The fifty-second album: #52 The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today
Despite trying to abandon the surf pop with this album, the Beach Boys still lead off with some light songs. It's not a bad thing, setting up a pleasant, happy sound. The complicated vocals set it apart, sounding more complex than other bands, and harmonising nicely in a way I'm not that used to hearing. It's so much more sophisticated and developed than other songs.
The second of the half moves from the upbeat and happy songs to slower ballads. It doesn't go completely dark, but gets sadder for sure. It still has the technical qualities from the other songs, maybe not as lyrically impressive, but harmonising so nicely it sounds really good throughout.
Having an interview at the end is interesting, but on the whole, quite meaningless for me.