Sunflower / Surf's Up

by The Beach Boys

Sunflower / Surf's Up cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 18 July 2000
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:40
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Bob Burchman, Jack Rieley, Joe Knott, Alan Jardine, Andrew, Gregg Jakobson, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Gary Winfrey, Timothy White, Brian Wilson, Cheryl Pawelski, Elliot Lott, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Atkinson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Twofer reissue pairing the band's 1970 album 'Sunflower' with its 1971 follow-up 'Surf's Up' on one disc. The two albums mark the group's early seventies period, when songwriting duties were spread across all of its members.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, harmonies, melodic, orchestral, summery

Tracklist

  1. Slip On Through (2:19)
  2. This Whole World (1:58)
  3. Add Some Music To Your Day (3:36)
  4. Got To Know The Woman (2:43)
  5. Deirdre (3:29)
  6. It's About Time (2:58)
  7. Tears In The Morning (4:11)
  8. All I Wanna Do (2:36)
  9. Forever (2:42)
  10. Our Sweet Love (2:41)
  11. At My Window (2:32)
  12. Cool, Cool Water (5:04)
  13. Don't Go Near The Water (2:42)
  14. Long Promised Road (3:34)
  15. Take A Load Off Your Feet (2:31)
  16. Disney Girls (1957) (4:11)
  17. Student Demonstration Time (4:02)
  18. Feel Flows (4:49)
  19. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song) (1:57)
  20. A Day In The Life Of A Tree (3:10)
  21. 'Til I Die (2:44)
  22. Surf's Up (4:11)

Credits

  • Michel Colombier - arranged by, arranged by [strings]
  • Bryan Kelley - production manager [production]
  • Herb Agner - project manager
  • Mike Love - written-by, lyrics by [new]
  • Ed Thrasher - art direction [original], photography by [sunflower innerspread], art direction
  • Darren Wong - art direction [reissue], art direction
  • David Larkham - design [original], design
  • Stephen W. Desper - engineer [chief], mixed by [mixer]
  • Cheryl Pawelski - reissue producer, producer
  • Paul Atkinson - reissue producer, producer
  • Sam Gay - art direction [reissue creative direction]
  • Michael Ross - design [original]
  • Chad Timmreck - design [reissue]
  • Timothy White - liner notes
  • Inc - management
  • Elliot Lott - management
  • Ricci Martin - photography by [sunflower cover photo]
  • Dennis Wilson - written-by
  • Brian Wilson - written-by
  • Joe Knott - written-by
  • Bruce Johnston - written-by
  • Alan Jardine - written-by
  • Bob Burchman - written-by
  • Gregg Jakobson - written-by
  • Carl Wilson - written-by
  • Jack Rieley - written-by
  • Gary Winfrey - written-by
  • Leiber & Stoller - written-by
  • Van Dyke Parks - written-by
  • Andrew - re mastering

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