On this day 45 years ago, The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds—an album that not only emerged as their finest work, but also prevailed as a masterpiece influencing a countless acts to follow. The record, widely considered to be Brian Wilson’s magnum opus as a songwriter, marked the band’s transition from surf-rock icons to experimental musical innovators. While the record initially netted substandard album sales for a band who regularly topped the Billboard charts, Pet Sounds later defined the better portion of the band’s ultimate legacy.

At one point, Pet Sounds was even considered as America’s response to The Beatles’ sonic exploration with their transitional albums Rubber Soul and Revolver. While Wilson and the rest of The Beach Boys never matched the stretch maintained by their British counterparts, they still reached a level of success topped by few others to this day. To celebrate the anniversary of The Beach Boys’ greatest record, we present our picks for the band’s best songs.

20. “I’m So Young”
While this doo-wop classic (originally recorded by The Students) has been covered by many artists, The Beach Boys arguably do this song the most justice with their rendition.

19. “Dance Dance Dance”
One of the last Beach Boys’ songs featuring the light-hearted surf rock of the band’s earlier years. Soon after “Dance, Dance, Dance,” the band’s work prominently featured Brian Wilson’s increasingly complex and serious pop songs.

18. “Little Honda”
At just under two minutes, a perfect example of the group’s ability to write an infectious tune about just anything… underpowered motorcycles included.

17. “All Summer Long”
“All Summer Long” prevails as one of the better surf anthems written by the California natives.

16. “Caroline, No”
The Brian Wilson/Tony Asher partnership on Pet Sounds had one of its most poignant moments on the record’s final track.

15. “I Can Hear Music”
What happens when you remove Brian Wilson (battling his illness at this time), add in Phil Spector and let Carl Wilson take the reigns on lead vocals? You get one of the best songs that The Beach Boys have ever written.

14. “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
The ultimate surfer’s theme song.

13. “I’m Waiting For The Day”
A prime example of the group shifting away from straightforward surf-rock numbering, brilliantly exemplifying this with this song’s outro breakdown.

12. “Don’t Worry Baby”
Brian Wilson’s attempt to recreate one of his personal favorite songs, The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby.”

11. “Barbara Ann”
This may be one of the band’s simplest songs, but it perfectly demonstrates how effective their harmonies could be.

10. “California Girls”
“I wish they all could be California girls” stands amongst the group’s most iconic lyrics.

9. “Fun, Fun, Fun”
This could be the best song ever written about a teenager’s car being taken away as a punishment.

8. “Surf’s Up”
Originally slated to be on the band’s cancelled Pet Sounds follow-up record Smile, the group released this stunning Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks collaboration in 1971.

7. “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times”
An absolutely beautiful expression of isolation and not being able to relate to your surroundings.

6. “Sloop John B”
If this was the worst trip Brian Wilson’s ever been on, it’s got one hell of a soundtrack to it.

5. “I Get Around”
The band’s first number-one hit kicked off their 1964 record All Summer Long in brilliant fashion.

4. “Help Me Rhonda”
Brian Wilson’s finest pre-Pet Sounds track sounds completely magnificent and feels entirely effortless.

3. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
The opening track for Pet Sounds introduced the band’s masterpiece with two and a half minutes of pop perfection.

2. “God Only Knows”
The group’s best song on their best album was one of the first pop songs to include ‘God’ in its name.

1. “Good Vibrations”
“Good Vibrations” was Brian Wilson at his best, before he became his worst—a brilliant demonstration of what The Beach Boys may have done before mental illness derailed their frontman’s career soon after this song became released.

