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Post by B.E. on Mar 17, 2022 1:04:08 GMT
A few questions/comments for you, B.E.: - Little Deuce Coupe...at #5? - She Knows Me Too Well - #20 - yes! - We'll Run Away - #21 - really? - I'm So Young - #32 - had it on my list for the longest time, eventually nixed it - Here Comes The Night - #70 - the Wild Honey version? - Caroline No - #81 - that low?
- Love Surrounds Me - #83 - I'm Bugged At My Ol' Man - #88 - maybe the most surprising choice of any list so far - a lot of Party songs...surprising - Thank You for recognizing the Christmas Album - I like the abundance of Dennis songs LDC - Yeah, it just keeps growing and growing in my estimation. I think it's the quintessential car tune. It's perfection. SKMTW - I'm definitely a Today! Side 2/ Pet Sounds guy. I love everything about this one. Great lyrics. WRA - Absolutely. It's vintage sweet-Brian. Among his best lead vocals, stellar backing vocals (with Dennis prominent), and the backing track is just right (i.e. a nice blend, with cool elements --is that an organ playing that counter melody? Love it-- but not overdoing it). And, intentional or not, I really like how the backing track drops out and comes back in at about 0:30. I love this side of Brian. I love the genre. Brian was made for it. ISY - Very similar feelings to the previous two. It's not an accident I rated them all similarly! HCTS - ha, you better believe it! In all seriousness, this track has only grown on me the more I've gotten into Wild Honey. CN - I nearly didn't include it! Much to my surprise, to be honest. But, on its own, it kinda only feels like half a song, you know what I mean? And while I've always defending the original version with the sped up lead vocal, I was actually kinda bothered by it the last few times I listened to it. Still, I love what's there musically, I love the climax, and I think it works perfectly as an album closer...so there it is at #83. To be clear, any reservations I have are exceedingly minimal, but to have any at all means dropping quite far on my list. That's how much I like all these songs. LSM - I assume you think it should be lower because you didn't include it on yours, but it's pretty highly regarded among fans, isn't it? I think it's one of the coolest tracks ever released on a Beach Boys album. That alone doesn't make it particularly great or even my favorite, but it's good enough for #83 at least. (Seriously, I'd expect it to make most lists, but I wouldn't expect it to be, say, top 40.) IBAMOM - This one was automatic. I love everything about it. I really do. Brian and the boys gave us so many great, serious tracks, I think there's plenty of room, and a time, for this. And considering their relationship (both personal and professional) with their ol' man, it's pretty wild that this even exists and was made available to the world. Party! - I'm a big fan of this album. I've spoken to that, and I realize I'm in the minority there. Honestly, I could have included more. It's one of my favorite BBs albums (top 10). Christmas - You're welcome! Yeah, seasonal music tends to get overlooked in these exercises, but that's not why I included it - like with Party!, it's one of my favorite BBs albums (top 10). Dennis - For sure, I'm a big fan.
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Post by sockit on Mar 17, 2022 1:34:58 GMT
Ok, inquiring minds wanted to know so here is my list. But first a few disclaimers:
1.) Let me be clear that my list is based solely on how I feel about the songs and not any exterior factors such as popularity, chart positions, and general fan approval/disapproval.
2.) I gotta say, I despise ranking anything. By the time I post this, the whole thing has probably changed order. But for the sake of this thread, I'll play along!
3.) I was originally going to only include originally released songs, but there have been so many wonderful "outtakes" released in the last decade or so, I gotta put 'em in. I treat them like official releases. I just haven't included obviously unfinished works.
D.) You're not gonna see much from after 1971. Just sayin'.
