The Beach Boys SURF'S UP
6Hello I’m Chris Bottger and welcome back to another album review. Today I am going to be reviewing The Beach Boys’ 1971 album, Surf’s Up.
This album was an attempt to rebrand The Beach Boys as a more thoughtful band and to try to get people to take them more seriously than they had been.
The Beach Boys had for the past half decade been putting out a mixture of silly songs and thoughtful ones and this one is really no different at its core. As such, this rebrand was really just a new coat of paint for the band, but they are still the same old Beach Boys.
This album does focus more heavily on social themes than usual, especially when compared to its predecessor Sunflower, but Surf’s Up still has plenty of silly moments, nonsensical lyrics, and easy listening vibes.
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Songs Reviewed:
Don’t Go Near the Water
Long Promised Road
Take a Load Off Your Feet
Disney Girls (1957)
Student Demonstration Time
Feel Flows
Lookin’ at Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
A Day in the Life of a Tree
‘Til I Die 1
Surf’s Up
00:00 Opening
00:53 Song By Song Breakdown
09:06 Final Album Review
11:25 Album Packaging