Surf's Up is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band The Beach Boys, released on August 30, 1971 on Brother Records and Reprise. The album was released to more public anticipation than the Beach Boys had previously had for several years. The album's title is taken from the song of the same title written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for the abandoned studio album, Smile.
"Surf's Up" is a seriously underrated recording that is among the Beach Boys' greatest, even if it isn't among the band's most popular. Over the years it has cemented its relatively obscure status because, despite its title, it has no songs about surfing and fast cars and because the title track features the gloriously impenetrable lyrics of Van Dyke Parks.
It was released in 1971, when the Beach Boys were at a commercial ebb and were in conflict over which direction the group should take. The band's commercial influence was represented by Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston while its less pop oriented, artistically creative side was represented by Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson.
Surf's Up was released that August to more public anticipation than the Beach Boys had had for several years, reaching #29 in the US (their first Top 40 album since Wild Honey) and #15 in the UK. The album was ranked #61 on Pitchfork Media's The Top 100 Albums Of The 1970s list. It is also listed in the musical reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Tracklist:
1. Don't Go Near the Water
2. Long Promised Road
3. Take a Load off Your Feet
4. Disney Girls (1957)
5. Student Demonstration Time
6. Feel Flows
7. Lookin' At Tomorrow (A Welfare Song)
8. A Day in the Life of a Tree
9. 'Til I Die
10. Surf's Up
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