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 36,625.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 23 hours ago | JoshN125 | 86 | 70/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago | Filipe | 204 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 17:11 | Olli | 7,817 | 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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A big step forward for the beach boys. The harmonies are just incredible. Some very simple, but very memorable songs make for a nice gem of a pop album. 9/10! (Edited)
Quelques perles pop sur cet album très solide. On n'est pas encore au niveau de Pet Sounds mais les choses sont déjà très sérieuses ici. (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)
Underrated beach boys record (Edited)
Couple nice songs here, most of them land on the first part of album, but better things were yet to come. (Edited)
You can really hear the Phil Spector influence coming in on this one, in a good way. I really like this album. (Edited)
sszwalbenest 11/30/2021 14:44 | #276917
My favorite of the Beach Boys that I have heard so far. Good conventional pop music, rather than the pretentious failed experiments that I think characterize their later work. (Edited)
planetneutral 02/22/2021 19:59 | #266618
Some likable songs and emerging signs of genius, but the sequence is divided between upbeat tunes and ballads in a way that makes it hard for me to enjoy as an album proper.
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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)
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