20 Golden Greats (The Beach Boys album)

20 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 1976
RecordedJanuary 31, 1963 – April 23, 1969
GenreRock, pop, surf, psychedelia
Length51:40
LabelCapitol
ProducerNick Venet, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys chronology
Good Vibrations – Best of The Beach Boys
(1975)
20 Golden Greats
(1976)
15 Big Ones
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

20 Golden Greats is a 1976 greatest hits album by the Beach Boys that was released in the UK by EMI's newly created TV advertising division.[2] It became the second biggest selling album of the year, spending a total of 86 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number one in July 1976, where it remained for 10 weeks.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  2. ^ a b "Album Chart History – 1976". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7119-7670-2.
  4. ^ 1976 Number 1 Albums at theofficialcharts.com