Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys

Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys
Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys
Released	June 30, 1975
Recorded	July 1965–November 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	36:54
Label	Brother/Reprise
Producer	Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology
Spirit of America (1975) Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys (1975) 20 Golden Greats (1976)

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AllMusic	[1]

Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys is the sixth official compilation album by the Beach Boys, and the first on their Brother Records imprint. In June 1974, The Beach Boys' old label, Capitol Records, released a double-album compilation of the band's 1962–1965 hits titled Endless Summer, to capitalize on their popularity as a regular touring act. After the unofficial release became an unexpected commercial success, a follow-up, Spirit of America, was rushed out by Capitol in the spring of 1975 and was almost as successful. Wishing to capitalize on this commercial resurgence with an official release, on Brother Records, The Beach Boys opportunistically issued Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys.

The band had temporarily received the licensing rights to all their Capitol albums from Pet Sounds onwards, and was exclusively able to use post-1965 material, including their contemporary works, to create a more diverse collection. Released in June 1975, Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys peaked at number 25 in the US. The two Capitol compilations proved more attractive to shoppers, however, and far outsold this collection.

Track listing

Sources

• "The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the Southern California Experience", Timothy White, c. 1994.
• "Top Pop Singles 1955–2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.
• "Top Pop Albums 1955–2001", Joel Whitburn, c. 2002.

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