The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
by The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys' Christmas Album is ranked 22nd 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 12 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36,763.
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The Beach Boys' Christmas Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/26/2026 15:10 |  CA Dreamin | 742 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 15:22 | FrancK | 525 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 13:50 | Goodrump | 58 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 04:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2025 03:05 |  Tamthebam | 23,193 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.6/100, a mean average of 62.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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The Beach Boys' unserious California delivery works great on their original songs -- but when it comes to these Christmas classics, they sound outright whiny on several tracks. Merry Christmas, Baby is the only song on the album that's up to their usual form.
Jboy56 11/22/2022 07:04 | #291475
Surprisingly effortless XMAS album. This did not get me as much as I desired,
Very nice collection of Christmas recordings by one of the defining groups of the 1960s. Brian Wilson shows signs of his developing production skills he would later go on to use with such fantastic results on Pet Sounds two years later
LebowskiRams 05/01/2020 00:05 | #250748
Probably my favorite holiday album
Boltzmann 09/02/2018 21:12 | #220423
Jus’ a good ass christmas album!
Tamthebam 08/28/2018 18:32 | #220201
I detest Christmas Albums except the Phil Spector one !
Mother Nature's Son 12/13/2014 18:21 | #129313
If The Beach Boys doesn't get you in a good mood, if Christmas doesn't get you in a good mood, seriously, what does? The original tunes filling up most of the first side are really catchy, joyous and delightfully innocent. The interpretations of traditional Christmas songs on the second side are more orchestrated with a satisfying amount of The Beach Boys' own trademark vocal harmonies as well.
I highly recommend this album as it fits the Christmas season perfectly, especially I recommend whatever extended version that contains all (or most of) their Christmas songs. Some of the stuff they recorded in the 1970s, either completely original or Christmas rewrites, is really exceptional and unique, from the crazy, upbeat "Santa's Got an Airplane" to the haunting Dennis Wilson-sung ballad "Morning Christmas".
Yes, even The Beach Boys celebrate Christmas and surprisingly well!
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