THE LIST 1. Good Vibrations 2. All I Wanna Do 3. Time to Get Alone 4. God Only Knows 5. The Warmth of the Sun 6. California Girls 7. Don't Worry Baby 8. Let the Wind Blow 9. Wouldn't it be Nice 10. Caroline No
11. Break Away 12. Let Him Run Wild 13. Do It Again 14. The Little Girl I Once Knew 15. Surfs Up 16. Won't You Tell Me 17. Soulful Old Man Sunshine 18. This Whole World 19. The Girl From NYC 20. Here Today
21. San Miguel 22. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 23. Darlin' 24. The Lonely Sea 25. Country Air 26. Catch a Wave 27. Dance Dance Dance 28. We're Together Again 29. Wild Honey 30. Sail On Sailor
31. Cotton Fields (Single Version) 32. I Can Hear Music 33. You're So Good to Me 34. Our Sweet Love 35. Deirdre 36. Feel Flows 37. Friends 38. California Dreamin' 39. Please Let Me Wonder 40. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
41. She Knows Me Too Well 42. Til I Die 43. Sloop John B. 44. Heroes and Villains 45. Girl Don't Tell Me 46. Fun Fun Fun 47. Do You Wanna Dance 48. Wind Chimes (SMiLE Version) 49. Forever 50. Surfin' USA
51. I Was Made to Love Her 52. Vegetables (Smiley Version) 53. Little Honda 54. Wake the World 55. Don't Back Down 56. I'd Love Just Once to See You 57. Shut Down 58. Rock and Roll Music (MiC Version) 59. Don't Hurt My Little Sister 60. I Get Around
61. Hushabye 62. Surfer Girl 63. Busy Doin' Nothin' 64. Farmer's Daughter 65. Aren't You Glad 66. Still Cruisin' 67. All This is That 68. All Summer Long 69. Tears in the Morning 70. Susie Sincinatti
71. Wonderful (SMiLE Version) 72. Merry Christmas Baby 73. Surfin' Surfari 74. You Still Believe in Me 75. I Do 76. Little Deuce Coupe 77. Help Me Rhon-duh 78. Long Promised Road 79. Add Some Music 80. 4th of July
81. Old Man River (My own awesome edit) 82. Cherry Cherry Coupe 83. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow 84. Drive In 85. Surfers Rule 86. In the Back of My Mind 87. Cocoamoe 88. Come and Go With Me 89. It's a New Day 90. 409
91. Little St. Nick 92. Big Sur (FF Version) 93. Girls on the Beach 94. Let's Go Aweigh for Awhile 95. Little Bird 96. Here Comes the Knight (WH Version) 97. Pet Sounds 98. With Me Tonight 99. It's OK 100. Crocodile Rock
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 17, 2022 2:04:35 GMT
Finally completed my list, I did go ahead just make a straight favorites list instead of trying to determine how great each song is. Once you get past the top 20 or so, you could probably move any given song 10-15 spots on any given day. A lot of songs I love didn't make the list, which is a testament to how much great music they made.
1. California Girls 2. Do It Again 3. The Night Was So Young 4. Good Vibrations 5. From There to Back Again 6. You're Still A Mystery 7. Don't Worry Baby 8. I Get Around 9. God Only Knows 10. Wouldn't It Be Nice 11. Break Away 12. This Whole World 13. Surfin' Safari 14. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 15. Spring Vacation 16. It's Ok 17. Kokomo 18. Little Honda 19. Let Him Run Wild 20. Good to My Baby 21. Catch A Wave 22. Little Saint Nick 23. Wonderful (Smile) 24. Here Today 25. Somewhere Near Japan 26. Getcha Back 27. In My Room 28. Surf's Up 29. I'm So Young 30. 409 31. Girl Don't Tell Me 32. All This is That 33. Big Sur (Feel Flows) 34. Livin' With A Heartache 35. It's About Time 36. Surfer Girl 37. Caroline, No 38. Forever 39. She Believes in Love Again 40. Let Us Go On This Way 41. Stevie 42. The Little Girl I Once Knew 43. Please Let Me Wonder 44. Help Me, Rhonda 45. All I Wanna Do 46. When I Grow Up (to Be a Man) 47. The Surfer Moon 48. Airplane 49. Sloop John B 50. Fun Fun Fun 51. Cool, Cool Water 52. Pacific Coast Highway 53. The Warmth of the Sun 54. Kiss Me, Baby 55. It's Gettin' Late 56. Angel Come Home 57. Love Surrounds Me 58. California Dreamin' 59. I Just Got My Pay (Feel Flows) 60. That's Not Me 61. Come Go With Me 62. San Miguel 63. Sound of Free 64. The Elements: Fire 65. Til I Die 66. Feel Flows 67. Good Timin' 68. You Still Believe in Me 69. California Saga 70. I Can Hear Music 71. My Diane 72. Where I Belong 73. Hushabye 74. Our Prayer 75. Sherry She Needs Me 76. Lonely Sea 77. Won't You Tell Me 78. Wild Honey 79. Darlin' 80. Cottonfields (single) 81. Just Once in My Life 82. Soul Searchin' 83. Then I Kissed Her 84. We'll Run Away 85. Busy Doin' Nothin' 86. Here Comes the Night (WH) 87. Matchpoint of Our Love 88. Ballad of Ole Betsy 89. Hawaii 90. Sail On, Sailor 91. Frosty the Snowman 92. Goin' On 93. Only With You 94. She Knows Me Too Well 95. Be True to Your School 96. Wendy 97. There's No Other (Like My Baby) 98. Rock n Roll to the Rescue 99. Cabinessence 100. Soulful Old Man Sunshine
