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Surfer Girl

For the title track, see Surfer Girl (song).
Retrospective professional reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Blender2/5 stars[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[5]

Surfer Girl is the third album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released September 16, 1963 on Capitol Records. The album reached number 7 in the US during a chart stay of 56 weeks. This was the first album by the group for which Brian Wilson was given sole production credit. In the UK, it was released in early 1967 and reached number 13.

In 2017, Surfer Girl was ranked the 193rd greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocal(s)Length
1."Surfer Girl"Brian WilsonB. Wilson2:26
2."Catch a Wave"
  • Love
  • B. Wilson
2:07
3."The Surfer Moon"B. WilsonB. Wilson2:11
4."South Bay Surfer (The Old Folks at Home)"
  • Love
  • B. Wilson
1:45
5."The Rocking Surfer"traditional, arranged by B. Wilsoninstrumental2:00
6."Little Deuce Coupe"
Love1:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocal(s)Length
1."In My Room"
B. Wilson2:11
2."Hawaii"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
  • Love
  • B. Wilson
1:59
3."Surfer′s Rule"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
  • D. Wilson
  • B. Wilson
1:54
4."Our Car Club"
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
  • Love
  • B. Wilson
2:22
5."Your Summer Dream"
  • B. Wilson
  • Bob Norberg
B. Wilson2:27
6."Boogie Woodie"traditional, arranged by B. Wilsoninstrumental1:56
Total length:25:30
1990/2001 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocal(s)Length
13."Fun, Fun, Fun" (single version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Love
Love2:21
14."In My Room" (German version)
  • B. Wilson
  • Usher
B. Wilson2:20
15."I Do"
  • B. Wilson
  • Christian
Love with B. Wilson3:06

Notes

  • Mike Love was not originally credited for "Catch a Wave" and "Hawaii". His credits were awarded after a 1994 court case.[7]
  • Some reissues of the album omit "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Our Car Club".[7]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1963 US Billboard 200 Albums Chart[8] 7
1967 UK Top 40 Album Chart[9] 13

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1963 "Surfer Girl" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 7
1963 "Little Deuce Coupe" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 15
1963 "In My Room" US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart 23

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Wolk, Douglas (October 2004). "The Beach Boys Surfer Girl/Shut Down, Volume 2". Blender. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  4. ^ "The Beach Boys: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  5. ^ Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. August 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Doe, Andrew G. "Album Archive". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly.
  8. ^ "Surfer Girl – The Beach Boys: Awards". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "UK Top 40 Hit Database". EveryHit.
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