The Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 3
1968 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys
The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by the Beach Boys | ||||
Released | August 5, 1968 | |||
Recorded | October 1961 – November 1967 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 28:11 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | The Beach Boys | |||
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The Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 3 is the third in a series of compilations of hits by the Beach Boys, released on August 5, 1968, through Capitol Records. The album was primarily assembled to compensate for the poor U.S. sales of the group's Friends album. Best of the Beach Boys hit number 153 in the US during a 6-week chart stay. In the UK, it reached number 9.
Oddly, this volume contained "409" even though this song had appeared on Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 2
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "God Only Knows" | Brian Wilson, Tony Asher | Pet Sounds, 1966 | 2:49 |
2. | "Dance, Dance, Dance" | B. Wilson/Carl Wilson/Mike Love | The Beach Boys Today!, 1965 | 1:59 |
3. | "409" | B. Wilson/Love/Gary Usher | Surfin' Safari, 1962 | 1:59 |
4. | "The Little Girl I Once Knew" | B. Wilson | 1965 single | 2:36 |
5. | "Frosty the Snowman" | Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins | The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, 1964 | 1:54 |
6. | "Girl Don't Tell Me" | B. Wilson/Love | Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965 | 2:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Surfin'" | B. Wilson/Love | Surfin' Safari | 2:11 |
2. | "Heroes and Villains" | B. Wilson/Van Dyke Parks | Smiley Smile, 1967 | 3:36 |
3. | "She Knows Me Too Well" | B. Wilson/Love | The Beach Boys Today! | 2:27 |
4. | "Darlin'" | B. Wilson/Love | Wild Honey, 1967 | 2:12 |
5. | "Good Vibrations" | B. Wilson/Love | Smiley Smile | 3:35 |
British version
The British version of The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 was released in mid-1968 with 14 songs, instead of the 11 found on American version.
Side 1
- "Do It Again" – 2:18
- "The Warmth of the Sun" – 2:52
- "409" – 1:58
- "Catch a Wave" – 2:08
- "The Lonely Sea" – 2:23
- "Long Tall Texan" – 2:27
- "Wild Honey" – 2:36
Side 2
- "Darlin'" – 2:11
- "Please Let Me Wonder" – 2:44
- "Let Him Run Wild" – 2:21
- "Country Air" – 2:19
- "I Know There's an Answer" – 3:08
- "Friends" – 2:32
- "Heroes and Villains" – 3:36
References
- ^ The Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 3 at AllMusic
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Albums containing previously unreleased material marked in bold, except those under "Archival", for which all apply.
- Best of the Beach Boys
- Endless Summer
- Spirit of America
- Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys
- 20 Golden Greats
- Ten Years of Harmony
- Sunshine Dream
- Made in U.S.A.
- Greatest Hits
- Vol. 1
- 2
- 3
- The Very Best of The Beach Boys
- Sounds of Summer
- The Platinum Collection (Sounds of Summer Edition)
- The Warmth of the Sun
- Fifty Big Ones
- Rarities
- Lost & Found (1961–62)
- Endless Harmony
- Hawthorne, CA
- The Big Beat 1963
- Keep an Eye on Summer 1964
- Beach Boys' Party! Uncovered and Unplugged
- Becoming the Beach Boys: The Complete Hite & Dorinda Morgan Sessions
- 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
- Wake the World: The Friends Sessions
- I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions
- Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys
- The Pet Sounds Sessions
- The Capitol Years
- The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965
- The Smile Sessions
- Made in California
- Feel Flows
- Sail On Sailor