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Post by sockit on Mar 17, 2022 2:53:05 GMT
Finally completed my list, I did go ahead just make a straight favorites list instead of trying to determine how great each song is. Once you get past the top 20 or so, you could probably move any given song 10-15 spots on any given day. A lot of songs I love didn't make the list, which is a testament to how much great music they made. 75. Sherry She Needs Me Totally agree, @the Cincinnati Kid . I do like a lot of your entries that I didn't give much thought to, such as "Rock and Roll to the Rescue". That might have been #101 for me. Re: Sherry She Needs Me....I only left that off because of its incompleteness. That would be among songs like Can't Wait Too Long, Walk on By, Song For Children/Father of the Man, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 8:58:01 GMT
My Top 100 Beach Boys tracks as of this very moment. Ask me again tomorrow and it'll be different in a few minor details. My criteria: released tracks only, no solo stuff (yes, "Caroline No" was technically a BW solo single but it was on a BB album), no session stuff, no live tracks. * is the single version. 1 Wouldn't It Be Nice (this is unarguable) 2 Good Vibrations 3 California Girls 4 God Only Knows 5 Fun, Fun, Fun 6 I Get Around 7 Kiss Me, Baby 8 Forever 9 All This Is That 10 Surf's Up
11 Help Me, Rhonda* 12 You Still Believe In Me 13 Surfin' USA 14 The Little Girl I Once Knew 15 Surfer Girl 16 When I Grow Up 17 Sloop John B 18 Be True To Your School* 19 Let Him Run Wild 20 Time To Get Alone
21 Let's Go Away For A While 22 Cabin Essence 23 All I Wanna Do 24 (Wouldn't It Be Nice To) Live Again 25 Don't Worry, Baby 26 Shut Down 27 Cool Cool Water 28 Do It Again 29 Little Deuce Coupe 30 The Warmth Of The Sun
31 Sail On Sailor 32 Break Away 33 Caroline No 34 Do You Wanna Dance 35 Wild Honey 36 This Whole World 37 In My Room 38 Add Some Music To Your Day 39 The Trader 40 Little St Nick (45 mix)
41 'Til I Die 42 All Summer Long 43 We Three Kings 44 Heroes And Villains 45 Wonderful ( Smile version) 46 Catch A Wave 47 Wendy 48 It's OK 49 Morning Christmas 50 Country Air
51 Feel Flows 52 Hawaii 53 Darlin' 54 Long Promised Road 55 Devoted To You 56 Girl Don't Tell Me 57 I'll Bet He's Nice 58 Where I Belong 59 Never Learn Not To Love 60 Be With Me
61 Soulful Ol' Man Sunshine 62 Santa Ana Winds 63 Little Honda 64 Marcella 65 Let The Wind Blow 66 From There To Back Again 67 Pacific Coast Highway 68 Summer's Gone (these three tracks are indivisible: actually, I think of them as one) 69 Friends 70 That's Not Me
71 Our Prayer 72 Girls On The Beach 73 California Saga: California 74 4th Of July 75 Somewhere Near Japan 76 Rock & Roll To The Rescue 77 Just Once In My Life 78 The Night Was So Young 79 Cuddle Up 80 Be Here In The Morning
81 Little Bird 82 Pom Pom Playgirl 83 Disney Girls 84 Pitter Patter 85 Drive-In 86 Only With You 87 In The Back Of My Mind 88 Loop De Loop 89 All Dressed Up For School 90 Amusement Parks USA
91 I'd Love Just Once To See You 92 Angel Come Home 93 My Diane 94 Lady Lynda 95 California Calling 96 Still Surfin' (yes, really) 97 Farmer's Daughter 98 Surfin' Safari 99 Let Us Go On This Way 100 409
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 17, 2022 12:49:43 GMT
6. You're Still A Mystery Wow, that surprises me. I'm not going back and looking or anything, but this is the first time I recall seeing the song at all on a list, and at #6!
