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"Surfin'" / "Luau", the first Beach Boys record, released in 1961.
The Beach Boys first burst onto the music scene in November 1961 with their release of the single "Surfin'". The single was moderately successful, hitting #75 in the United States. The band released their first album Surfin' Safari in 1962. The album included hits such as "Surfin' Safari", "409" and of course "Surfin'". The album reached #32 in the United States, a reasonable performance for the band's debut album.
The bands first top ten single was "Surfin' USA" which peaked at #3 in the United States. It was also the band's first single to chart in the United Kingdom reaching #34 on the UK charts. The follow up album to Surfin' Safari was Surfin' USA which was released a year after their first album in 1963. The album was the band's first top ten album in the United States reaching #2. It was also their first album to chart in the United Kingdom peaking at #17. The band's third studio album Surfer Girl, which was released in 1963, hit #7 in the United States and #13 in the United Kingdom. The album included such classic songs as "Surfer Girl", "Little Deuce Coupe" and "In My Room". The Beach Boys also released their fourth studio album in 1963, called Little Deuce Coupe.
The following year saw the Beach Boys release three studio albums, Shut Down Volume 2, All Summer Long and The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, and one live album, Beach Boys Concert. The Beach Boys Concert album surprisingly provided The Beach Boys with their first and only chart topping album as it reached #1 in the United States. That year also provided the band's first ever US #1 single with "I Get Around" from their All Summer Long album.
In 1965, the Beach Boys released another three albums The Beach Boys Today!, Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) and Beach Boys' Party!. The Beach Boys Today! album was the band's first ever top ten album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #6. The album also proved successful in the US, reaching #4. The follow-up album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) reached #2 in the US and #4 in the UK and the album included such classic songs as "Help Me, Rhonda" and "California Girls". "Help Me, Rhonda" was the band's second #1 single in the United States.
In 1966 the band released what many people consider their best album, Pet Sounds. The album featured some of their most recognisable songs including "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B" and "God Only Knows". On its release, the album did not perform as well as Brian Wilson hoped it would, only peaking at #10 in the US. In the UK, however, the album reached #2, the best chart position for any Beach Boys album in that country. The follow-up to Pet Sounds was Smiley Smile which was released in 1967. The album hit #41 in the United States but reached an impressive #9 in the United Kingdom. The album featured the UK top ten song "Heroes and Villains" and it also featured the band's third US #1 hit and their first #1 UK hit in "Good Vibrations". It was the first and only time that a Beach Boys single hit #1 in both the US and UK. The band also released their 13th studio album Wild Honey that year which peaked at #24 in the US and #7 in the UK. The album featured the single "Darlin'" which peaked at #19 in the US and #11 in the UK.
In 1968, the band released just one album: Friends. The album sold poorly in the US, reaching only #126, but it managed to reach #13 in the UK. The following year, 1969, saw the release of the band's 15th and final studio album with Capitol Records, 20/20. The album featured the Beach Boys' second UK #1 hit, "Do It Again" with the B-side being "Wake the World".
1970 saw the band release Sunflower, which was their 16th studio album and their first album under their newly-formed record label Brother Records. The album was also their first album of the 1970s. It featured such well-known Beach Boys songs as "Add Some Music to Your Day", "This Whole World" and "Forever". The following year saw the band release Surf's Up which featured such songs as "Long Promised Road", "'Til I Die" and "Surf's Up". Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" was the band's next album which was released in 1972. The following year, the band's 19th studio album Holland was released featuring "Sail On, Sailor", which was released twice as a single although it only peaked at #49 in the United States.
1976 saw the return of Brian Wilson as producer of a Beach Boys album - 15 Big Ones. The album peaked at #8 in the US and #31 in the UK and featured the band's Chuck Berry cover "Rock And Roll Music" which peaked at #5 in the US and #36 in the UK.
Overall, the Beach Boys released a total of 28 studio albums between 1962 and 1996. They also released four live albums from 1964 to 2002.
