Track Listing
1. Do You Wanna Dance
2. Good to My Baby
3. Don't Hurt My Little Sister
4. When I Grow up (To Be a Man)
5. Help Me, Rhonda - (LP version)
6. Dance, Dance, Dance
7. Please Let Me Wonder
8. I'm So Young
9. Kiss Me Baby
10. She Knows Me Too Well
11. In the Back of My Mind
12. Bull Session With "Big Daddy"
13. Girl From New York City, The
14. Amusement Parks U.S.A
15. Then I Kissed Her
16. Salt Lake City
17. Girl Don't Tell Me
18. Help Me, Rhonda - (single version)
19. California Girls
20. Let Him Run Wild
21. You're So Good to Me
22. Summer Means New Love
23. I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man
24. And Your Dreams Come True
25. Little Girl I Once Knew, The - (stereo, single version, bonus track)
26. Dance, Dance, Dance - (alternate take, stereo, bonus track)
27. I'm So Young - (alternate take, bonus track)
28. Let Him Run Wild - (alternate take, stereo, bonus track)
29. Graduation Day - (studio version, bonus track)
| Details | | Producer: | Brian Wilson | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
2 LPs on 1 CD: THE BEACH BOYS TODAY (1965)/SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965).
The Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine.
Producer: Brian Wilson.
Reissue producer: Mark Linett.
Recorded at Western Recording Studios, Gold Star Studios, CBS Studios & Universal/Radio Recorders Studios, Hollywood, California & Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Originally released on Capitol (2269/2354).
Includes liner notes by David Leaf, Mark Linett & Dick Clark.
Digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Although other Beach Boys albums have received greater critical acclaim, TODAY is almost unbeatable for its high percentage of unpretentious, infectious two-minute pop songs. The group's rock & roll roots are revisited with "Do You Wanna Dance" and "Good To My Baby." "Dance, Dance, Dance" is a highly underrated Brian Wilson song, complemented with gorgeous ballads such as "She Knows Me Too Well" and "Please Let Me Wonder." The seeds of PET SOUNDS' sunshine pop glory were sown with this impressive 1965 record. Later that year, the Boys took a brief look back at their summer-fun days with SUMMER DAYS & SUMMER NIGHTS, which contained the beach-party evergreens "California Girls" and "Help Me, Rhonda." Listening to such unassuming fare as "Amusement Parks U.S.A." it's hard to believe that the Beach Boys' pop art masterwork was mere months away.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...These records are as unvaried as brilliance can be, but not one song here will make anyone unhappy...
Q (05/01/2001)
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