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This is Episode 16 and it is PART ONE in one of the most anticipated matchups in our series.
Join us as we explore the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album track by track as we get ready to compare it to the legendary lost Beach Boys album, Smile.
The world lost Brian Wilson on June 11, 2025. We have returned to pay special tribute to our favorite artist, publishing this episode on the occasion of his 83rd birthday.
We share our thoughts and spotlight some songs as we attempt to honor him to the best of our ability,
This is episode #4, originally published on February 28, 2024.
We discuss the 1963 album, Surfer Girl.
It is Part 1 in a matchup against With The Beatles.
It has been edited to remove a clip of "South Bay Surfer" for copyright reasons.
This is it! Our series finale! We wrap up the way we started by comparing a couple of individual songs.
Summer's Gone, the final track from the final Beach Boys album (2012), versus Now & Then, the 2023 single from The Beatles. Both songs serve as farewells and see the bands wrapping up their discographies with style and class.
Which song will we pick as the winner?
Also in this episode:
Both of our Top Tens for each band
Our Top 5 Beatles discoveries from doing this show
The final score from all 15 of our Final Judgments
Shoutouts and Thank You's
It's been fun, everyone! But the surf is up. I don't know why you say hello, I say good-bye.
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Today we wrap up our Final Match! We discuss every track on the Sunflower LP from The Beach Boys and then weigh it against Abbey Road!
Who will win? Which album is better? How well do you know this album?
We also welcome special guest Nia D'Emilio from the Sail On Podcast onto the show to give us her pick in this epic showdown!
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We begin our final match with a track by track look at Abbey Road. What do we really think of the singles from this one? What do we think of the medley?
Then we'll be back next episode to explore the Sunflower LP in the second half of this match and then render our Final Judgment.
We wrap up this match with a track-by-track look at Let It Be. This was largely a 1969 project from The Beatles, but by the time it finally saw release in 1970, the whole world new the band and broken up.
That may have tainted this album with a negative feeling, but does it deserve to disdained? How good are these tracks? Does it all add up to something better than 20/20?
At the end of this episode, we each give our Final Judgment.
We also welcome in Jake Altmayer of the Good Timin' podcast to get his take on this match!
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In this episode we explore every track of 20/20, the 1969 album from The Beach Boys. It's a bit of a patchwork effort from the band during a time when Brian Wilson was withdrawing from them, so how did it turn out? Tune in and find out!
Then come back next week for the second half of the match when we discuss Let It Be.
In this episode we wrap up our special double-sized, 4-part match by exploring every track on Disc Two of The White Album.
And then we each weigh the combined forces of Wild Honey and Friends by The Beach Boys against the double-sized effort from The Beatles and render our Final Judgments.
Join us as we dive into every track on Disc One of The White Album, from Back in the USSR to Julia.
In the last two episodes, we have combined the forces of the Wild Honey and Friends albums by The Beach Boys in order to pit them up against The Beatles, the double LP better known as The White Album.
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We continue this special double-sized, 4-part matchup by discussing every track on Friends by The Beach Boys.
We kicked things off last episode with Wild Honey, as we are combining these two Beach Boys albums to go up against The Beatles, better known as The White Album, which will cover in our next two episodes.
We kick off this double-sized, 4-part matchup with a track-by-track look at Wild Honey by The Beach Boys.
As we move from 1967 to 1968, we are combining two albums from the Boys-- Wild Honey and Friends-- to go up against The Beatles double LP, better known as The White Album.
We discuss every track of the LP version of Magical Mystery Tour, the only Capitol Records release canonized into the Beatles official discography.
And then we give our Final Judgment, picking our favorite from these two albums.
We close out the psychedelic eras of both bands with this matchup from 1967, kicking things off with a deep dive into Smiley Smile.
While the Beatles scramble for direction following the loss of their manager, the Beach Boys are trying to exorcise the demons of the failed Smile project.
It's a Matchup of Masterpieces!
After exploring Sgt. Pepper last episode, this time we dive deep into Brian Wilson's legendary Smile album, possibly the greatest lost album in rock history.
And then we each give our Final Judgments on which album we think is better!
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We had the thrill of attending the IMAX livestream premiere of the new Beach Boy documentary on Tuesday (May 21st), three days before it debuts on Disney+.
So we decided to produce a quick reaction video to give everyone our spoiler-free general thoughts on what we saw and to let everyone know if we recommend it or not.
Which album will win? Pet Sounds or Revolver?
We discuss every track on Revolver and then give our Final Judgments!
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This Is It! The most anticipated matchup of the entire series as two of The Greatest Albums of All Time are pitted against each other.
In Part 1, we go through every track of Pet Sounds and discuss all the treasures found within.
Then we will come back next week to explore Revolver and pick our winner.
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We have completed six matchups with six more to go.
So with us now at the halfway mark, we decided to drop this bonus episode to give you a chance to know us a little better: our origin stories on becoming fans of these bands and what other creative stuff we are up to.
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Featuring a special guest appearance from Wyatt Funderburk of the excellent Beach Boys podcast, Sail On!
We wrap up this matchup with a track-by-track discussion of Rubber Soul and then each give our Final Judgments!
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