20 Golden Greats

by The Beach Boys

20 Golden Greats cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 25 June 1976
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.29/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capitalizing on the enduring nostalgia for early-1960s Americana, this UK-issued compilation gathered the group's quintessential surf and car anthems to massive chart success. The immaculate, sun-drenched vocal harmonies firmly codified their legacy as the definitive architects of the Californian pop sound.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, harmonies, nostalgia, compilation, classic

Tracklist

  1. Surfin' U.S.A.
  2. Fun, Fun, Fun
  3. I Get Around
  4. Don't Worry Baby
  5. Little Deuce Coup茅
  6. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
  7. Help Me Rhonda
  8. California Girls
  9. Barbara-Ann
  10. Sloop John B
  11. You're So Good To Me
  12. God Only Knows
  13. Wouldn't It Be Nice
  14. Good Vibrations
  15. Then I Kissed Her
  16. Heroes And Villains
  17. Darlin'
  18. Do It Again
  19. I Can Hear Music
  20. Break Away

Credits

  • Terry Pastor - illustration
  • Nick Webb - lacquer cut by
  • Brian Wilson - written-by, arranged by
  • Chuck Berry - written-by
  • Mike Love - written-by
  • Roger Christian - written-by
  • Fred Fassert - written-by
  • Tony Asher - written-by

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