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The Beach Boys Album: “All Summer Long [Japan Version]”
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All Summer Long [Japan Version] |
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Release Date:2005-10-03
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Surf Rock, Powerpop
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Label:Toshiba EMI
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988006753969
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Review - :
The best pre-1965 {$Beach Boys} album featured their brilliant number one single {&"I Get Around,"} as well as other standout cuts in the beautifully sad {&"Wendy,"} {&"Little Honda"} (one of their best {\hot rod} tunes, covered by {$the Hondells} for a hit), and their remake of the late-'50s {\doo wop} classic {&"Hushabye."} The nostalgic {&"All Summer Long,"} another great production, seemed (whether intentionally or not) like a sort of farewell to the frivolous California beach culture that had supplied the lyrical grist for most of their music up to this point, with a longing, regretful chorus that was totally at odds with the bouncy arrangement. Other relatively little-known treasures are the sumptuous {\ballad} {&"Girls on the Beach,"} with some of their best early harmonizing, and {&"Don't Back Down,"} with uncommonly anxious lyrics. You can't give a high rating, however, to an album that also contained such disposable filler as the {&"Our Favorite Recording Sessions"} {\comedy} bit and {&"Do You Remember?"} and a "let's-pay-tribute-to-{\rock}'s-early-days" number with a sh*t-eating grin wide enough to qualify as an oldies radio ID jingle. [{^Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long}, a {@Capitol} two-fer CD, combines this and {^Little Deuce Coupe} onto one disc, adding the 45 version of {&"Be True to Your School,"} alternate takes of {&"Little Honda"} and {&"Don't Back Down,"} and the previously unreleased {&"All Dressed Up for School."}] ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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