SURFIN' SAFARI (1962)
Surfin' Safari County Fair Ten Little Indians Chug-a-Lug Little Girl (You're My Miss America) 409 Surfin' Heads You Win - Tails I Lose Summertime Blues Cuckoo Clock Moon Dawg The Shift |
The Beach Boys' debut album sounds very primitive now, especially compared to what main Beach Boy Brian Wilson would be doing in the studio only two or three short years later. Of course, one could say that's part of its charm. Sparse garage surf rock, Surfin' Safari may not be a great album, but the title track and '409' are early sixties classics, and Dennis Wilson imbues 'Little Girl' (You're My Miss America)' with simple teen longing. 'County Fair' and 'Chug-a-Lug' are silly, rough little ditties that I like to listen to every now and then. Not a bad start, but there'd be much, much better things to come.
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