Listed below are the Beach Boys' official studio albums, live albums and singles released in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Studio albums
"Surfin' Safari" (October 29, 1962) Capitol Records - US: #32
Tracks: Surfin' Safari; County Fair; Ten Little Indians; Chug-A-Lug; Little Girl (You're My Miss America); 409; Surfin'; Heads You Win - Tails I Lose; Summertime Blues; Cuckoo Clock; Moon Dawg; The Shift |
"Surfin' USA" (March 25, 1963) Capitol Records - US: #2; UK: #17
Tracks: Surfin' USA; Farmer's Daughter; Misirlou; Stoked; Lonely Sea; Shut Down; Noble Surfer; Honky Tonk; Lana; Surf Jam; Let's Go Trippin'; Finders Keepers |
"Surfer Girl" (September 23, 1963) Capitol Records - US: #7; UK: #13
Tracks: Surfer Girl; Catch a Wave; The Surfer Moon; South Bay Surfer; The Rocking Surfer; Little Deuce Coupe; In My Room; Hawaii; Surfers Rule; Our Car Club; Your Summer Dream; Boogie Woodie |
"Little Deuce Coupe" (October 21, 1963) Capitol Records - US: #4
Tracks: Little Deuce Coupe; Ballad of Ole' Betsy; Be True to Your School; Car Crazy Cutie; Cherry, Cherry Coupe; 409; Shut Down; Spirit of America; Our Car Club; No-Go Showboat; A Young Man Is Gone; Custom Machine |
"Shut Down Volume 2" (March 23, 1964) Capitol Records - US: #13
Tracks: Fun, Fun, Fun; Don’t Worry Baby; In the Parkin' Lot; "Cassius" Love Vs. "Sonny" Wilson; The Warmth of the Sun; This Car of Mine; Why Do Fools Fall In Love; Pom Pom Play Girl; Keep an Eye on Summer; Shut Down, Part II; Louie Louie; Denny's Drums |
"All Summer Long" (July 13, 1964) Capitol Records - US: #4
Tracks: I Get Around; All Summer Long; Hushabye; Little Honda; We'll Run Away; Carl's Big Chance; Wendy; Do You Remember?; Girls on the Beach; Drive-In; Our Favorite Recording Sessions; Don't Back Down |
"The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" (November 16, 1964) Capitol Records - US: #6
Tracks: Little Saint Nick; The Man with All the Toys; Santa's Beard; Merry Christmas, Baby; Christmas Day; Frosty the Snowman; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; Blue Christmas; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; White Christmas; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Auld Lang Syne |
"The Beach Boys Today!" (March 8, 1965) Capitol Records - US: #4; UK: #6
Tracks: Do You Wanna Dance?; Good to My Baby; Don't Hurt My Little Sister; When I Grow Up (to be a man); Help Me, Ronda; Dance, Dance, Dance; Please Let Me Wonder; I'm So Young; Kiss Me, Baby; She Knows Me Too Well; In the Back of My Mind; Bull Sessions With "Big Daddy" |
"Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" (June, 1965) Capitol Records - US: #2; UK: #4
Tracks: The Girl from New York City; Amusement Parks U.S.A.; Then I Kissed Her; Salt Lake City; Girl Don't Tell Me; Help Me, Rhonda; California Girls; Let Him Run Wild; You're So Good to Me; Summer Means New Love; I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man; And Your Dream Comes True |
"Beach Boys' Party!" (November 8, 1965) Capitol Records - US: #6; UK: #3
Tracks: Hully Gully; I Should Have Known Better; Tell Me Why; Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow; Mountain of Love; You've Got to Hide Your Love Away; Devoted to You; Alley Oop; There's No Other (Like My Baby); Medley: I Get Around/Little Deuce Coupe; The Times They Are a-Changin'; Barbara Ann |
