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Surfin' U.S.A. [Bonus Track]

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Surfin' U.S.A. The Beach Boys CD
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  • Artist: The Beach Boys
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 4988006791961
  • Item Number: MSI679196
  • Release date: 05/22/2007
  • 1. Surfin U.S.A.
  • 2. Farmer's Daughter
  • 3. Miserlou
  • 4. Stoked
  • 5. Lonely Sea
  • 6. Shut Down
  • 7. Noble Surfer
  • 8. Honky Tonk
  • 9. Lana
  • 10. Surf Jam
  • 11. Let's Go Trippin
  • 12. Finders Keepers
  • 13. Baker Man
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Surfin' U.S.A. [Bonus Track] by The Beach Boys on CD


The real breakthrough, as Brian Wilson asserts himself in the studio as both songwriter and arranger on a set of material that was much stronger than Surfin' Safari. Besides the hit title track and its popular drag-racing flip side ("Shut Down"), this has a lovely, heartbreaking ballad ("Lonely Sea") and a couple of strong Brian Wilson originals ("The Noble Surfer" and "Farmer's Daughter"). There are also a surprisingly high quotient of instrumentals (five) that demonstrate that, before session musicians took over most of the parts, the Beach Boys could play respectably gutsy surf rock as a self-contained unit. Indeed, the album as a whole is the best they would make, prior to the late '60s, as a band that played most of their instruments, rather than as a vehicle for Brian Wilson's ideas. The LP was a huge hit, vital to launching surf music as a national craze, and one of the few truly strong records to be recorded by a self-contained American rock band prior to the British Invasion. [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
  • Artist: The Beach Boys
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 4988006791961
  • Item Number: MSI679196
  • Release date: 05/22/2007
  • Label: EMI Music Distribution
  • Album Time: 24:21

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  • Surfin' U.S.A. The Beach Boys CD
Surfin' U.S.A. The Beach Boys CD