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 17, 2022 15:00:31 GMT
I tried to review my list by decade and album. Of course, it got tricky, because I'd start thinking about decade being when recorded more than released (if there was a significant delay), and some things were released multiple times, and then there's the question of considering something from an album that wasn't released (Adult Child) versus just unreleased until it was on a comp ("Soulful Old Man Sunshine") and so on, or how to handle Smile songs that found homes. Whatever. Close enough.
60s - 57 songs!
70s - 39 80s - 1 90s - 0
00s - 0 10s - 3
Pet Sounds - 9 Smile - 8 (but many were released on other albums) Surf's Up - 8 (or 7 if you exclude Surf's Up) Love You - 7 Today - 7 All Summer Long - 6 Surfer Girl - 6 15 Big Ones - 6
Adult Child - 5 20/20 - 5 (or 3 if you exclude Smile songs) Friends - 5 Holland - 5 Summer Days & Summer Nights - 4 Wild Honey - 4 C&TP - 3
Shut Down Vol 2 - 3 TWGMTR - 3 Light Album - 2 Non-album Singles - 2 (Breakaway, Cottonfields)
Sunflower - 2
KTSA - 1 MIU - 1 Smiley Smile - 1 (0 if you exclude Smile track GV) Unreleased non-album - 1 (Soulful Old Man Sunshine)
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Post by B.E. on Mar 17, 2022 16:00:10 GMT
I had noticed the amount of Love You and Adult/Child, and was a little surprised, but until now I hadn’t noticed that you included 6 from 15BO. That really surprises me for some reason. It’s cool, though! I like that album a lot. As much as that period is maligned, there’s clearly plenty to appreciate as well.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 17, 2022 16:04:31 GMT
I had noticed the amount of Love You and Adult/Child, and was a little surprised, but until now I hadn’t noticed that you included 6 from 15BO. That really surprises me for some reason. It’s cool, though! I like that album a lot. As much as that period is maligned, there’s clearly plenty to appreciate as well. Honestly it surprised me, too! But then again, among them are things like "Susie Cincinnati" and "Had to Phone Ya," which are earlier recordings released after the fact (similar to "Good Time" on LY, which I included).
5 from Holland surprised me, too.
And while it shouldn't, seeing that 57 of my choices being from the 60s surprised me, too (as being a lot). But once I stopped and thought for a second, there's really nothing all that shocking about it.
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Post by kds on Mar 17, 2022 16:51:05 GMT
I didn't want to overthink this. Chances are, I could make a different list each day of the year, but here it is, as of 12:50pm EDT on March 17, 2022.
