“Friends” by The Beach Boys - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1968 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
A psychedelic pop affair and, somewhat befittingly, the first Beach Boys album to be released only in stereo. “Friends” offers a noticeable recovery from the sheer MOR boredom of the preceding “Wild Honey”, with the album’s best four tracks again walking a little more on the experimental side of the fence. However, the respite is sporadic. On the whole, the studious endeavour doesn’t really get going for me, with most of the material being simply too “nice” for its own good…
The Jukebox Rebel
04–Sep–2005
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [00:38]  The Beach Boys - Meant For You (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop Ballad |
| A2 | [02:30]  The Beach Boys - Friends (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine) Pop |
| A3 | [01:28]  The Beach Boys - Wake The World (Brian Wilson, Al Jardine) Cerebral Pop |
| A4 | [02:16]  The Beach Boys - Be Here In The Morning (Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine) Cerebral Pop |
| A5 | [02:06]  The Beach Boys - When A Man Needs A Woman (Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Steve Korthof, Jon Parks) Pop |
| A6 | [02:23]  The Beach Boys - Passing By (Brian Wilson) Pop |
| B1 | [01:51]  The Beach Boys - Anna Lee, The Healer (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop |
| B2 | [01:57]  The Beach Boys - Little Bird (Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich, Brian Wilson) Cerebral Pop |
| B3 | [01:22]  The Beach Boys - Be Still (Dennis Wilson, Steve Kalinich) Songwriter |
| B4 | [03:04]  The Beach Boys - Busy Doin’ Nothin’ (Brian Wilson) Cerebral Pop |
| B5 | [03:37]  The Beach Boys - Diamond Head (Al Vescovo, Lyle Ritz, Jim Ackley, Brian Wilson) Psychedelia |
| B6 | [01:49]  The Beach Boys - Transcendental Meditation (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine) Cerebral Pop |
