The Beach Boys - Today!/Summer Days & Night - Music & Performance - CD

2 LPs on 1 CD: THE BEACH BOYS TODAY (1965)/SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965).

Reissue producer: Mark Linett.

Originally released on Capitol (2269/2354).

Includes liner notes by David Leaf, Mark Linett & Dick Clark.

Digitally remastered using HDCD technology.

Although other Beach Boys albums have received greater critical acclaim, TODAY is almost unbeatable for its high percentage of unpretentious, infectious two-minute pop songs. The group's rock & roll roots are revisited with "Do You Wanna Dance" and "Good To My Baby." "Dance, Dance, Dance" is a highly underrated Brian Wilson song, complemented with gorgeous ballads such as "She Knows Me Too Well" and "Please Let Me Wonder." The seeds of PET SOUNDS' sunshine pop glory were sown with this impressive 1965 record. Later that year, the Boys took a brief look back at their summer-fun days with SUMMER DAYS & SUMMER NIGHTS, which contained the beach-party evergreens "California Girls" and "Help Me, Rhonda." Listening to such unassuming fare as "Amusement Parks U.S.A." it's hard to believe that the Beach Boys' pop art masterwork was mere months away.