Album · 1963
Surfer Girl
Surfer Girl is an album by The Beach Boys, released in 1963 on Capitol Records, with 12 tracks.
- 12
- Tracks
- 25 min
- Runtime
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Album · 1963
Surfer Girl is an album by The Beach Boys, released in 1963 on Capitol Records, with 12 tracks.
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12 tracks · 25 min
Surfer Girl is the third studio album by The Beach Boys and their second longplayer in 1963. This was the first album by The Beach Boys for which Brian Wilson was given full production credit, a position Wilson would maintain until the end of the The Smile Sessions in 1967. Surfer Girl is also the title of an unrelated 1973 compilation album released by US budget label Pickwick Records, repackaging early 1960s Beach Boys tracks. Surfer Girl hit No. 7 in the US during a chart stay of 56 weeks. In the UK, the album was re-released in spring 1967 and reached No. 13. Brian Wilson himself turns in, along with, variously, Mike Love, Gary Usher and Roger Christian's help, some of his most cherished songs. The title track, a number 7 US hit, was the first song Brian had ever composed, at the age of 19, using "When You Wish Upon a Star" as a guide while writing it. As a ballad, it was a risky move for a single, but its obvious quality overcame any potential commercial risks. Its flip-side, "Little Deuce Coupe", proved to be The Beach Boys' most successful B-side, reaching US number 15 and becoming a hot rod staple. It also continued the band's current trend of putting a surf-related song …