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The Beach BoysSurf's Up

Genre:

Rock, Pop

Style:

Pop Rock, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock

Year:

Tracklist

Don't Go Near The Water2:37
Long Promised Road3:28
Take A Load Off Your Feet2:28
Disney Girls (1957)4:07
Student Demonstration Time3:45
Feel Flows4:44
Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)1:54
A Day In The Life Of A Tree3:04
'Til I Die2:29
Surf's Up4:11

Credits (5)

Notes

Also reissued as part of
- The Beach Boys - Sunflower / Surf's Up (2000)
- The Beach Boys - Feel Flows (The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971) (2021)

Surf's Up is the 17th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released in 1971. It was met with a warm critical reception and reached number 29 on the US record charts, becoming their best-performing album in their home country since 1967. In the UK, the album peaked at number 15, continuing a string of chart successes that had not abated since 1965.

Both the album's title and cover artwork are an ironic, self-aware nod to the departure from the band's surf rock roots. Its name was taken from the song of the same title written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks five years earlier for the abandoned studio album Smile. The creative direction of Surf's Up was largely influenced by newly employed band manager Jack Rieley, who strove to reinvent the group's image and reintroduce them to the era's counterculture. Two singles were issued in the US: "Long Promised Road" and "Surf's Up." Only the former charted, peaking at number 89.

In 2004, the album was voted 154 in a German edition of Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and ranked 61 on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 100 Albums Of The 1970s." It is listed in the music reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, VinylSurf's Up
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    Brother Records (3) – 1C 048-51 111, Emidisc (2) – 1C 048-51 111Germany1971Germany1971
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453US1971US1971
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453Canada1971Canada1971
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    Stateside – 1C 062-92 744, Bertelsmann Club – 28 656-7Germany1971Germany1971
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    Stateside – SSL 10313, Stateside – SSL.10313, Stateside – IE 062 ◦ 92744UK1971UK1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, VinylSurf's Up
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    Stateside – 2C 064-92 744, Brother Records (3) – 2C 064-92 744France1971France1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, VinylSurf's Up
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    Stateside – 5C 064-92 744, Brother Records (3) – 5C 064-92 744, Stateside – 5C 062-92744Netherlands1971Netherlands1971
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453Canada1971Canada1971
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453US1971US1971
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    Stateside – SOSL 10313Australia1971Australia1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, 8-Track CartridgeSurf's Up
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    Reprise Records – M 86453, Brother Records (3) – M 86453US1971US1971
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    Stateside – 1C 062-92 744, Stateside – 1C 062-92 744 D, Brother Records (3) – 1C 062-92 744Germany1971Germany1971
    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, VinylSurf's Up
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    Stateside – SSL 10313, World Record Club – WRC E.1114New Zealand1971New Zealand1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971-11-00, VinylSurf's Up
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    中聲 – CSJ-1177Taiwan1971Taiwan1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, 8-Track CartridgeSurf's Up
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    Stateside – 8X-SSL 10313, Stateside – 1E 344 ○ 92744UK1971UK1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, Reel-To-ReelSurf's Up
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    Reprise Records – RST 6453-B, Brother Records (3) – RST 6453US1971US1971
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    Reprise Records – M 56453, Brother Records (3) – M 56453US1971US1971
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    Brother Records (3) – ST-93920, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453, Reprise Records – RS 6453US1971US1971
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    Stateside – TC-SSL 10313, Stateside – 1E 244 ○ 92744, Brother Records (3) – TC-SSL 10313, Brother Records (3) – 1E 244 ○ 92744UK1971UK1971
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453Canada1971Canada1971
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    Brother Records (3) – RS 6453, Reprise Records – RS 6453US1971US1971
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    Stateside – SP-80366Japan1971Japan1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971-10-27, VinylSurf's Up
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    Reprise Records – RS 6453, Brother Records (3) – RS 6453US1971US1971
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    Cover of Surf's Up, 1971, VinylSurf's Up
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    Stateside – SSL 10313New Zealand1971New Zealand1971
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    8-Track Cartridge, Album, Lear Jet Stereo 8
    Brother Records (3) – M 86453, Reprise Records – M 86453US1971US1971
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