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theNateman
July 16th 2019


3809 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Those albums are already perfect though

Frippertronics
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

not in any way lol



both of them have two songs at the very least that could've been swapped out for far superior songs that were written around the same time

theNateman
July 16th 2019


3809 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Which ones would you swap out for?

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


48520 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Answer does not fit onto this album at all tho. Mike Love's annoying ass "sike, you can't make it on your own lol" judgement jars with the "lovers running away and seeing the world" theme utterly and completely

robertsona
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


28661 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I so completely disagree. the buoyancy. that chorus. the buoyancy of the chorus. it's so buoyant

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


48520 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Sunflower is perfect as is. Surfs Up lose Student Demonstration Time and add 4th of July/Live Again for sure

Friday13th
July 16th 2019


7624 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@Rowan Agreed about Student Demonstration time, but I'm equally not a big fan of Got to Know the Woman on Sunflower.



How about Friends? That's just about perfect if it didn't have Anna Lee. Throw in the best song from Wild Honey and voila.



BTW that 4.9 makes me wanna cry, Rowan.

theNateman
July 16th 2019


3809 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

What's wrong with Anna Lee? It's such a pretty little ditty.



Also I kinda dig both student demonstration time and got to know the woman.



Youd need upbeat songs to replace them in the tracklist or risk ruining the album's flow. As pretty as 4th of July and love again are, they're too ballady to work as replacements

Frippertronics
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Which ones would you swap out for?"



Sunflower - swap out Got to Know the Woman for Fallin' In Love (aka Lady); not too huge on Add Some Music but it's good enough to remain. Add Soulful Old Man Sunshine as well, which I think is a very underrated cut.



Surf's Up - [2] to Rowan's choices, as for the need for upbeat songs, I feel that's not true when it comes to Surf's Up considering the majority of the songs are anything but upbeat or positive. Cut Take a Load Off You Feet and SDT.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

But regarding stuff being cut from albums, you could make so many cases for every single of their albums post-Pet Sounds all the way up to Adult/Child. So much wasted potential really.

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


48520 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

oh yeah Soulful Old Man Sunshine is a tune, I love it when Carl messes up the lyric. I love Got to Know the Woman tho. as for Friends, We're Together Again instead of fucking Transcendental Meditation, it's perfect otherwise



and this 4.9 is only due to my aforementioned ire with Mike Love's shitty lyrics on one song. classic album otherwise

TheLongShot
July 16th 2019


868 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The outtakes from the Sunflower sessions are surprisingly weak tbh, I like "Soulful Old Man Sunshine" but more or less I think the band did well at picking the best of the lot

Frippertronics
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


19720 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The main issue with the outtakes is that there were at least two more albums worth of material, and this is accounting for the stuff they left off of 20/20, lest we forget a solid fourth of this was intended for a 20/20 followup with Capitol before their contract expired.

Doibhin69
August 13th 2019


879 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Some of the most beautiful pop music ever created.

ReefaJones
September 22nd 2019


4076 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Don't Talk is their greatest song

Pangea
November 17th 2019


10946 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Most perfect album ever. Every song is a 5/5

SandwichBubble
April 4th 2020


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Every song is a 5/5 [2]

Rowan5215
Emeritus
April 4th 2020


48520 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Every song except I Know There's an Answer is a 5/5 [3]

SandwichBubble
April 4th 2020


13965 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Album Rating: 4.9

Someone donate this man a Album Rating: 0.1

Ryus
April 4th 2020


37885 Comments


sloop john b is a 2 i'm sorry



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