| features in: Album Chart of 1963 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
The Beach Boys message continues loud and clear on their second LP of 1963… “Catch a wave you’ll be sittin’ on top of the world”… I wonder if they sold many in Rochdale? Brian Wilson takes full control at the production helm – as he would do for the next 8 albums. Notably, “Surfer Moon” becomes the first Beach Boys tune to add strings. As the phrase goes, “today’s small acorns are tomorrow’s mighty oaks”. The highlights are the rollicking rollers – Stephen Foster’s “Old Folks at Home” (also known as “Swanee Ribber” or “Suwannee River”) gets reinvented as a hand-clapping honky-tonk stomper in “South Bay Surfer”, whilst “Little Deuce Coupe” encapsulates all that they’ve building towards thus far – R n B with delicious vocal harmonizing resulting in an all new, all pure Beach-Boys-if-ication. Elsewhere, the band continue to pull at the emo strings with quite a few ballads, even getting a little introspective with (the well received by many) “In My Room”.
The Jukebox Rebel
01–Jan–2013
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:26]  The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (Brian Wilson) Rock n Roll Ballad |
| A2 | [02:07]  The Beach Boys - Catch A Wave (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop |
| A3 | [02:11]  The Beach Boys - The Surfer Moon (Brian Wilson) Rock n Roll Ballad |
| A4 | [01:45]  The Beach Boys - South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks At Home) (Stephen Collins Foster, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A5 | [02:00]  The Beach Boys - The Rocking Surfer (Traditional) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| A6 | [01:38]  The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B1 | [02:11]  The Beach Boys - In My Room (Brian Wilson, Gary Usher) Pop Ballad |
| B2 | [01:59]  The Beach Boys - Hawaii (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop |
| B3 | [01:54] The Beach Boys - Surfer’s Rule (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [02:22]  The Beach Boys - Our Car Club (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) Pop |
| B5 | [02:27]  The Beach Boys - Your Summer Dream (Brian Wilson, Bob Norberg) Pop Ballad |
| B6 | [01:56]  The Beach Boys - Boogie Woodie (Traditional) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
