The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer

My 7 mo old can't help herself. She just has to dance when she hears the beachboys.

All the best oldies!! Brings back some really good memories. Sounds great! I LOVE IT!!

This CD opens with the classic Beach Boys song, "California Girls". It is the song that the group usually opens their live concerts with. Very cool. All their good songs are in this CD. Highly recommended.

"The thirty splendid tracks on 'Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the Beach Boys' vividly dramatize that legendary band's ability to evoke a vision of California as shimmering, rich and all-encompassing as the state itself...The Beach Boys had not simply defined their own sound, but they themselves had become one of the most significant musical forces on the scene." ~ Anthony DeCurtis ~

How could this collection be the very best of the Beach Boys without my all-time favorite "The Warmth of the Sun?" I was going to give it a four-star-rating due to the exclusion of that beautiful song, but on second thought -- with a set of thirty of their hit songs that are included in this collection, I believe it is arguably a five-star-material.

In my teen-aged years, I have loved the delightful and fun music of the Beach Boys. I was very impressed how their voices blended flawlessly into choir-like harmonies. With their combined talents and creativity, they composed and arranged their own songs. I never fail to listen to this compilation CD every once in a while whenever I want to turn back the hands of time and reminisce cherished memories of summers gone by. And this is also one of the CDs I listen to when I'm running on the treadmill as it is the perfect music that is so full of high spirit and energy.

I have seen one of the live concerts of the Beach Boys back in the Nineties. To me, it was one of the most exciting moments in my entire musical journey to have watched this outstanding group perform live before the eyes and ears of admiring and enthusiastic concert-goers.

This CD is not only meant to be listened to during summertime, but for all seasons through all the years. All the thirty tracks are fun to listen to, but my top twelve choices include the following.

1. Surfin' USA
2. California Girls
3. God Only Knows
4. Don't Worry Baby
5. Wouldn't It Be Nice
6. Do You Wanna Dance
7. Little Deuce Coupe
8. I Can Hear Music
9. Fun, Fun, Fun
10. In My Room
11. Surfer Girl
12. Kokomo

We're on the last leg of summer and in a few days, we'd all be saying...Goodbye Summer of 2008. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" to turn back the hands of time and listen once again to Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnson and David Marks collectively known as the famous Beach Boys? Relive the luscious sounds of the Sixties and enjoy the splendid sounds of summer with this highly recommended CD. A delightful listen.

"That beautiful season, the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light
and the landscape lay as if new created
In all the freshness of childhood." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

Cool music of the days gone bye...great music for sing along while doing the boring exercise just pass'in the treadmill time away. Yes, singing on the treadmill in one's mind's eye...