach Boys that makes a full retrospective of their career. Other compilations had already been released throughout the years, but only focusing on certain time periods of the band, or focusing on their complete career, but with several volumes.
Track listing
All tracks written by Brian Wilson/Mike Love, unless otherwise noted.
- "Good Vibrations" – 3:37 (from Smiley Smile)
- "California Girls" (Single Version) – 2:43 (from Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!))
- "I Get Around" – 2:14 (from All Summer Long)
- "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Love) – 2:25 (from Pet Sounds)
- "Surfin' Safari" – 2:07 (from Surfin' Safari)
- "Fun, Fun, Fun" (Single Version) – 2:20 (from Shut Down Volume 2)
- "Surfin' U.S.A." (Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry) – 2:29 (from Surfin' U.S.A.)
- "Help Me Rhonda" – 2:47 (from Today!)
- "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian) – 2:50 (from Shut Down Volume 2)
- "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" – 2:04 (from Today!)
- "Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson, Christian) – 1:38 (from Surfer Girl)
- "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Love) – 2:00 (from Today!)
- "Little Honda" – 1:52 (from All Summer Long)
- "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 2:21 (from Today!)
- "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:27 (from Surfer Girl)
- "Then I Kissed Her" (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) – 2:16 (from Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!))
- "God Only Knows" (1996 Stereo Mix) (Brian Wilson, Asher) – 2:50 (from Pet Sounds, stereo remix from The Pet Sounds Sessions)
- "Caroline, No" (Single Version, 1996 Stereo Mix) (Brian Wilson, Asher) – 2:19 (from Pet Sounds, stereo remix from The Pet Sounds Sessions)
- "Sloop John B" (1996 Stereo Mix) (Traditional, Brian Wilson) – 2:55 (from Pet Sounds, stereo remix from The Pet Sounds Sessions)
- "Barbara Ann" (Single Version) (Fred Fassert) – 2:06 (from Beach Boys' Party!)
- "Heroes and Villains" (Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks) – 3:38 (from Smiley Smile)
- "Do It Again" (Single Version) – 2:19 (from 20/20)
- "Darlin'" – 2:13 (from Wild Honey)
- "Wild Honey" – 2:38 (from Wild Honey)
- "Break Away" (Brian Wilson, Murry Wilson) – 2:56 (non album single)
- "Rock and Roll Music" (Single Version) (Berry) – 2:28 (from 15 Big Ones)
- "I Can Hear Music" (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry) – 2:37 (from 20/20)
- "Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (Single Version) (Huddie Ledbetter) – 3:02 (from Stateside issues of Sunflower)
- "Lady Lynda" (Alan Jardine, Ron Altbach) – 3:58 (from L.A. (Light Album))
- "Kokomo" (Love, Scott McKenzie, Terry Melcher, John Phillips) – 3:37 (from Still Cruisin')
Charts
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[2] | 31 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | 2× Platinum | 600,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Review: The Very Best of The Beach Boys". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ "Beach Boys | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "British album certifications – Beach Boys – The Very Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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- Surfin' Safari
- Surfin' U.S.A.
- Surfer Girl
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Shut Down Volume 2
- All Summer Long
- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- The Beach Boys Today!
- Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
- Beach Boys' Party!
- Pet Sounds
- Smiley Smile
- Wild Honey
- Friends
- 20/20
- Sunflower
- Surf's Up
- Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
- Holland
- 15 Big Ones
- The Beach Boys Love You
- M.I.U. Album
- L.A. (Light Album)
- Keepin' the Summer Alive
- The Beach Boys
- Still Cruisin'
- Summer in Paradise
- Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
- That's Why God Made the Radio
- Beach Boys Concert
- Live in London
- The Beach Boys in Concert
- Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
- Songs from Here & Back
- Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour
- Live in Sacramento 1964
- Live in Chicago 1965
- Graduation Day 1966
- 1967 – Live Sunshine
- The Beach Boys On Tour: 1968
compilations
- Endless Summer
- Rarities
- Made in U.S.A.
- Lost & Found (1961–62)
- Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys
- The Pet Sounds Sessions
- Endless Harmony
- Ultimate Christmas
- Hawthorne, CA
- Sounds of Summer
- The Smile Sessions
- Made in California
- The Big Beat 1963
- Keep an Eye on Summer 1964
- Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged
- Becoming the Beach Boys
- 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
- Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
- I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions
- Feel Flows
- Sail On Sailor – 1972
- Documentary
concert films
- It's OK! (1976)
- An American Band (1985)
- Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)
- Nashville Sounds (1996)
- Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story (1998)
- Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 (2002)
- Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004)
- Doin' It Again (2012)
- Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021)
- The Beach Boys (2024)
- Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)
- An American Family (2000)
- Love & Mercy (2014)
- The Beach Boys and the California Myth
- Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961–1963
- Catch a Wave
- Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
- Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys
- I Am Brian Wilson
- Inside the Music of Brian Wilson
- Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
- The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Brian Wilson Presents Smile
- Caroline Now!
- Good Vibrations (musical)
- Looking Back with Love
- Pacific Ocean Blue
- Pet Sounds Live
- A Postcard from California
- Smiling Pets
- Spring
- Category