The Very Best of the Beach Boys is a compilation album released by the American rock and roll band the Beach Boys. The album was released by EMI in 2001 and features 30 of their greatest hits digitally remastered. It is the first compilation of the Beach Boys that makes a full retrospective of their career. Other compilations had already been released throughout the years, but only focusing on certain time periods of the band, or focusing on their complete career, but with several volumes.
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Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys | ||||
Released | 30 June 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1961–2001 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 1:17:58 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys | |||
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All tracks written by Brian Wilson/Mike Love, unless otherwise noted.
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[2] | 31 |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | 2× Platinum | 600,000* |
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