"Pet Sounds" (May 16, 1966) Capitol Records - US: #10; UK: #2
Tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice; You Still Believe in Me; That's Not Me; Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); I'm Waiting for the Day; Let's Go Away For Awhile; Sloop John B; God Only Knows; I Know There's an Answer; Here Today; I Just Wasn't Made for These Times; Pet Sounds; Caroline No |
"Smiley Smile" (September 5, 1967) Capitol Records - US: #41; UK: #9
Tracks: Heroes and Villains; Vegetables; Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony); She's Goin' Bald; Little Pad; Good Vibrations; With Me Tonight; Wind Chimes; Gettin' Hungry; Wonderful; Whistle In |
"Wild Honey" (December 11, 1967) Capitol Records - US: #24; UK: #7
Tracks: Wild Honey; Aren't You Glad; I Was Made to Love Her; Country Air; A Thing or Two; Darlin'; I'd Love Just Once to See You; Here Comes the Night; Let the Wind Blow; How She Boogalooed It; Mama Says |
"Friends" (June 10, 1968) Capitol Records - US: #126; UK: #13
Tracks: Meant for You; Friends; Wake the World; Be Here in the Mornin'; When a Man Needs a Woman; Passing By; Anna Lee, the Healer; Little Bird; Be Still; Busy Doin' Nothin'; Diamond Head; Transcendental Meditation |
"20/20" (February 3, 1969) Capitol Records - US: #68; UK: #3
Tracks: Do It Again; I Can Hear Music; Bluebirds over the Mountain; Be with Me; All I Want to Do; The Nearest Faraway Place; Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song); I Went to Sleep; Time to Get Alone; Never Learn Not to Love; Our Prayer; Cabinessence |
"Sunflower" (August 31, 1970) Brother Records - US: #151; UK: #29
Tracks: Slip On Through; This Whole World; Add Some Music to Your Day; Got to Know the Woman; Deirdre; It's About Time; Tears in the Morning; All I Wanna Do; Forever; Our Sweet Love; At My Window; Cool, Cool Water |
"Surf's Up" (August 30, 1971) Brother Records - US: #29; UK: #15
Tracks: Don't Go Near the Water; Long Promised Road; Take A Load Off Your Feet; Disney Girls (1957); Student Demonstration Time; Feel Flows; Lookin' at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song); A Day in the Life of a Tree; 'Til I Die; Surf's Up |
"Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"" (May 15, 1972) Brother Records - US: #50; UK: #25
Tracks: You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone; Here She Comes; He Come Down; Marcella; Hold On Dear Brother; Make It Good; All This Is That; Cuddle Up |
"Holland" (January 8, 1973) Brother Records - US: #36; UK: #20
Tracks: Sail On, Sailor; Steamboat; California Saga: Big Sur; California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles; California Saga: California; The Trader; Leaving This Town; Only with You; Funky Pretty |
"15 Big Ones" (January 8, 1976) Brother Records - US: #8; UK: #31
Tracks: Rock And Roll Music; It's OK; Had to Phone Ya; Chapel of Love; Everyone's in Love with You; Talk To Me; That Same Song; TM Song; Palisades Park; Susie Cincinnati; A Casual Look; Blueberry Hill; Back Home; In the Still of the Night; Just Once in My Life |
"Love You" (April 11, 1977) Brother Records - US: #53; UK: #28
Tracks: Let Us Go On This Way; Roller Skating Child; Mona; Johnny Carson; Good Time; Honkin' Down the Highway; Ding Dang; Solar System; The Night Was So Young; I'll Bet He's Nice; Let's Put Our Hearts Together; I Wanna Pick You Up; Airplane; Love Is a Woman |
