SURF'S UP
| The Beach Boys
SURF'S UP
Surf's Up is the 17th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released in 1971. It was met with a warm critical reception and reached No. 29 on the US record charts, becoming their best-performing album in their home country since 1967. In the UK, the album peaked at No. 15, continuing a string of chart successes that had not abated since 1965. - WIKIPEDIA
Critic Reviews
Show All-
RollingStone
1971 - It is certainly the most original in that it has contributed something purely its own.
-
Starling Rinet
Gentler and sappier than its predecessor, but of equally uneven quality.
-
Mark Prindle
Surf's Up is a bizarre, laughable, strange and above all SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS Beach Boys album continuing the whole "democracy" concept forced upon them by Brian's loss of touch with reality.
-
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
The result is disastrous, especially lyrically.
-
Don Ignacio
Surf's Up is a very enjoyable middle-period Beach Boys album that any pop-rock fan should listen to. There's too much good material here to pass up.
-
Aphoristic Album Reviews
Surf’s Up may be frustratingly inconsistent, but the best songs are so amazing that anyone interested in Brian Wilson’s work will need to hear it.
-
ALL MUSIC
Surf's Up defined the Beach Boys' tumultuous career better than any other album.
-
sputnik music
2017 - An increasingly reclusive Brian Wilson comes out of the woodwork to write three dark, brooding masterpieces that massively elevate an otherwise good-but-inconsistent record.
-
Tiny Mix Tapes
Surf’s Up treats us to a final glimpse of an embattled group who helped create the 1960s. With its members all going in opposite directions, it’s the sound of a band falling apart at the seams.
-
blogcritics
2008 - Surf’s Up may have been a product of its time but it continues to hold up musically 37 years later. Few albums can make that claim.
Rate This Album and Leave Your Comments