Wild Honey
by The Beach Boys

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Wild Honey by The Beach Boys
Year: 1967
Release date: 1967-12-18
Overall rank: 2,422nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 376 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (36th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (216th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,422nd)

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The Beach Boys bestography

Wild Honey is ranked 8th 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 36,272.

The Beach Boys album bestography « Higher ranked (1,878th)
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Wild Honey Lower ranked (2,634th) »
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Wild Honey rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,422nd | 1960s rank: 216th | 1967 rank: 36th  Overall chart history
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Wild Honey ratings

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75/100 (from 376 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.


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Wild Honey forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5396): By pranafilms
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1985) 2. by (1970) 3. by (2000) 4. (1996) 5. by (2015) 6. by by (1972) 8. by (1971) 9. by (1998) 10. by (1969) 11. by (1989) 12. by (2000) 13. (2006) 14. by (1965) 15. by (1976) 16. by (1966) 17. by (1967) 18. (1971) 19. (1988) 20.…”
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From BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by by (1967) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1996) 6. by (2004) 7. (2025) 9. by (1978) 10. by (1990) 11. by (1979) 12. (2010) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by (1967) 16. by by by (1965) 19. by by (1969) 21. by by by (1983) 24. by…”
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From 03/05/2012 23:57 | #37894 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
With all Beach Boys' album it has great harmonies, but this one is unlike any album they've recorded before."Wild Honey" has a raw soulful, loose feel with a stripped-down production. These upbeat songs are a departure from both the sunshine hits and the huge production of "Pet Sounds". This enjoyable album is much more than the sum of its parts. (Edited)
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From 01/25/2017 21:49 | #184277 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After the unsatisfying Smiley Smile, The Beach Boys returned with simpler and more direct songs. Most of the instrumentation is supplied by the group themselves, and most of the tracks falling into hitherto unexplored acoustic pop or enthusiastically sung white soul. Some of the tracks even dispense with the signature five part harmonies, often leaving Carl as the group’s lead vocalist without any backing vocals at all. While it’s one of The Beach Boys’ least characteristic albums, it’s one of their most consistent efforts. (Edited)
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From 01/05/2017 07:29 | #181776 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Fun little record that nobody talks about because it's so little (24 mins) and because it was released after Brian Wilson went psycho and got fat. Still peak Beach Boys if you ask me. "Darlin" is addictive.
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My only complaint is that I wish it were longer. (Edited)
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From 07/10/2017 22:44 | #194041 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The new stereo remaster on '1967: Sunshine Tomorrow' is incredible. Love this
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