Beach Boys Surfs Up Album

Surf s up is the 17th studio album by american rock band the beach boys released in 1971.

Beach boys surfs up album. Surf s up is the 17th studio album by american rock band the beach boys released august 30 1971 on brother reprise. Writers brian wilson van dyke parks. It was met with a warm critical reception and reached number 29 on us record charts becoming their best. Surf s up lyrics section 1 verse 1 a diamond necklace played the pawn hand in hand some drummed along oh to a handsome mannered baton.

Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of emi. I have always considered surf s up to be the best beach boys studio album of the 1970s. The album is a virtual laundry list of each uncommon intricacy that made the beach boys forgotten decade such a bittersweet thrill the fluffy yet endearing pop od ditties of brian wilson quasi mystical white boy soul from brother carl and the downright laughable songwriting on tracks charting mike love s devotion to buddhism and al jardine s social environmental concerns. Surf s up may not have the consistent production wizardry of sunflower nor its pleasant flowing feel but it is a better fit for the societal background against which it was released.

Surf s up the beach boys. Cmrra uniao brasileira de editoras de musica ubem. It also has an edgier feel and tends to rock a bit more in places. It received largely favorable reviews and reached number 29 on the us record charts becoming their highest charting lp of new music in the us since 1967.

With dennis largely succumbing to older brother brian s demons 71 s surf s up is marred by cloddish efforts at agit prop hipsterism mike love s student demonstration time and a nascent environmentalism that ranges from the naïve don t go near the water to the bizarre a day in the life of a tree. Surf s up was intended as the a day in the life of the classic album that wasn t and here it shines through in all its glory from van dyke parks skewed lyricism to the celestial child is.