Beach Boys "The Very Best Of..." EMI/ Capitol 2001

Well, the Beach Boys: Thirty tracks, most of the favourites. Need I say more?

Okay, I will. This is a very hit-focused, commercial package. They would probably have been
better off calling it "Greatest Hits" than "Best Of" because Beach Boys fans can undoubtedly 
point to more developed, better stuff among their album tracks and later work. There is an
emphasis toward the earlier years here, too. But whether or not this really does justice to the
Beach Boys or not is irrelevant; you couldn't do that on one CD, although there is a less 
obvious "best of" with the tracks personally selected by Brian Wilson which you might want to
consider. 
Anyway, all you really need to know is that these seminal works are totally timeless and you
really have no excuse for not owning this unless you have a very good collection of other
Beach Boys stuff. 

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