Benny Carter

Beach Boys’ ’70s Set Finds Genius Loitering in the Ruins of Disarray

We Gotta Groove compiles a trove of rarities from The Beach Boys’ 1970s sessions, a decade marked by creative fragments and inner disarray. Brian Wilson, though mostly absent or visibly distressed during these recordings, remains a spectral presence, coloring the music with residue of genius and decline.

Rather than a triumphant return, the set captures moments where the group arguably operated more freely before Wilson’s so-called recovery — a snapshot of ambition entangled with chaos.

Beach Boys Ride a 184% Surge as Mourning Fans Push "Pet Sounds" Back on Charts

Reacting sharply to Brian Wilson’s death on June 11, The Beach Boys’ catalog surges 184% in U.S. album units, hitting 31,000. Their 1966 landmark, Pet Sounds, reenters the Billboard 200 at No. 136—its loftiest perch since 1968.

“God Only Knows” catapults to No. 7 on Digital Song Sales, with sales up 3,382%, while “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” follows at No. 18. Lyric searches spike past 1,200% as mourning meets algorithms, placing five Wilson-penned tracks across LyricFind’s rankings.

Beach Boys' shelved ‘Adult/Child’ creeps out in new boxset, 47 years late.

The Beach Boys' long-shelved 1977 experiment, ‘Adult/Child,’ finally wriggles out from under decades of dust and doubt. Originally recorded after ‘The Beach Boys Love You,’ the album was benched by cautious label execs and bandmembers put off by its stylistic detour.

It now surfaces in the ‘We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years’ boxset—three CDs, three LPs, 35 unreleased tracks, and a few demos that never asked to be seen in daylight. Release is slated for February 13 via Capitol/UMe.