Beach Boys Surfs Up Album Cover
So cartoony and colourful.
Beach boys surfs up album cover. At least it touches on deeper issues than the beach boys of the early 60s addressed i d question the cover of pet sounds rather than the one for surf s up. The beach boys post 1966 catalog is littered with lps that barely scraped the charts upon release but matured into solid fan favorites despite and occasionally because of their many and varied eccentricities. This new world conscious beach boys attitude is duly reflected in the choice of album art for surf s up. Surf s up is the 17th studio album by american rock band the beach boys released august 30 1971 on brother reprise 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 in the uk surf s up peaked at number 15 continuing a string of top 40 records that had not abated since 1965.
Very befitting for the. For me it is sort of a sad album with some hopeful material. Fraser is probably best known as the designer of the famous buffalo nickel. Psychedelic pop pop rock.
What s your favorite beach boys album cover. Though all their covers are quite ingrained in my mind in a way that i couldn t see them any other way. Desper engineer aka text mixer role id 1327 aka text ed. Surf s up is the 17th studio album by american rock band the beach boys released in 1971.
Smiley smile 8 points 1 day ago edited 1 day ago. Surfs up for me as well. Surf s up could well be the definitive example beginning with the cloying don t go near the water and ending a bare half hour later with the baroque majesty of the title track. The beach boys producer brian wilson vocals carl wilson vocals dennis wilson vocals al jardine vocals mike love vocals bruce johnston vocals stephen w.
It was met with a warm critical reception and reached number 29 on us record charts becoming their best. Released 30 august 1971 on brother catalog no. Painted in mournful blues and greens a don quixote like figure slouches heavily on an emaciated horse. Surf s up an album by the beach boys.
This most un beach boys of covers is a painting based on the sculpture end of the trail by james earle fraser.