Sloop John B (track) by The Beach Boys
Sloop John B appears on the following album(s) by The Beach Boys:
- Pet Sounds (track #7) (this album) (1966)
- The Platinum Collection (track #23) (compilation) (2005)
- 20 Golden Greats (track #10) (compilation) (1976)
- The Pet Sounds Sessions (track #75) (compilation) (1997)
- The Pet Sounds Sessions (track #84) (compilation) (1997)
- The Very Best Of The Beach Boys (track #19) (compilation) (2001)
- Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys (track #44) (compilation) (1993)
- 20 Good Vibrations - The Greatest Hits (track #14) (compilation) (1995)
- Beach Boys 66/69 (track #6) (compilation) (1978)
- The Beach Boys In Concert (track #2) (1973)
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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Awesome version of this old classic :)

The Beach Boys were never a philosophical lyrical group, all I expect from them is beautiful melodies and harmonies and Sloop John B more than delivers. I don't understand the hate by some people against this very fun song.
Good track that sounds out of place on the album imo.

How anyone could give this a rating lower than, like, 85 or 90 is baffling to me
Nice song

THEY PLAY THIS SONG ON THE CLOSING PLAYLIST WHERE I WORK!!! Haha.

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This song is just fantastic

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A work of art
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