Abbey Road vs Sunflower: Part 1

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 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. Links from the Shoutouts: Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast A Film By... Podcast DockingBay77 Podcast Apples & Oranges: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Home Page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠David's Books⁠⁠

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! Links: Sail On Podcast Apples & Oranges: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Home Page⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠David's Books⁠

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. ⁠⁠⁠Home Page⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠David's Books⁠

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! Good Timin' Podcast Apples & Oranges: ⁠⁠⁠Home Page⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠David's Book⁠s

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. ⁠⁠Home Page⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ ⁠ David's Books

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. ⁠Home Page⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ David's Books

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. ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Twitter/X⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠⁠Jackson's Music⁠⁠ David's Books

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. A&O Home Page Facebook Twitter/X YouTube Jackson's Music David's Books

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. Home Page Facebook Twitter/X YouTube ⁠Jackson's Music⁠David's Books