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The Beach Boys Today! Release Date: 1965 03 08 Label: Capitol Brian Wilson's retirement from performing to concentrate on studio recording and production reaped immediate dividends with Today!, the first Beach Boys album that is strong almost from start to finish. "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Do You Wanna Dance" were upbeat hits with Spector-influenced arrangements, but Wilson began to deal with more sophisticated themes on another smash 45, "When I Grow Up," on which these eternal teenagers looked forward to the advancing years with fear and uncertainty. Surf/hot rod/beach themes were permanently retired in favor of late-adolescent, early-adult romance on this album, which included such decent outings in this vein as "She Knows Me Too Well," "Kiss Me Baby," and "In the Back of My Mind." The true gem is "Please Let Me Wonder," one of the group's most delicate mid-'60s works, with heartbreaking melodies and harmonies. Be aware that the version of "Help Me, Rhonda" found here is an inferior, earlier, and slower rendition; the familiar hit single take was included on their next album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!). [Today!/Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), a Capitol two-fer CD, combines this and Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) onto one disc, adding alternate takes of "Dance, Dance, Dance," "I'm So Young," and "Let Him Run Wild," as well as a previously unreleased studio version of "Graduation Day." Most significantly, it also adds the non-LP single from late 1965, "The Little Girl I Once Knew," which looked forward to Pet Sounds in its studio experimentation and lyrical themes.] Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Do You Wanna Dance? Freeman 2:20 2 Good to My Baby Wilson 2:17 3 Don't Hurt My Little Sister Wilson 2:08 4 When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) Wilson 2:03 5 Help Me, Rhonda Wilson 3:10 6 Dance, Dance, Dance Wilson, Wilson 1:59 7 Please Let Me Wonder Love, Wilson 2:47 8 I'm So Young Tyrus 2:32 9 Kiss Me, Baby Wilson 2:36 10 She Knows Me Too Well Wilson 2:30 11 In the Back of My Mind Wilson 2:10 12 Bull Session with the "Big Daddy" Jardine, Love, Wilson 2:11 Releases: Year Type Label 1994 CD Capitol 2008 CD EMI Japan 1999 CD Import 2008 CD Toshiba EMI 2008 CD Toshiba Emi 1965 CD Toshiba-EMI 1994 CS Capitol 1965 LP Capitol 1994 LP Capitol

Group Members: Ricky Fataar David Marks Blondie Chaplin Bruce Johnston Dennis Wilson More >> Similar Artists: The Turtles The Beatles The Four Seasons The Mamas & the Papas The Hollies More >>

Influenced By: Phil Spector Chuck Berry The Four Freshmen The Everly Brothers The Hi-Lo's More >> Followers: Huey Lewis The Heavy Blinkers Veronica Lake The High Llamas Henry Gross More >>

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