Episode #67- Beach Boys Bracket Madness!

On this 69th episode of Good Timin', we discuss the Beach Boys' twenty-eighth studio album, Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, along with the (in)famous Salute NASCAR album featuring Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and David Marks. In addition, we also briefly cover several other Beach Boys-related releases, including Symphonic Sounds (arranged by Bruce) and Summertime Cruisin'. (featuring Mike and Bruce)

On this 68th episode of Good Timin’, author and Endless Summer Quarterly Editor-in-Chief David Beard joins us to discuss his new book, “All Summer Long- Conversations with the Beach Boys from Surfin’ to SMILE”. The book is an in-depth exploration of The Beach Boys' evolution from 1961-1967, featuring more than three decades of interviews that David has conducted with band members and integral figures in the group’s history, including Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Jan Berry, Dean Torrence, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Glen Campbell, and many others. 

On this 67th episode of Good Timin’, we host our own “Beach Boys Bracket Battle”, where we as a group match up 64 of our favorite songs from the band against each other in a March Madness style tournament to determine a champion. In addition to this, we also briefly discuss Bruce Johnston’s recent departure from the Beach Boys touring band and share our thoughts on his many contributions to the group over the years. Be sure to check out Steve’s YouTube channel, The Beach Boys Basement!

On this 66th episode of Good Timin’, we share and discuss our own personal tracklist changes we would have made to the original Beach Boys studio albums. This includes removing or replacing tracks, adding previously unreleased material, and resequencing songs to create a more consistent and cohesive listening experience. We also briefly discuss which album cuts we would have liked to see released as singles.

On this 65th episode of Good Timin’, we discuss the upcoming Beach Boys box set, We Gotta Groove, which primarily covers the group’s recording output from 1976 to 1977.  Along with sharing our general thoughts on the set, we also run through the tracklist and highlight which songs and material that we’re each looking forward to hearing the most. Lastly, we close out the episode by briefly discussing several other Beach Boys box sets released over the years, including Good Vibrations and Feel Flows.

On this special bonus episode of Good Timin’, we discuss our year in music and share some of the songs and artists that we each listened to the most in 2025. To open the episode, we first share our top 5 most streamed songs of the year (along with some honorable mentions) and then discuss our most listened to artists, our most listened to albums, and a few of our favorite new songs and releases of 2025.

On this 64th and final “weekly” episode of Good Timin’, we share our updated personal rankings of our top 10 favorite Beach Boys studio albums, and explain why we ranked each record where we did. Following this, we briefly review our updated lists of our top 10 favorite songs by the band, and shout out some honorable mentions of other tracks that we love. Lastly, to close out the show, we talk a bit about our future plans for the podcast and reflect back on the past two years of Good Timin’.

On this 63rd episode of Good Timin’, Reilly and Matt share their updated personal rankings of The Beach Boys studio albums from #27 to #11, (minus the Christmas Album and Stars and Stripes) and briefly discuss their thoughts and opinions on each record. (Note- Tune in to our final “weekly” episode of Good Timin’ next week to hear Jake, Reilly, Matt and Nate’s top 10 favorite Beach Boys studio albums!)

On this 62nd episode of Good Timin’, we build our own fantasy ”Best of the Best” album, where we as a group nominate and vote for 30 of our all-time favorite songs from the Beach Boys’ discography. To give our tracklist more variety and make sure that it represents the band’s entire career, we are only allowed to select 5 songs from each of our 6 designated “eras” to be featured on the album. (1962-1964, 1965-1966, 1967-1969, 1970-1974, 1976-1979, and 1980-Present)  In addition, Beach Boys solo material is eligible for inclusion on our compilation, but only one solo track is allowed per era. Check out Steve’s channel, The Beach Boys Basement!

On this 61st episode of Good Timin’, we cover the Beach Boys’ legendary and influential 1966 album, Pet Sounds. As usual with our album discussion episodes, we first go over some of the history behind the record and talk about how it came together, and then we discuss each of the tracks one by one and share our own thoughts and opinions on them. Lastly, at the end of the episode we briefly cover a couple of extra recordings from around the time and share our final thoughts on Pet Sounds’ influence and impact on popular music.