Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long The Beach Boys

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CD - Remastered / Bonus Tracks

  • Release Date: 03/13/2001
  • Original Release: 1990
  • Sales Rank: 24,372
  • Label: CAPITOL
  • UPC: 724353151621

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Little Deuce Coupe/All Summer Long

1LISTENLittle Deuce Coupe 1:41
2LISTENBallad of Ole' Betsy 2:17
3LISTENBe True to Your School 2:08
4LISTENCar Crazy Cutie 2:49
5LISTENCherry, Cherry Coupe 1:50
6LISTEN409 2:01
7LISTENShut Down 1:50
8LISTENSpirit of America 2:26
9LISTENOur Car Club 2:23
10LISTENNo-Go Showboat 1:56
11LISTENA Young Man Is Gone 2:18
12LISTENCustom Machine 1:42
13LISTENI Get Around 2:14
14LISTENAll Summer Long 2:09
15LISTENHushabye 2:42
16LISTENLittle Honda 1:54
17LISTENWe'll Run Away 2:02
18LISTENCarl's Big Chance 2:27
19LISTENWendy 2:18
20LISTENDo You Remember? 1:40
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This two-on-one CD reissue offers a pair of "firsts" -- the group's first concept album (in the Sinatra sense of the term, referring to an LP built on a specific theme or subject) and their first long-player to overlap with the British Invasion. The interesting thing about the group's albums up to All Summer Long, including Little Deuce Coupe, was that they were among the better albums of their period; perhaps not quiet as strong as the best of Elvis Presley's non-soundtrack releases, but competitive with them and equal or superior to the work of the Four Seasons, Chuck Berry, or Bo Diddley from that time. Little Deuce Coupe's baker's dozen of car songs shows considerable inspiration on Brian Wilson's part -- cars, like girls, were something he knew and liked, where surfing was personally alien to him as a pastime. The sound, ranging from Four Freshmen-inspired harmony showcases ("A Young Man Is Gone") to romantic doo wop ("Car Crazy Cutie") and rocking anthems to fast cars ("Spirit of America"), speed ("I Get Around"), and school spirit ("Be True to Your School"). All Summer Long is a more sophisticated album that comes from more than a year later, resplendent in ethereal harmonies, unusual tempo and key changes, and a richer set of songs overall, including a ravishing cover of "Hushabye" and one of the great musical representations of summer ever heard, in "All Summer Long." This was to be the last album that the group would make as a largely self-contained unit, with the five members -- as opposed to a brace of session musicians -- at the core of the sound, and it has a simple, urgent immediacy that their subsequent LPs, though more finely crafted, sacrificed to some extent. The bonus cuts include the superior single version of "Be True to Your School," alternate takes of "Little Honda" and "Don't Back Down," and one previously unissued cut, the surprisingly lusty "All Dressed Up for School," which failed to make it onto All Summer Long. This pairing of albums was first issued on CD in 1991 and upgraded in early 2001 -- the latter is superior to any prior CD of either album or the material contained within. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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November 08, 2001: Little Deuce Coupe is an example of a band being pushed to release too much material in too little time. Released only a month after Surfer Girl, Little Deuce Coupe is a collection of new hot rod songs by the band with some of their older hot rod songs. Of the six new car songs, three of them are terrific, including the doo-wop number ''Car Crazy Cutie,'' the beautiful ''Spirit of America,'' and ''Cherry, Cherry Coupe,'' which has the same melody as the excellent Surfin' Safari outtake ''Land Ahoy,'' but is a little slower. The other three hot rod songs just aren't catchy, and the cover of ''A Young Man is Gone'' is average. The album version of ''Be True to Your School'' is far inferior to the single version, but the single version is one of the bonus cuts, so all right! 2 stars out of 5. The companion album, All Summer Long, is simply great. It finds the band taking surf rock to its limits. All Summer Long contains the brilliant hit ''I Get Around'' (on the reverse side of the CD cover the song is incorrectly placed under the Little Deuce Coupe album). In fact, the entire first side of the album is full of great cuts, including the title track, and ''We'll Run Away.'' Side two contains arguably the best song, ''The Girls on the Beach,'' followed by the fun cut ''Drive In.'' The only below average song on the album is ''Do You Remember,'' which has corny subject matter and is inaccurate in stating that Little Richard first sang rock, when it was Bill Haley, and that Dick Clark sold it, when it was Alan Freed. But the music on it is great. ''Our Favorite Recording Sessions'' is a reel of behind-the-scenes goofing around that has a clever lead into ''Don't Back Down,'' which is an excellent finish to an excellent album. 4 stars out of 5.