1. Surf’s Up (1971 album version) 2. The Warmth of the Sun 3. Don’t Worry Baby 4. In My Room 5. Surfer Girl 6. Kiss Me Baby 7. You Still Believe in Me 8. Wouldn’t It Be Nice 9. All I Wanna Do 10. Til I Die
11. Sloop John B 12. Please Let Me Wonder 13. God Only Knows 14. All Summer Long 15. California Girls 16. I Get Around 17. Friends 18. Sail On Sailor 19. From There to Back Again 20. Pacific Coast Highway
21. Summer’s Gone 22. The Little Girl I Once Knew 23. This Whole World 24. Let Him Run Wild 25. I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 26. Getcha Back 27. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) 28. Heroes and Villains (Single / Smiley Smile) 29. I Can Hear Music 30. Hushabye
31. Feel Flows 32. Wendy 33. Let the Wind Blow 34. Good Vibrations 35. Little Bird 36. Cabinessence 37. Girls on the Beach 38. Fun Fun Fun 39. Kokomo 40. Here Today
41. Forever 42. Steamboat 43. Darlin’ 44. Surfin’ USA 45. Help Me Rhonda 46. Our Prayer 47. Wonderful (Smile) 48. Christmas Day 49. That’s Not Me 50. Hawaii
51. I know There’s an Answer 52. Lonely Sea 53. Break Away 54. Do You Wanna Dance 55. Hold On Dear Brother 56. Disney Girls 57. Add Some Music to Your Day 58. Good Timin’ 59. Strange World 60. Surfin’ Safari
61. All This is That 62. Dance Dance Dance 63. Do It Again 64. Sweet Sunday Kinda Love 65. Lady Lynda 66. Lookin’ at Tomorrow 67. Full Sail 68. Think About the Days 69. Little Saint Nick (Single Version) 70. California Saga: California
71. California Dreamin’ 72. Good to My Baby 73. Farmer’s Daughter 74. It’s OK 75. Nearest Faraway Place 76. Be With Me 77. I’m So Young 78. Let’s Go Away for a While 79. Keep an Eye on Summer 80. Your Summer Dream
81. In the Parkin’ Lot 82. The Surfer Moon 83. Little Deuce Coupe 84. Santa Ana Winds 85. Maybe I Don’t Know 86. Shut Down 87. Country Air 88. Somewhere in Japan 89. Be Still 90. California Saga: Big Sur
91. It’s Getting Late 92. The Man With All the Boys 93. Be True to Your School (Single) 94. Child is the Father of the Man 95. Wouldn’t It Be Nice (To Live Again) 96. I’m Waiting for the Day 97. I Was Made to Love Her 98. Our Sweet Love 99. The Trader 100. Lahaina Aloha
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Post by kds on Mar 17, 2022 16:56:01 GMT
And, my list is strictly personal favorites, which is why a few hit and popular songs are pretty low.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 17, 2022 17:06:59 GMT
19. From There to Back Again 20. Pacific Coast Highway 21. Summer’s Gone 59. Strange World 68. Think About the Days Five from TWGMTR has to be the most of anyone's list yet! I think it's two more than anyone else (several of us had three, I believe, though not always the same three).
Plus, interestingly, I think we now have eight different songs from that album represented.
Think About the Days Isn't it Time Spring Vacation Shelter Strange World From There to Back Again Pacific Ocean Highway Summer's Gone
Had you asked me 10 years ago how likely it would be that so many people would list so many (different) songs from the reunion album, I'd be putting it around 5% or so, maybe? Every so often something like this reminds me how great the whole C50 reunion turned out. Not ideal, by any means, but better than I expected by far.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 17, 2022 17:31:54 GMT
I didn't want to overthink this. Chances are, I could make a different list each day of the year, but here it is, as of 12:50pm EDT on March 17, 2022. 