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Beach Boys' Party! The Beach Boys CD
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  • Artist: The Beach Boys
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1994, 1998, 2001, 2008
  • UPC: 4988006793767
  • Item Number: MSI679376
  • Release date: 05/15/2011
  • 1. Hully Gully
  • 2. I Should Have Known Better
  • 3. Tell Me Why
  • 4. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow
  • 5. Mountain of Love
  • 6. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
  • 7. Devoted to You
  • 8. Alley Oop
  • 9. There's No Other (Like My Baby)
  • 10. Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe
  • 11. Times They Are A-Changin'
  • 12. Barbara Ann
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Beach Boys' Party! by The Beach Boys on CD


Capitol, which had already released ten Beach Boys albums in three years, was bugging the group for product that it could release in time for the 1965 Christmas season. To buy time while Brian Wilson began conceiving the Pet Sounds masterpiece, the group issued a set of covers, mostly of the '50s rock and R&B they had listened to as schoolboys. Packaged as if it had been recorded at an actual party, it was in fact recorded in the studio, with friends and romantic partners adding sounds and vocals to create an informal atmosphere. With the exception of a bass guitar, all the instruments were acoustic; the acoustic guitar-and-bongo arrangements, in fact, give this a hootenanny campfire feel. In recent years, this album has gone up a few notches in critical esteem, praised for its loose, casual feel and insight into the group's influences. Realistically, though, its present-day appeal lies mostly with dedicated fans of the group, as fun and engaging as it is. Others will find the material shopworn in places, and the presentation too corny. It does have the massive hit "Barbara Ann," which actually features Dean Torrence (of Jan & Dean) on much of the lead vocals; other highlights include "Mountain of Love," an unexpected version of "The Times They Are a-Changin'," and three Beatles covers. [Beach Boys' Party!/Stack-O-Tracks, a Capitol two-fer CD, combines this and Stack-o-Tracks onto one disc, adding three previously unreleased backing tracks to the Stack-O-Tracks half of the program.] ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
  • Artist: The Beach Boys
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1994, 1998, 2001, 2008
  • UPC: 4988006793767
  • Item Number: MSI679376
  • Release date: 05/15/2011
  • Label: Capitol Records, Capitol/EMI Records, EMI, EMI Music Distribution, Import, Toshiba EMI
  • Genre: Rock
  • Style: AM Pop, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Frat Rock, Rock & Roll
  • Album Time: 29:57
  • Album Type: Live
  • Group Member: Alan Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Ricky Fataar
  • Group Formed: 1961 in Hawthorne, CA
  • Group Disbanded: 1996

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  • Beach Boys' Party! The Beach Boys CD
Beach Boys' Party! The Beach Boys CD