The Beach Boys Today!
by The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys Today! is ranked 4th best out of 77 albums by The Beach Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beach Boys is Pet Sounds which is ranked number 11 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36,215.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Beach Boys Today! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Beach Boys Today! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | The Beach Boys | 10/30 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 79 Music Albums of 1965 | 18/79 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1965 | 17/51 | 3 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 20 Music Albums of 1965 | 14/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | baystateoftheart | My AA Roster: 201-300 All-Time | 27/83 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1965 | 2/37 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 40 Music Albums of 1965 | 21/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 16 Music Albums of 1965 | 12/16 | 2 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 6/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 407 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,006 | |||
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The Beach Boys Today! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2026 20:59 |  Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 15:45 | Filipe | 204 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 17:11 | Olli | 7,949 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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There's three distinct periods in the Beach Boys career. Pre, post and Pet Sounds. This album is the culmination of the pre-Pet Sounds era. When Brian was still writing songs about girls, being a teenager, cars and girls. Before he scraps the drums, bass, guitar surf music style he releases what can be argued to be their best album. If, by some unknown reason you find Pet Sounds boring (only because I read the reviews in this site) then this album is important to know where Brian was coming from. This is the album of songs Mike Love was referring to when he told Brian he was f*cking with the formula when he first heard Pet Sounds. But Brian was moving past the beach, cars and girls topics and stretching the sound...especially in "Kiss Me Baby" "She Knows Me Too Well". Wonderful! (Edited)
Brian Wilson begins here to show his true potential as a songwriter, a beatiful record that set the tone to Pet Sounds. "Please Let me Wonder" is among their best tracks for sure. (Edited)
One of the Beach Boys most interesting albums. It is the transition album between The Beach Boys as a surf novelty act and The Beach Boys that would make "higher art" albums in the late 60s and early 70s. Even the album itself is neatly split between catchy pop songs (side 1) and longer ballads (side 2). Side 2 sounds like the rough draft for Pet Sounds as it is clear that Brian Wilson is beginning to hone his craft as both a song writer and producer. A great place to start if you want to make a run through The Beach Boys best era. (Edited)
Gorgeous melodies & harmonies, and lyrics of innocence. This album sums up The Beach Boys and youth in general. (Edited)
indieshins 04/21/2024 00:37 | #303094 | TOP COMMENT
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Extraordinary. They would top it, but with the exception of the final track, which should have been cut, this is above and beyond anything they'd done before in every conceivable way. I think perhaps rather than making it a party side and then a ballad side, they could have interspersed the two, but that's really the only criticism I have of this beautifully produced and arranged record. If you like The Beach Boys, you need to hear this! (Edited)
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