Surfer Girl/Catch A Wave/The Surfer Moon/South Bay Surfer/The Rocking Surfer/Little Deuce Coupe/In My Room/Hawaii/Surfers Rule/Our Car Club/Your Summer Dream/Boogie Woogie
The final outing for the Beach Boy's surfing theme came with their third album Surfer Girl, featuring the top ten title track. With this album Brian Wilson became more heavily involved in the production side as his songwriting talents continued to develop. (US:7)
"Its easy after all this time to forget the brilliance of Brian Wilson's vision. This album gave the first hint of just how bold that vision was, how far it might go."
"Surfer Girl was the last of their surf themed albums, but what a great one. They had matured musically quite a bit by this time and it shows. There is some filler instrumentals here, but a great album."
"Surfer Girl is really a fine piece of work. Brian Wilson did a great job in the composition of the songs. In My Room is an evocative song featuring a lead vocal from Brian, Mike Love now featuring mainly on the uptempo material."
"Some of the tracks are quite throwaway, but others such as Catch A Wave and The Surfer Moon, which features a string arrangement, seem to be the result of a lot of care and craft to achieve a tight sound, and indicate considerable musical growth and maturity on the part of Brian Wilson."
"Surfer Girl is a frustrating mixed bag of genius and filler. Surfer Girl and Catch A Wave show just how far Brian has come in a very short time in composing brilliant ballads and great rockers. In My Room is the first clear pointer to the future of the introspective balladry that would come to dominate."
"These early Beach Boys albums may not reach the musical complexity of later Brian Wilson works, but that's not necessarily a bad thing." "I was initially disappointed by the comparatively 'primitive' nature of the songs, but as I listened more I became drawn into the sheer potency of many of these wonderful ballads and rock and roll classics."
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