1. Surf’s Up (1971 album version) 2. The Warmth of the Sun 3. Don’t Worry Baby 4. In My Room 5. Surfer Girl 6. Kiss Me Baby 7. You Still Believe in Me 8. Wouldn’t It Be Nice 9. All I Wanna Do 10. Til I Die 11. Sloop John B 12. Please Let Me Wonder 13. God Only Knows 14. All Summer Long 15. California Girls 16. I Get Around 17. Friends 18. Sail On Sailor 19. From There to Back Again 20. Pacific Coast Highway 21. Summer’s Gone 22. The Little Girl I Once Knew 23. This Whole World 24. Let Him Run Wild 25. I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times 26. Getcha Back 27. When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) 28. Heroes and Villains (Single / Smiley Smile) 29. I Can Hear Music 30. Hushabye 31. Feel Flows 32. Wendy 33. Let the Wind Blow 34. Good Vibrations 35. Little Bird 36. Cabinessence 37. Girls on the Beach 38. Fun Fun Fun 39. Kokomo 40. Here Today 41. Forever 42. Steamboat 43. Darlin’ 44. Surfin’ USA 45. Help Me Rhonda 46. Our Prayer 47. Wonderful (Smile) 48. Christmas Day 49. That’s Not Me 50. Hawaii 51. I know There’s an Answer 52. Lonely Sea 53. Break Away 54. Do You Wanna Dance 55. Hold On Dear Brother 56. Disney Girls 57. Add Some Music to Your Day 58. Good Timin’ 59. Strange World 60. Surfin’ Safari 61. All This is That 62. Dance Dance Dance 63. Do It Again 64. Sweet Sunday Kinda Love 65. Lady Lynda 66. Lookin’ at Tomorrow 67. Full Sail 68. Think About the Days 69. Little Saint Nick (Single Version) 70. California Saga: California 71. California Dreamin’ 72. Good to My Baby 73. Farmer’s Daughter 74. It’s OK 75. Nearest Faraway Place 76. Be With Me 77. I’m So Young 78. Let’s Go Away for a While 79. Keep an Eye on Summer 80. Your Summer Dream 81. In the Parkin’ Lot 82. The Surfer Moon 83. Little Deuce Coupe 84. Santa Ana Winds 85. Maybe I Don’t Know 86. Shut Down 87. Country Air 88. Somewhere in Japan 89. Be Still 90. California Saga: Big Sur 91. It’s Getting Late 92. The Man With All the Boys 93. Be True to Your School (Single) 94. Child is the Father of the Man 95. Wouldn’t It Be Nice (To Live Again) 96. I’m Waiting for the Day 97. I Was Made to Love Her 98. Our Sweet Love 99. The Trader 100. Lahaina Aloha OK, kds, now I can "give you the business"!
- Are you mellowing out in your old age? A lot of ballads in your Top 20 - The Warmth Of The Sun - #2 - slightly surprised - Heroes And Villains - #28 - didn't know you were THAT big of a fan - Kokomo - #39 - is that the highest ranking so far for that song? - Steamboat - #42?
- Lookin' At Tomorrow - #66 - hmmm - Your Summer Dream - #80 - good one; was on my list 'til the very end - In The Parking Lot - #81 - underrated - Maybe I Don't Know #85 and It's Getting Late #91- ? for both of 'em
- Lahaina Aloha - I almost put it on (just to represent SIP); it is probably the best song on that album
Thanks for the Christmas Album recognition, and you might be the biggest fan of TWGMTR that I know!
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Post by kds on Mar 17, 2022 18:13:29 GMT
19. From There to Back Again 20. Pacific Coast Highway 21. Summer’s Gone 59. Strange World 68. Think About the Days Five from TWGMTR has to be the most of anyone's list yet! I think it's two more than anyone else (several of us had three, I believe, though not always the same three).
Plus, interestingly, I think we now have eight different songs from that album represented.
Think About the Days Isn't it Time Spring Vacation Shelter Strange World From There to Back Again Pacific Ocean Highway Summer's Gone
Had you asked me 10 years ago how likely it would be that so many people would list so many (different) songs from the reunion album, I'd be putting it around 5% or so, maybe? Every so often something like this reminds me how great the whole C50 reunion turned out. Not ideal, by any means, but better than I expected by far.
I'd admittedly pretty bullish on the album. I almost included Isn't It Time as well.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Mar 17, 2022 18:17:48 GMT
6. You're Still A Mystery Wow, that surprises me. I'm not going back and looking or anything, but this is the first time I recall seeing the song at all on a list, and at #6! I love everything about it! Classic quirky Brian with a good lead vocal, amazing backing vocals, and the way the verse contrasts against the chorus couldn't be any better, imo. The whole production is great and I can never get enough of those drums.
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