"M.I.U. Album" (October 2, 1978) Brother Records - US: #151
Tracks: She's Got Rhythm; Come Go with Me; Hey, Little Tomboy; Kona Coast; Peggy Sue; Wontcha Come Out Tonight?; Sweet Sunday; Belles of Paris; Pitter Patter; My Diane; Match Point of Our Love; Winds of Change |
"L.A. (Light Album)" (March 19, 1979) Brother Records - US: #100; UK: #32
Tracks: Good Timin'; Lady Lynda; Full Sail; Angel Come Home; Love Surrounds Me; Sumahama; Here Comes the Night; Baby Blue; Goin' South; Shortenin' Bread |
"Keepin' the Summer Alive" (March 24, 1980) Brother Records - US: #75; UK: #54
Tracks: Keepin' the Summer Alive; Oh Darlin'; Some of Your Love; Livin' with a Heartache; School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell); Goin' On; Sunshine; When Girls Get Together; Santa Ana Winds; Endless Harmony |
"The Beach Boys" (June 10, 1985) Brother Records - US: #52; UK: #60
Tracks: Getcha Back; It's Gettin' Late; Crack at Your Love; Maybe I Don't Know; She Believes in Love Again; California Calling; Passing Friend; I'm So Lonely; Where I Belong; I Do Love You; It's Just a Matter of Time; Male Ego |
"Still Cruisin'" (August 28, 1989) Brother Records - US: #46
Tracks: Still Cruisin; Somewhere Near Japan; Island Girl; In My Car; Kokomo; Wipe Out; Make It Big; I Get Around; Wouldn't It Be Nice; California Girls |
"Summer in Paradise" (August 3, 1992) Brother Records - never charted
Tracks: Hot Fun in the Summertime; Surfin'; Summer of Love; Island Fever; Still Surfin'; Slow Summer Dancin' (One Summer Night); Strange Things Happen; Remember (Walking In The Sand); Lahaina Aloha; Under the Boardwalk; Summer in Paradise; Forever |
"Stars and Stripes Vol. 1" (August 19, 1996) River North Records - US: #101
Tracks: Don’t Worry Baby; Little Deuce Coupe; 409; Long Tall Texan; I Get Around; Be True to Your School; Fun, Fun, Fun; Help Me, Rhonda; The Warmth of the Sun; Sloop John B; I Can Hear Music; Caroline No |
[edit] Live albums
"Beach Boys Concert" (October 19, 1964) Capitol Records - US: #1
Tracks: Fun, Fun, Fun; The Little Old Lady from Pasadena; Little Deuce Coupe; Long, Tall Texan; In My Room; Monster Mash; Let's Go Trippin'; Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow; The Wanderer; Hawaii; Graduation Day; I Get Around; Johnny B. Goode |
"Live in London" (May, 1970) Brother Records - US: #75
Tracks: Darlin'; Wouldn't It Be Nice; Sloop John B; California Girls; Do It Again; Wake the World; Aren't You Glad; Bluebirds over the Mountain; Their Hearts Were Full of Spring; Good Vibrations; God Only Knows; Barbara Ann |
"The Beach Boys in Concert" (November 19, 1973) Brother Records - US: #25
Tracks: Sail On, Sailor; Sloop John B; The Trader; You Still Believe in Me; California Girls; Darlin'; Marcella; Caroline No; Leaving This Town; Heroes and Villains; Funky Pretty; Let the Wind Blow; Help Me, Rhonda; Surfer Girl; Wouldn't It Be Nice; We Got Love; Don’t Worry Baby; Surfin' USA; Good Vibrations; Fun, Fun, Fun |
"Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980" (November 26, 2002) Brother Records - US: #101
