Stack-o-Tracks

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Stack-o-Tracks
StackTracksCover.jpg
Remix album by
The Beach Boys
ReleasedAugust 19, 1968
RecordedJuly 1963 – June 1968
GenreRock
Length34:37
LabelCapitol
ProducerThe Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3
(1968) 		Stack-o-Tracks
(1968) 		20/20
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic1.5/5 stars[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 stars[3]

Stack-o-Tracks is an instrumental album release by The Beach Boys containing backing tracks to fifteen of their songs spanning their career to that point. As it was issued during one of their lowest commercial ebbs in the U.S., Stack-o-Tracks became the first Beach Boys album to fail to reach the US or UK charts. Until 1992's Summer in Paradise, it would remain their only official release to have this distinction.

The US versions of the album included a booklet with the bass lines, lead lines, chords and lyrics (to sing along with), whereas European editions contained just the lyrics and a different cover. Stack-o-Tracks quickly disappeared and was out of print for two decades. In 1990, Capitol Records re-issued it on CD, and again in 2001 - both releases without the booklet that accompanied the vinyl edition.

Stack-o-Tracks was only available in Duophonic, or fake stereo.

Track listing[]

All songs by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Darlin' " – 2:12
  2. "Salt Lake City" – 1:58
  3. "Sloop John B" (Traditional; arranged by Brian Wilson) – 3:04
  4. "In My Room" (Brian Wilson, Gary Usher) – 2:13
  5. "Catch a Wave" – 2:00
  6. "Wild Honey" – 2:35
  7. "Little Saint Nick" – 1:49

Side two

  1. "Do It Again" – 2:11
  2. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love) – 2:11
  3. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 2:37
  4. "Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:16
  5. "Little Honda" – 1:36
  6. "Here Today" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 3:06
  7. "You're So Good to Me" – 1:55
  8. "Let Him Run Wild" – 2:13

1990 bonus tracks

In 1990, Stack-o-Tracks was paired on CD with Beach Boys' Party!, with bonus instrumental tracks. While Stack-o-Tracks was originally available only in mono or Duophonic sound, the CD includes true stereo mixes of several tracks.

  2. "Help Me, Rhonda" (Brian Wilson) - 2:54
  3. "California Girls" - 2:45
  4. "Our Car Club" - 2:14

References[]

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Stack-o-Tracks 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. ^ Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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