The Warmth of the Sun (album)

The Warmth of the Sun
Greatest hits album by The Beach Boys
Released	May 22, 2007
Recorded	1962–1986
Genre	Rock
Length	78:41
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson, Murry Wilson, Nick Venet, The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher
The Beach Boys chronology
Good Vibrations: 40th Anniversary Edition (2006) The Warmth of the Sun (2007) The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965 (2008)

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Pitchfork Media	(8.6/10)

The Warmth of the Sun is a 2007 compilation of music by The Beach Boys released through Capitol Records. A companion to 2003's Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys, The Warmth of the Sun is composed of fan favorites and hits that were left off its predecessor. Several songs were remixed in stereo for the first time. These are "All Summer Long", "You're So Good to Me", "Then I Kissed Her", "Please Let Me Wonder", and "Let Him Run Wild". The song "Wendy" appears as a new stereo remix with its middle eight cough edited out. This album also features an alternate mix of "Break Away" and the single versions of "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and "Cool, Cool Water".

The Warmth of the Sun debuted at number 40 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"All Summer Long" (New Stereo Mix)	Brian Wilson Mike Love	All Summer Long, 1964	2:09
2.	"Catch a Wave"	B. Wilson Love	Surfer Girl, 1963	2:08
3.	"Hawaii"	B. Wilson Love	Surfer Girl, 1963	2:00
4.	"Little Honda"	B. Wilson Love	All Summer Long, 1964	1:52
5.	"409"	B. Wilson Gary Usher Love	Surfin' Safari, 1962	2:00
6.	"It's O.K."	B. Wilson Love	15 Big Ones, 1976	2:12
7.	"You're So Good to Me" (New Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Love	Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965	2:15
8.	"Then I Kissed Her" (New Stereo Mix)	Phil Spector Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry	Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965	2:16
9.	"Kiss Me, Baby" (2000 Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Love	The Beach Boys Today!, 1965	2:43
10.	"Please Let Me Wonder" (New Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Love	The Beach Boys Today!, 1965	2:50
11.	"Let Him Run Wild" (New Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Love	Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965	2:20
12.	"The Little Girl I Once Knew" (Mono)	B. Wilson	non-album single, 1965	2:02
13.	"Wendy" (New Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Love	All Summer Long, 1964	2:16
14.	"Disney Girls (1957)"	Bruce Johnston	Surf's Up, 1971	4:07
15.	"Forever"	Dennis Wilson Gregg Jakobson	Sunflower, 1970	2:41
16.	"Friends"	B. Wilson D. Wilson Carl Wilson Al Jardine	Friends, 1968	2:32
17.	"Break Away" (Alternate Stereo Mix)	B. Wilson Reggie Dunbar	non-album single, 1969	3:05
18.	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (Mono Single Version)	Morris Levy Frankie Lymon	Shut Down Volume 2, 1964	2:07
19.	"Surf's Up"	B. Wilson Van Dyke Parks	Surf's Up, 1971	4:12
20.	"Feel Flows"	C. Wilson Jack Rieley	Surf's Up, 1971	4:46
21.	"All This Is That"	C. Wilson Love Jardine	Carl and the Passions - "So Tough", 1972	3:57
22.	"'Til I Die"	B. Wilson	Surf's Up, 1971	2:40
23.	"Sail On, Sailor"	B. Wilson Parks Rieley Raymond Kennedy Tandyn Almer	Holland, 1973	3:16
24.	"Cool, Cool Water" (Single Version)	B. Wilson Love	Sunflower, 1970	3:24
25.	"Don't Go Near the Water"	Love Jardine	Surf's Up, 1971	2:39
26.	"California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a)" (Single Version)	Jardine	Holland, 1973	3:22
27.	"California Dreamin'"	John Phillips Michelle Phillips	Made in U.S.A., 1986	3:24
28.	"The Warmth of the Sun" (Mono)	B. Wilson Love	Shut Down Volume 2, 1964	2:50
Total length:				78:41