Tracks: Intro; California Girls; Sloop John B; Darlin'; School Days; God Only Knows; Be True to Your School; Do It Again; Little Deuce Coupe; Cotton Fields/Heroes and Villains; Happy Birthday Brian; Keepin' the Summer Alive; Lady Lynda; Surfer Girl; Help Me, Rhonda; Rock And Roll Music; I Get Around; Surfin' USA; You Are So Beautiful; Good Vibrations; Barbara Ann; Fun, Fun, Fun |
[edit] Singles
| Date of Release |
Title |
Label |
Chart positions |
| November, 1961 |
Surfin'/Luau |
Candix Records |
#75 US |
| June 4, 1962 |
409/Surfin' Safari |
Capitol Records |
#14 US |
| November 19, 1962 |
Ten Little Indians/County Fair |
Capitol Records |
#49 US |
| March 4, 1963 |
Surfin' USA/Shut Down |
Capitol Records |
#3 US
#34 UK |
| July 22, 1963 |
Surfer Girl/Little Deuce Coupe |
Capitol Records |
#7 US |
| October 14, 1963 |
Be True to Your School/In My Room |
Capitol Records |
#6 US |
| December 2, 1963 |
Little Saint Nick/The Lord’s Prayer |
Capitol Records |
#3 US |
| February 3, 1964 |
Fun, Fun, Fun/Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
Capitol Records |
#5 US |
| May 11, 1964 |
I Get Around/Don’t Worry Baby |
Capitol Records |
#1 US
#7 UK |
| August 17, 1964 |
When I Grow Up (to be a man)/She Knows Me Too Well |
Capitol Records |
#9 US
#27 UK |
| October 26, 1964 |
Dance, Dance, Dance/The Warmth of the Sun |
Capitol Records |
#8 US
#24 UK |
| November 16, 1964 |
The Man with All the Toys/Blue Christmas |
Capitol Records |
#3 US |
| February 8, 1965 |
Do You Wanna Dance?/Please Let Me Wonder |
Capitol Records |
#12 US |
| April 5, 1965 |
Help Me, Rhonda/Kiss Me, Baby |
Capitol Records |
#1 US
#27 UK |
| July 12, 1965 |
California Girls/Let Him Run Wild |
Capitol Records |
#3 US
#26 UK |
| November 8, 1965 |
The Little Girl I Once Knew/There's No Other (Like My Baby) |
Capitol Records |
#20 US |
| December 20, 1965 |
Barbara Ann/Girl Don't Tell Me |
Capitol Records |
#2 US
#3 UK |
| March 7, 1966 |
Caroline No/Summer Means New Love |
Capitol Records |
#32 US |
| March 21, 1966 |
Sloop John B/You're So Good to Me |
Capitol Records |
#3 US
#2 UK |
| July 11, 1966 |
Wouldn't It Be Nice/God Only Knows |
Capitol Records |
#8 US
#2 UK |
| October 10, 1966 |
Good Vibrations/Let's Go Away For Awhile |
Capitol Records |
#1 US
#1 UK |
| May, 1967 |
Then I Kissed Her |
Capitol Records |
#5 UK |
| July 24, 1967 |
Heroes and Villains/You’re Welcome |
Capitol Records |
#12 US
#8 UK |
| August 28, 1967 |
Gettin' Hungry/Devoted to You |
Capitol Records |
never charted |
| October 23, 1967 |
Wild Honey/Wind Chimes |
Capitol Records |
#31 US
#29 UK |
| December 11, 1967 |
Darlin'/Here Today |
Capitol Records |
#19 US
#11 UK |
| April 8, 1968 |
Friends/Little Bird |
Capitol Records |
#47 US
#25 UK |
| July 15, 1968 |
Do It Again/Wake the World |
Capitol Records |
#20 US
#1 UK |
| December 2, 1968 |
Bluebirds over the Mountain/Never Learn Not to Love |
Capitol Records |
#61 US
#33 UK |
| February 24, 1969 |
I Can Hear Music/All I Want to Do |
Capitol Records |
#24 US
#10 UK |
| June 23, 1969 |
Break Away/Celebrate the News |
Capitol Records |
#63 US
#6 UK |
| February 23, 1970 |
Add Some Music to Your Day/Susie Cincinnati |
Capitol Records |
#64 US |
| April 20, 1970 |
Cottonfields/The Nearest Faraway Place |
Capitol Records |
#103 US
#5 UK |
| June 29, 1970 |
Slip On Through/This Whole World |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| November, 1970 |
Tears in the Morning/It's About Time |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| February, 1971 |
