Detailed item info Album Features UPC: 5099997374220 Artist: The Beach Boys Format: CD Release Year: 2012 Record Label: EMI Genre: Psychedelic, Rock Pop Track Listing 1. That's Why God Made the Radio 2. California Girls [2002 Stereo Mix] 3. Sloop John B [1996 Stereo Mix] - (remix) 4. Wouldn't It Be Nice [2001 Stereo Mix] - (remix) 5. Surfer Girl 6. Do It Again - (mono) 7. Surfin' Safari - (mono) 8. Surfin' U.S.A. 9. Don't Worry Baby [2009 Stereo Mix] 10. Little Deuce Coupe 11. I Get Around - (mono) 12. Fun, Fun - (mono) Fun 13. Be True to Your School [Single Version] - (mono) 14. Dance, Dance [2003 Stereo Mix] Dance 15. All Summer Long [2007 Stereo Mix] 16. Rhonda [Single Version] - (mono) Help Me 17. Rock and Roll Music 18. God Only Knows [1996 Stereo Mix] - (remix) 19. Good Vibrations - (mono) 20. Kokomo Details Playing Time: 52 min. Producer: Dennis Wolfe (Compilation), Alan Boyd (Compilation), Mark Linett (Compilation), The Beach Boys (Compilation) Distributor: EMI Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes Photographers: Guy Webster; Randy Faris; Patrick Lane.Unknown Contributor Role: Elliott Lott.There are dozens of Beach Boys compilations on the market, some of them thrown together in haphazard fashion with an eye to budget bins and gas station racks, and while all of them undoubtedly feature some great songs (given that the band's recorded legacy is such a rich and timeless one), it's a delight to find that Capitol Records is finally taking great care to re-present the Beach Boys catalog in 2012, the 50th anniversary of the band. That said, this new single-disc collection of 20 Beach Boys hits doesn't differ all that much from the compilations that came before it. It has a new track, "That's Why God Made the Radio," several cuts are featured in stereo versions, and it has the single-only mixes of "Be True to Your School" and "Help Me, Rhonda," for instance, but it still feels rather random, even though one couldn't quibble with the catalog songs here -- they're all classic Beach Boys tracks, and all of them received a ton of radio play in their day. It's hard to call a 20-track package a sampler, but that's what this incarnation of the band's greatest hits feels like. It's a measure of what a great band the Beach Boys have been, really. A single disc just can't cover it. ~ Steve Leggett Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2017 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.