NewCC0014: The Beach Boys
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 09:57
Tags:
- Pet Sounds (66): *****
- Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (93): *****
- Pet Sounds [Mono + Stereo] (99): *****
- Smiley Smile (67): **** 1/2
- Wild Honey (67): **** 1/2
- The Beach Boys Today! (65): **** 1/2
- Endless Summer (74): **** 1/2
- Surf's Up (71): ****
- Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) (65): ****
- Love You (77): ****
- Sunflower (70): ****
- Pet Sounds 30th Anniversary Box Set (97): *** 1/2
- All Summer Long (64): *** 1/2
- The Beach Boys in Concert (73): *** 1/2
- Beach Boys Rarities (83): *** 1/2
- 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits (95): *** 1/2
- Friends (68): ***
- 20 / 20 (69): ***
- Carl and the Passions - So Tough (72): ***
- Holland (73): ***
- Spirit of America (75): ***
- Ten Years of Harmony (81): ***
- Lost and Found! (1961 - 62): ***
- Perfect Harmony (97): ** 1/2
- Keepin' the Summer Alive (80): * 1/2
- 15 Big Ones (76): * 1/2
- L.A. (Light Album) (79): *
- M.I.U. Album (78): *
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever