The Girl From New York City/Amusement Parks USA/Then I Kissed Her/Salt Lake City/Girl Don’t Tell Me/Help Me Rhonda/California Girls/Let Him Run Wild/You’re So Good To Me/Summer Means New Love/I’m Bugged At My ‘Ol Man/And Your Dreams Come True
Seen as a step back by some after Today, The Beach Boys' Summer Days (& Summer Nights!!) nevertheless contains the US chart topping version of Help Me Rhonda plus the No. 3 US hit single California Girls. (US:2 UK:4)
"Here we have a rather mixed album containing moments that are a throwback in terms of subject matter to The Beach Boys earlier material and a few other numbers that continue to point the way towards Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations."
'Help Me Rhonda is immeasurably improved over it's Today version, this is the performance that went to number one - shorter, louder, catchier and harder hitting."
"This album is something of a disappointment when compared to Today. With this album, Brian Wilson created a more relaxed feel to his orchestrated music but, on the whole, the material here is noticeably weaker, particularly the first half."
"This album is definitely not Today, but is still strong musically. Brian and the boys' genius shows through again with songs like Help Me Rhonda and California Girls - a popular song with a very classical opening."
"Unfortunately, Summer Days was a step backwards. But any album that contains California Girls, Let Him Run Wild and Girl Don't Tell Me is still pretty great."
"Summer Days as many fans have noted, is a bit of a pulling back from the themes developed on Today, being filled with just a little more fun summer tunes, but it's still a truly wonderful album. The absolute highlight has got to be Let Him Run Wild, a brilliant, beautiful song with an exciting chord progression and a pleading falsetto."
"For some reason, the progress Brian started to make on Today was temporarily abandoned on Summer Days. There are great songs, California Girls and Girl Don't Tell Me, but again there is little innovation."
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