This is what REALLY killed the Beach Boys. They made great strides to establish their own 70s sound with new musicians, but decided that they needed to money so they reverted back to standards and throwback 50s music with a god-awful album cover that looked lke the kind of compilation records you'd see in the bargain bin, and never recovered.

>>127029960 (OP)
For that you can entirely blame Mike for refusing to let 1961-65 go all because he was spiteful that American radio stopped caring about them by the late 60s.

>>127029960 (OP)
The album was a success, it helped the beach boys
>>127029979
This

>>127029998
>helped
The albums that came after this,aside from Love You which was bascially a Brian album, were lackluster, like LA Light Album, and MIU, Keepin the Summer Alive etc

>>127029960 (OP)
So Tough isn't very good

>>127030189
it has a better ratio of hits to misses than the others

>>127029960 (OP)
Holland is so good, it really is their last great record.

>>127030993
>>127029960 (OP)
Love you is good even with the gimmick of 50s/60s music with moogs. After that only Brian's solo debut album was the last remarkable thing related to the band (no, the Smiles of the 00s don't count)

>>127030993
Love You and Adult Child are better

I don't care how much they Payola-ed it to #1, Kokomo shouldn't exist.

Honestly the blame can be put squarely on George Lucas with American Graffiti, that movie showed the execs that 50/early 60s nostalgia could sell and that gave whoever the fuck at the Beach Boys to pander to that nostalgia, it doesn't help that whole Brian's Back! debacle

I think carl and the passions is underrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KAEkqsMWseA

>>127031566
shut your fucking mouth, AG is a masterpiece

>>127031566
>and that gave whoever the fuck at the Beach Boys to pander to that nostalgia
Just...just say Mike, ok?

>>127030993
>>127031025
Fuck I completely forgot about love you. You're right.

ONE ARM OVER MY SHOULDER

SANDALS DANCE AT MY FEET

>>127031777
Never said it was bad, just said that it set the precedent to sell baby boomers nostalgia for shit they remember it more fondly than they should