Music / 12 Sides of Summer

12 Sides Of Summer is an album by American artist Mike Love. It is a summer-themed cover album covering both The Beach Boys' and other music acts' songs. One track on the album, "California Beach", was recorded in 1979 but remained unreleased until it appeared on this 2019 album. Other songs were also covered on Mike's 1981 album Looking Back with Love.

Tracklist:

1. "California Beach"
2. "It's OK"
3. "Surfin'"
4. "California Sun" (The Rivieras cover)
5. "Surfin' Safari"
6. "On and On and On" (ABBA cover)
7. "Here Comes The Sun" (The Beatles cover)
8. "Girl From Ipanema" (Carlos Jobim cover)
9. "Over and Over" (Bobby Day cover)
10. "Keepin' Summer Alive"
11. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover)
12. "Rockaway Beach" (The Ramones cover)

12 tropes of Summer:

• Cover Album
• Cover Version: Some songs covered on this album were also covered on Mike's first released album Looking Back With Love.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: Mike sings "The Girl From Ipanema" in its original portuguese version.
• Location Song: "The Girl From Ipanema".
• Lyrical Cold Open: "It's OK" and "On and On and On".
• Meaningful Name: Twelve songs on this album (although not all of them represent summer).
• One-Woman Song: "The Girl From Ipanema".
• One-Word Title: "Surfin'".
• Serious Business: "Surfin'" opens up with "Surfin' is the only life, the only way for me."
• Special Guest: the band Hanson is featured on "It's OK".
• Title Drop: On all tracks.