Shut Down, Volume 2 (studio album)
by The Beach Boys

Shut Down, Volume 2 by The Beach Boys
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 7,610th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 135 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1964 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (579th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,610th)
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The Beach Boys bestography

Shut Down, Volume 2 is ranked 19th best out of 76 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 39,955.

The Beach Boys album bestography « Higher ranked (6,264th)
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This album (7,610th)
Shut Down, Volume 2
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66/100 (from 135 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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From 01/25/2017 21:47
As the real followup to Surfer Girl, Shut Down Volume 2 is a wildly uneven effort; a handful of songs are stronger and more intricately arranged than anything The Beach Boys had produced up to this point, but there’s little of note beyond those three or four classics.
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From 08/09/2016 22:39
There may be a couple filler tracks but even if those were removed you would still have a full album of awesome songs. Don't Worry Baby is the pinnacle of the album's creative heights
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From 04/01/2016 16:03
This is a slighty disappointing beach boys album. It's so short of material that it features a pathetic bit of studio banter between Brian Wilson and Mike Love, and a completely pointless drum solo from Dennis. But let's not get too down, this record also features the brilliant, fun,fun,fun, don't worry baby,keep an eye on summer and the absolutely gorgeous, warmth of the sun. So, about a third of this album is great, the rest, a combination of ok, awful, and pointless. So-so.
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From 03/21/2013 06:54
1,2,5,7,9,11... more stood out on this album, but still pretty average.
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16. Song For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai) by Horace Silver Quintet
17. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
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