Surf's Up (track)
by The Beach Boys
Surf's Up appears on the following album(s) by The Beach Boys:
- Surf's Up (track #10) (this album) (1971)
- The Platinum Collection (track #48) (compilation) (2005)
- The Smile Sessions (track #12) (2011)
- The Warmth Of The Sun (track #19) (compilation) (2007)
- Sunflower / Surf's Up (track #22) (compilation) (2000)
- Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys (track #92) (compilation) (1993)
- Ten Years Of Harmony (track #22) (compilation) (1981)
- The Beach Boys Classics Selected By Brian Wilson (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- Feel Flows (The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971) (track #46) (compilation) (2021)
- Made In California (track #93) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 14:47 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,106 | 100/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 08:53 | Siromynian | 18,223 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 12:04 | Pienk | 82 | 98/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 12:40 | stareaterogni0n | 6,224 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 10:51 | bkrkrts | 30 | 91/100 |
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flamingyesdept 09/13/2016 18:30 | #174919
Potentially the best song ever written (Edited)
Definitely inferior to the remixed Smile Sessions version. The whole thing is muffled and sounds awful, especially the yawning vocals and the barely audible muted trumpet motifs. To ruin the best song you will ever write, do as the Beach Boys did.
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