Cool, Cool Water/Forever |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| April, 1971 |
Wouldn't It Be Nice (live)/The Times They Are a-Changin' |
Ode Records |
never charted |
| May 24, 1971 |
Long Promised Road/Deirdre |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| October 11, 1971 |
Long Promised Road/'Til I Die |
Brother Records |
#89 US |
| November 8, 1971 |
Surf's Up/Don't Go Near the Water |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| May 15, 1972 |
You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone/Cuddle Up |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| June 26, 1972 |
Marcella/Hold On Dear Brother |
Brother Records |
#110 US |
| January 29, 1973 |
Sail On, Sailor/Only with You |
Brother Records |
#79 US |
| April 16, 1973 |
California Saga: California/Funky Pretty |
Brother Records |
#84 US
#37 UK |
August 17, 1974
(US chart date) |
Surfin' USA |
Capitol Records |
#36 US |
| December 23, 1974 |
Child of Winter (Christmas Song)/Susie Cincinnati |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| March 10, 1975 |
Sail On, Sailor/Only with You |
Brother Records |
#49 US |
| May 24, 1976 |
Rock And Roll Music/The TM Song |
Brother Records |
#5 US
#36 UK |
| August 9, 1976 |
It’s O.K./Had to Phone Ya |
Brother Records |
#29 US |
| August 9, 1976 |
Susie Cincinnati/Everyone's in Love with You |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| May 30, 1977 |
Honkin' Down the Highway/Solar System |
Brother Records |
never charted |
| August 28, 1978 |
Peggy Sue/Hey, Little Tomboy |
Brother Records |
#59 US |
| February 19, 1979 |
Here Comes the Night/Baby Blue |
Caribou Records |
#44 US
#37 UK |
| April 16, 1979 |
Good Timin'/Love Surrounds Me |
Caribou Records |
#40 US |
| June, 1979 |
Lady Lynda/Full Sail |
Caribou Records |
#7 UK |
| September, 1979 |
It’s A Beautiful Day/Sumahama |
Caribou Records |
#45 UK |
| March 11, 1980 |
Goin' On/Endless Harmony |
Caribou Records |
#83 US |
| May 20, 1980 |
Livin' with a Heartache/Santa Ana Winds |
Caribou Records |
never charted |
| October, 1981 |
The Beach Boys Medley |
Caribou Records |
#12 US |
| November 2, 1981 |
Come Go with Me/Don't Go Near the Water |
Caribou Records |
#18 US |
| May 8, 1985 |
Getcha Back/Male Ego |
Caribou Records |
#26 US |
| July 17, 1985 |
It's Gettin' Late/It’s O.K. |
Caribou Records |
#82 US |
| October 2, 1985 |
She Believes in Love Again/It’s Just A Matter of Time |
Caribou Records |
never charted |
| October 2, 1985 |
Rock’n’Roll To The Rescue/Good Vibrations (Live In London) |
Capitol Records |
#68 US |
| September 1, 1986 |
California Dreamin'/Lady Liberty |
Capitol Records |
#57 US |
| November, 1987 |
Happy Endings (with Little Richard) /California Girls |
Critique Records |
never charted |
| July 18, 1988 |
Kokomo/Tutti Frutti (with Little Richard) |
Elektra Records |
#1 US
#25 UK |
| August 7, 1989 |
Still Cruisin'/Kokomo |
Capitol Records |
#93 US |
| January, 1990 |
Somewhere Near Japan/Kokomo |
Capitol Records |
never charted |
| June, 1990 |
Wouldn't It Be Nice / The Beach Boys Medley |
Capitol Records |
#58 UK |
| July, 1990 |
Problem Child/Tutti Frutti (with Little Richard) |
RCA Records |
never charted |
| July, 1992 |
Hot Fun in the Summertime/Summer of Love |
Brother Records |
never charted |
[edit] See also
