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Which Beach Boys LP after Pet Sounds

I have been listening to this album, and really have been enjoying it. I never realized how good of a band these guys really were. The vocal harmonies are some of the best in the rock genre, IMO. I was thinking about picking up the Beach Boys: Today, to get more of their music. Any thoughts on which LP to get. Maybe I will just pick up Today, Tomorrow. That was a joke. Thanks in advance.
fjn04
vegasears
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Jaybo

Very well said.
hazard
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If you ever come across an album by Dennis Wilson called "Pacific Ocean Blue" you should get it. Despite Wilson himself claiming the album had "no substance", Pacific Ocean Blue performed well critically and continues to maintain a cult following. The album was out of print and difficult to obtain for more than a decade, but has been reissued.
fjn04 OP
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Yes, the Dennis Wilson: POB was reissued by sundazed if I am not mistaken. I may order the Sunflower/Surf's up while I am waiting for the Today LP. The shelves in Borders & Barnes & Noble are pretty sparse, so I will have to wait a bit for this one. I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I saw a very large selection of LP's on the Barnes & Noble website though. I ordered the Dire Straits S/T LP, and the new Neil Young: Dreamin' Man live '92. This is the one that is essentially a live Harvest Moon. Back on the Beach Boys. FWIW, there were two Compilation Cd's at Borders. Sounds of Summer and Warmth of the Sun. I am mentioning these because both are HDCD CD's.
bongofury
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Sunflower
coverto
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I would strongly second "Surfer Girl" - that's an album I think you're more likely to love than a lot of the others. And of course there's "Smiley Smile," if you're into the weirder side of Brian Wilson. Going deeper still, you can find the old bootleg tapes of the "Smile" sessions, which are rather fascinating, albeit disturbing in parts (e.g. - Dennis Wilson's collaboration with Charles Manson).
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