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The Beach Boys Album: “Today!”
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Release Date:1999-02-09
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Surf Rock, Powerpop
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Label:Import
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988006731783
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Review - :
{$Brian Wilson}'s retirement from performing to concentrate on studio recording and production reaped immediate dividends with {^Today!}, the first {$Beach Boys} album that is strong almost from start to finish. {&"Dance, Dance, Dance"} and {&"Do You Wanna Dance"} were upbeat hits with {$Spector}-influenced arrangements, but {$Wilson} began to deal with more sophisticated themes on another smash 45, {&"When I Grow Up,"} on which these eternal teenagers looked forward to the advancing years with fear and uncertainty. {\Surf}/{\hot rod}/beach themes were permanently retired in favor of late-adolescent, early-adult romance on this album, which included such decent outings in this vein as {&"She Knows Me Too Well,"} {&"Kiss Me Baby,"} and {&"In the Back of My Mind."} The true gem is {&"Please Let Me Wonder,"} one of the group's most delicate mid-'60s works, with heartbreaking melodies and harmonies. Be aware that the version of {&"Help Me, Rhonda"} found here is an inferior, earlier, and slower rendition; the familiar hit single take was included on their next album, {^Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)}. [{^Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)}, a {@Capitol} two-fer CD, combines this and {^Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)} onto one disc, adding alternate takes of {&"Dance, Dance, Dance,"} {&"I'm So Young,"} and {&"Let Him Run Wild,"} as well as a previously unreleased studio version of {&"Graduation Day."} Most significantly, it also adds the non-LP single from late 1965, {&"The Little Girl I Once Knew,"} which looked forward to {^Pet Sounds} in its studio experimentation and lyrical themes.] ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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