Music / Catch a Wave

Catch A Wave is an album by American singer-songwriter Mike Love. It is a cover album produced by Adrian Baker and released in 1996 on Mike's own label "M.E.L.E.CO. Inc.". It was pressed once through a very limited number of copies and remains a rare album to find.

All songs covered on the album come from The Beach Boys' catalogue and are written (or co-written with Mike) by Brian Wilson, on top of being songs from the sixties.

Tracklist

1. "Catch A Wave"
2. "Do It Again"
3. "I Get Around"
4. "California Girls"
5. "Fun, Fun, Fun"
6. "Surfin' Safari"
7. "Hawaii"
8. "Surfin' USA"
9. "Surfer Girl"

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Catch a trope and you'll soon be on top of the woooooorld:

• Album Title Drop
  Catch a wave and you'll soon be on top of the world
• Alliterative Title: Fun, Fun, Fun.
• Artistic License – Geography: "Surfin' USA" mentions surfing spots, including australian ones...
• Badass Boast: I Get Around:
  My buddies and me are getting real well known
  Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
• Car Song: "I Get Around" and "Fun, Fun, Fun".
• "Double, Double" Title: "Fun, Fun, Fun".
• Face on the Cover
• Location Song: "Hawaii".
• Mythology Gag: "Do It Again" references "California Girls" and "Lonely Sea"
• One-Word Title: "Hawaii"
• Shout-Out: Various surfing spots are mentionned on "Surfin' Safari" while australian surfing spots are also mentionned on "Surfin' USA".
• Title Drop: On each track of the album.
• Title Track
• 12-Bar Blues: "Fun, Fun, Fun".