NOTE:  Although The Beach Boys' reputation was built as a singles act, it was through listening to their albums that I really grew to love them.  The depth of their albums, starting with Surfer Girl on, began to be filled with not only the familiar hit singles, but increasingly challenging album cuts and production touches that made them the envy of their contemporaries.  Also, most casual fans aren't familar with The Beach Boys' album output after their Capitol era, when they gained new measures of independence, and began to experiment with their sound in ways that stretched them in fascinating ways, and have to be heard.  Click on the albums titles to jump to that title.