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Best surf songs of the 1970s

Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.

Songs from the surf albums of the 1970s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

  1. 2Endless Summer coverGirls On the BeachThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer
  2. 3Endless Summer coverAll Summer LongThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer
  3. 4Endless Summer coverWendyThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer
  4. 5Endless Summer coverThe Girls on the BeachThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer
  5. 6Endless Summer coverShut DownThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer
  6. 7Endless Summer coverSurfin' SafariThe Beach Boys · Endless Summer

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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