The Beach Boys Fifty Big Ones Greatest Hits (2012) FLAC LOSSLESS 16bit-44kHz EAC LOGS INCLUDED

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In many ways, the Beach Boys have been the most American band in the history of rock & roll, merging cars, surfboards, endless summer days and nights, Chuck Berry riffs, Four Freshmen harmonies, and a vision of California as a kind of never-aging paradise into one of the most recognizable sounds in pop music. Their back catalog has never really been given a real shine-up, though, so it's a pleasure to see that Capitol Records is finally doing that in 2012 to honor the 50th anniversary of the band's formation. This two-disc, 50-track set compiles most of the band's hits and important album tracks, and also features many selections from the band's later years, a period many Beach Boys compilations often bypass, all of which makes this the best compilation of this important band currently available. One can quibble about things that aren't here, like Brian Wilson's last truly great studio production, "Breakaway," for instance, or things that are here, like the 2012 reunion single "That's Why God Made the Radio," but it's hard to argue with the breadth of this set. The sequencing seems a bit random (is it really wise to follow "California Girls" with its near cousin "Do It Again"), but having lesser-known tracks here like "Wendy," "All Summer Long," "You're So Good to Me," "This Whole World," "All This Is That," and "Friends" pretty much sells the deal. Short of getting all of the band's albums, or the box set Good Vibrations, this set presents more of the fascinating Beach Boys recording story than anything else out there.

Tracklist:

CD1 01 -California Girls 02 -Do It Again 03 -Surfin' Safari 04 -Catch A Wave 05 -Little Honda 06 -Surfin' U.S.A. 07 -Surfer Girl 08 -Don't Worry Baby 09 -Little Deuce Coupe 10 -Shut Down 11 -I Get Around 12 -The Warmth Of The Sun 13 -Please Let Me Wonder 14 -Wendy 15 -Getcha Back 16 -The Little Girl I Once Knew 17 -When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 18 -It's OK 19 -Dance, Dance, Dance 20 -Do You Wanna Dance 21 -Rock And Roll Music 22 -Barbara Ann 23 -All Summer Long 24 -Help Me, Rhonda 25 -Fun, Fun, Fun

CD2 01 -Kokomo 02 -You're So Good To Me 03 -Wild Honey 04 -Darlin' 05 -In My Room 06 -All This Is That 07 -This Whole World 08 -Add Some Music To Your Day 09 -Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) 10 -I Just Wasn't Made For These Times 11 -Sail On, Sailor 12 -Surf's Up 13 -Friends 14 -Heroes And Villains 15 -I Can Hear Music 16 -Good Timin' 17 -California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-I-A) 18 -Isn't It Time 19 -Kiss Me, Baby 20 -That's Why God Made The Radio 21 -Forever 22 -God Only Knows 23 -Sloop John B 24 -Wouldn't It Be Nice 25 -Good Vibrations

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