Best of the Beach Boys explained

Best of the Beach Boys
Type:	greatest
Artist:	the Beach Boys
Cover:	BestOfBB.jpg
Caption:	US release
Label:	Capitol (US) Capitol/EMI (UK)
Producer:	Brian Wilson
Chronology:	The Beach Boys US
Prev Title:	Pet Sounds
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 2
Next Year:	1967

Best of the Beach Boys is the first compilation album released by the American rock band the Beach Boys through Capitol Records in 1966. The first version was released in the United States on July 5, 1966, two months after Pet Sounds. Another version of Best of The Beach Boys was issued in the United Kingdom on November 11, 1966, with a track listing that differed from the American release.

Release

The American release of Best of The Beach Boys includes a selection of 12 songs the band had recorded from 1963 to 1965, many of them singles or B-sides. The album reached number eight on the US charts and was certified gold by the RIAA on April 12, 1967, and double platinum on December 1, 1991.^[1]

The British version of Best of The Beach Boys was released with songs that differed to its American counterpart. This version, initially compiled as a DJ sampler by EMI, sold close to 200,000 copies by September 1967 and spent a total of 142 weeks on the UK album charts, peaking at number two.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Track listing

US edition

UK edition

Side one

1. "Surfin' Safari" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:05
2. "Surfin' U.S.A." (B. Wilson/Berry) – 2:28
3. "Little Deuce Coupe" (B. Wilson/Love) – 1:50
4. "Fun, Fun, Fun" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:18
5. "I Get Around" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:12
6. "All Summer Long" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:05
7. "In My Room" (B. Wilson/Usher) – 2:13

Side two

1. "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 2:18
2. "Help Me, Rhonda" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:45
3. "California Girls" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:37
4. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert) – 2:05
5. "You're So Good to Me" (B. Wilson/Love) – 2:13
6. "Sloop John B" (trad. arr. B. Wilson/Al Jardine) – 2:55
7. "God Only Knows" (B. Wilson/Tony Asher) – 2:49

See also

• List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart

References

• The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience, Timothy White, c. 1994.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - January 26, 2014 . RIAA . 2014-01-26.
2. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . 1967-01-07 . 2014-01-26.
3. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . 1967-09-16 . 2014-01-26.
4. Web site: BEACH BOYS | Artist . Official Charts . 2014-01-26.