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20個最佳海灘男孩歌曲
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20個最佳海灘男孩歌曲
在這一天，45年前，海灘男孩發表寵物聽起來 -an專輯，不僅成為他們最好的工作，而且還盛行是影響無數的行為遵循一個傑作。記錄，被廣泛認為是布賴恩·威爾遜的代表作作為詞曲作者，標誌著從衝浪搖滾圖標實驗音樂的創新樂隊的過渡。雖然最初記錄不合格落網專輯銷量的樂隊誰經常榮登Billboard排行榜，寵物聽起來後面定義了樂隊的最終遺產的更好的部分。

在一個點上，寵物聲音甚至被認為是美國的回應Beatles的聲波探測與他們的過渡專輯橡膠靈魂和左輪手槍。雖然威爾遜和海灘男孩的其餘部分永遠不會匹配他們的英國同行保持舒展，他們還是成功達成了其他一些突破到今天的水平。為慶祝海灘男孩“最偉大的紀錄週年之際，我們提出我們挑選了樂隊的最好的歌曲。

20，“我這麼年輕”
雖然這doo痛擊經典（最初錄得的學生）已經涵蓋了許多藝術家，海灘男孩可以說做這首歌最正義與他們移交。

19，“舞舞舞”
一個最後的海灘男孩“的歌曲為特色的樂隊早年的輕鬆衝浪的岩石。之後不久“舞，舞，舞”樂隊的作品突出特色布賴恩·威爾遜的日益複雜和嚴重的流行歌曲。

18“小本田”
在不到兩分鐘，本集團寫任何東西只是一種傳染性調節能力的很好的例子......動力不足摩托車在內。

17，“整個夏天”
“整個夏天”盛行的書面加州當地人更好的衝浪國歌之一。

16，“卡羅琳，沒有”
上的布賴恩·威爾遜/托尼·阿謝爾合夥寵物聲音有其上記載的決賽賽場最尖銳的時刻之一。

15，“我可以聽音樂”
，當您刪除布賴恩·威爾遜（爭奪他的病情在這個時候），加入菲爾·斯佩克特，讓卡爾·威爾遜採取的統治上主唱會發生什麼事？你得到的是海灘男孩曾經寫過的最好的歌曲之一。

14“的Surfin'USA”
的終極衝浪的主題曲。

13，“我等待的日子”
組移離直白衝浪搖滾編號，出色地體現此與這首歌的尾奏故障的典型例子。

12，“別擔心寶貝”
布賴恩·威爾遜試圖重現一個他個人最喜歡的歌曲，在Ronettes“”我的寶貝。“

11。“巴巴拉·安”
這可能是該樂隊的歌曲最簡單的一個，但它完美地展示了自己的和聲效果如何可能。

10，“加州女孩”
“我希望他們都可以加州女孩”代表之間的組最具代表性的抒情詩。

9，“好玩，有趣”
這可能是有史以來對一個十幾歲的車被帶走作為懲罰的最好的歌曲。

8，“衝浪的最大”
原計劃是在帶的取消寵物聽起來隨訪記錄的微笑，該集團在1971年發布了這個驚人的布賴恩·威爾遜/範·戴克公園合作。

7，“我只是不為這些泰晤士報”
孤立的一個絕對漂亮的表達，不能夠與周圍的環境。

6，“桅約翰·B”
如果這是最壞的行程布賴恩·威爾遜曾經去過的，它有一個配樂它的地獄。

5，“我避開”
樂隊的第一個數字一命中拉開序幕的1964年創紀錄的漫漫長夏的時尚絢麗。

4，“幫我朗達”
布賴恩·威爾遜的最好預先寵物聽起來軌道聽起來完全是宏偉的，感覺完全不費力。

3，“那豈不是好”
的開場曲寵物聲音介紹了樂隊的代表作與流行的完美兩分半鐘。

2，“只有上帝知道”
集團對他們最好的專輯最好的歌曲是第一流行的一首歌曲，包括“神”在其名稱。

1，“好振動”
“好振動”是布賴恩·威爾遜在他最好的，他成為了他最糟糕的輝煌展示什麼樣的海灘男孩可能以前做過前精神病出軌的掛名負責人的職業生涯後不久，這首歌成為釋放。

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