BEACH BOYS PARTY!
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BEACH BOYS PARTY!
Beach Boys' Party! is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, and their third in 1965, consisting mostly of cover songs played with acoustic instruments. It reached No. 6 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. The album spawned one single, a cover of the Regents' "Barbara Ann", which reached No. 2 in the US and No. 3 in the UK, and was their highest-charting British single to that point. -WIKIPEDIA
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2015 - Mike is much more comfortable digging into his crate of oldies, Carl and Dennis grab on to The Beatles tunes like a life raft, and Brian is in the corner. This isn’t his party, but he’ll have to clean up when it’s over.
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ALL MUSIC
Packaged as if it had been recorded at an actual party, it was in fact recorded in the studio over a few sessions, with friends, family and romantic partners adding sounds and vocals to create an informal atmosphere.
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popMATTERS
2015 - The music suggests the Beach Boys are all having fun, despite the pretense of enjoyment. This is meta-amusement.
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Adrian Denning
It has it's own peculiar character and charm.
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Mark Prindle
The Beach Boys are throwing a party! Bring Your Own Hairpiece! Out come the acoustic guitars, bongos, cover tunes and overdubbed morons pretending to be at a party.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Recorded over a couple days with minimal instrumentation (for once by the Beach Boys themselves), it features overdubbed, improvised dialogue that gives the record a convincing, but in fact entirely artificial party-like atmosphere.
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Don Ignacio
Tossed-off covers amidst the murmurs of drunk people. Granted, much of this is fun to hear --- and certainly the idea of the album was a unique way to keep the record company happy without compromising the real music he wanted to write.
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TV Tropes
this album is generally considered to be a filler album, quickly recorded and released in time for Christmas to satisfy Capitol Records.
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