The Beach Boys - Add Some Music (1970)
Produced By: The Beach Boys
Side 1:
1. This Whole World (B. Wilson)
2. Add Some Music (B. Wilson/Knott/Love)
3. Susie Cincinnati (Jardine)
4. Fallin’ In Love (D. Wilson)
5. Tears In The Morning (Johnston)
6. Our Sweet Love (B. Wilson/C. Wilson/Jardine)
Side 2:
1. Good Time (B. Wilson/Jardine)
2. Games Two Can Play (B. Wilson)
3. When Girls Get Together (B. Wilson/Love)
4. HELP Is On The Way (B. Wilson)
5. I Just Got My Pay (B. Wilson)
Side 3:
1. Big Sur (Love)
2. Back Home (B. Wilson/Norberg)
3. Take A Load Off Your Feet (B. Wilson/Jardine)
4. Carnival (
trad. arr. by The Beach Boys)
5. At My Window (Jardine/B. Wilson)
6. Cool Cool Water (B. Wilson/Love)
Side 4:
1. Seasons In The Sun (Brel/McKuen)
2. Where Is She (B. Wilson)
3. Sweet And Bitter (B. Wilson/Goldberg)
4. Lookin At Tomorrow (Jardine)
5. It’s About Time (D. Wilson/Burchman/Jardine)
Singles:
Add Some Music (To Your Day) b/w
Back Home
(#52 US / #48 UK)
Cottonfields (The Cotton Song)* b/w The Nearest Faraway Place*
(#84 US / #5 UK)
This Whole World b/w
Games Two Can Play
(#41 US / #17 UK)
It’s About Time b/w
Tears In The Morning
(#19 US / #23 UK)
Seasons In The Sun b/w
Sound Of Free*
(#22 US / #7 UK)
“It’s been almost a year since the last Beach Boys release, but this years delivery has been well worth the wait. 1970 has given us a plethora of great albums, but
Add Some Music (An Album Offering From The Beach Boys) is truly the gem of this fall. The group surprised their fans by making this years release a double LP, something unfamiliar to The Beach Boys.
Add Some Music is packed with everything you could want from the quintessential California rock band. From the lighthearted silliness of the Brian tracks to the ballads and rockers provided by Dennis. Speaking of Brian Wilson, the eldest Wilson brother is out in full force on this LP. Receiving writing credits for 14 of the albums 22 songs. Despite that, the full group effort can be felt all over this album. The Beach Boys continue to prove that they are a tight and coercive unit, capable of making creative and successful music. This years album offering from The Beach Boys is most certainly their best effort since
Pet Sounds. Don’t let this year pass without adding some music to your day.”
- Rolling Stone Magazine (1970)
“We recorded so much music this past year that we felt it was only right to let the fans hear as much of it as possible. Thankfully our new label was comfortable with us releasing a 4-sided album, I think it’s a great start to our tenure with them. We’ve also had some great results from our singles this year, the group as a whole is very pleased.”
- Mike Love (1970)
“I went from mostly a whole album to only a few tracks in the length of one year. It didn’t really bother me that much, but it certainly pushed me to work harder.
Add Some Music is definitely a great album, but my favorite? I don’t know. The jury’s not out on that yet.”
- Dennis Wilson (1978)
“I had a lot of fun working on
Add Some Music, we all did actually. It was a lot of work but the pay off was great. That’s probably my favorite album of ours.”
- Al Jardine (1988)
“Yeah it’s a good album, maybe too long though. I worked my ass off for that one. In the end I felt accomplished, but it had taken a lot out of me. I wouldn’t get that back for some time.”
- Brian Wilson (1996)
“I’d been a fan of the group for awhile by that point. In ‘66 I went through my
Pet Sounds obsession but then stopped listening to them for a bit. By ‘70 I was in a different headspace and
Add Some Music really appealed to me. Brian’s work at the time definitely had an influence on some of my solo efforts around then too. Sometime in 1976 I visited Brian at his house and we listened to the album together, it was a really sweet moment.”
- Paul McCartney (2004)
“When I first bought the album I think I played the opening track 6 or 7 times in a row. I couldn’t get enough of it. Still can’t to this day.
Add Some Music is far and away my favorite Beach Boys album.”
- Colin Larkin (Quantone Music) (2020)