The Beach Boys Today! – THE BEACH BOYS*****

Do You Wanna Dance/Good To My Baby/Don’t Hurt My Little Sister/When I Grow Up(To Be A Man)/Help Me Ronda/Dance Dance Dance/Please Let Me Wonder/I’m So Young/Kiss Me Baby/She Knows Me Too Well/In The Back Of My Mind/Bull Session With The Big Daddy

The importance of the album Beach Boys Today! is that it unmistakably demonstrated the flowering of Brian Wilson's burgeoning compositional skills. Contains the US No. 8 Dance Dance Dance and No. 12 Do You Wanna Dance. (US:4 UK:6)

"Although this album has secured it's real reputation due to the ballads on the second side, the first half contains some of the best Beach Boys recordings they ever did. When I Grow Up was a two minute perfect pop masterpiece, the vocals improved even beyond the great singing displayed on previous Beach Boys albums."

"Today! pointed the way towards Pet Sounds and showed The Beach Boys musical progression continuing apace. A wonderful listen all round."

"This album is simply magnificent, and it is a clear leap forward. Every single song on it is absolutely first-rate. The tunes on the first half are all excellent and the wonderfully orchestrated ballads on the second half are nothing less than phenomenal. This album clearly hints at Pet Sounds in both style and consistency."

"Amazing stuff. I especially love the ballads, which were far ahead of their time, and even some of the pop songs on side one, too."

"This album I will highly recommend for music fans all over the world. It features lots of lovely incredible songs which you surely will love for the rest of your life. It contains some of the most advanced music Brian Wilson ever made and also some of the most personal lyrics he wrote. All the songs are great with no filler."

"This album rates as the band's best with the exception of Pet Sounds. Brian's brilliant sense of musical perception is showcased here on an album that combines intelligent music with fun. The best song When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) is one of the songs that is closest to Pet Sounds, with great harmonies and magnificent orchestration. This is an extremely mature album from one of the greatest bands in the history of rock music."