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Rarities (The Beach Boys album)

Rarities
Beach Boys - Rarities.jpg
Compilation album by The Beach Boys
Released 1983
Genre Rock
Length 30:25
Label Capitol
Producer Brian Wilson
Compiler Brad Elliot
The Beach Boys chronology
Sunshine Dream
(1982)
Rarities
(1983)
The Beach Boys
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

Rarities is a Beach Boys compilation album released in 1983 by Capitol Records. It is a collection of outtakes, alternate mixes & B-sides recorded between 1962 & 1970. Included are songs written or made popular by The Beatles, The Box Tops, Stevie Wonder, Ersel Hickey and Lead Belly. Also featured are several standards, such as "The Lord's Prayer" and "Auld Lang Syne". The album sold poorly and was quickly deleted.

In a brief review, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann called Rarities a collection of "alternate takes, surprising cover versions, and different mixes of familiar songs make this a delight for collectors and hard-core fans. To anyone else, it's pleasant but non-essential."



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