Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986

Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 is a compilation album of songs by American rock band The Beach Boys, released in 2000 by Capitol Records. It was released several months after its predecessors, The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations and The Greatest Hits – Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations.

Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986
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ReleasedFebruary 1, 2000
RecordedAutumn 1969 – Spring 1986
GenreRock
Length61:52
LabelCapitol
ProducerBrian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine, Steve Levine and Terry Melcher
The Beach Boys chronology
The Greatest Hits – Volume 2: 20 More Good Vibrations
(1999)
Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986
(2000)
The Very Best of The Beach Boys
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Titled The Best of the Beach Boys: 1970–1986 in England, it included three additional songs not issued on the US version: "Tears in the Morning", the single edit of the disco remake of "Here Comes the Night", and "Sumahama", and dropped "Disney Girls". The albums failed to chart in either the US or UK.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocals[3]Length
1."Add Some Music to Your Day"Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Joe KnottMike Love, Bruce Johnston,
Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine
3:34
2."Susie Cincinnati" (Single mix)Al JardineAl Jardine2:57
3."This Whole World"Brian WilsonCarl Wilson1:56
4."Long Promised Road"Carl Wilson/Jack RieleyCarl Wilson3:30
5."Disney Girls (1957)"Bruce JohnstonBruce Johnston4:06
6."'Til I Die"Brian WilsonGroup, Brian Wilson2:40
7."Surf's Up"Brian Wilson/Van Dyke ParksCarl Wilson, Brian Wilson4:12
8."Marcella"Brian Wilson/Jack RieleyCarl Wilson3:53
9."Sail On, Sailor"Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks/Tandyn Almer/Ray Kennedy/Jack RieleyBlondie Chaplin3:18
10."The Trader"Carl Wilson/Jack RieleyCarl Wilson5:05
11."California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a)" (Single mix)Al JardineBrian Wilson, Mike Love3:15
12."Rock and Roll Music" (Single version)Chuck BerryMike Love2:27
13."It's OK" (Single version)Brian Wilson/Mike LoveMike Love2:07
14."Honkin' Down the Highway"Brian WilsonAl Jardine2:47
15."Peggy Sue"Jerry Allison/Norman Petty/Buddy HollyAl Jardine2:15
16."Good Timin'"Brian Wilson/Carl WilsonCarl Wilson2:12
17."Goin' On"Brian Wilson/Mike LoveMike Love, Carl Wilson2:59
18."Come Go with Me"C.E. QuickAl Jardine2:07
19."Getcha Back"Mike Love/Terry MelcherMike Love, Brian Wilson3:02
20."California Dreamin'"John Phillips/Michelle PhillipsAl Jardine, Carl Wilson3:12

References

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  1. ^ Bush, John. Greatest Hits Volume Three: Best of the Brother Years 1970–1986 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  3. ^ Album notes