''Fifty Big Ones'' (also spelled ''50 Big Ones'') is a two-disc compilation album released by

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...

consisting of material from the American

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band

the Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their f ...

. The album was released in 2012 to commemorate the band's 50th anniversary, and features some remastered mixes and stereo debuts. The track listing is similar to the setlist the band played on the 50th anniversary tour. The name of the compilation is a reference to their 1976 album, ''

15 Big Ones ''15 Big Ones'' is the 20th studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released July 5, 1976, by Brother/Reprise. It includes a mix of original songs and renditions of rock 'n' roll and R&B standards. The LP was the band's first a ...

'', which included fifteen songs and commemorated their fifteenth anniversary (two songs from that album, "It's OK" and "Rock and Roll Music", are included here). In Japan, the disc was released with a 51st track: the single version of "

Be True to Your School "Be True to Your School" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1963 album ''Little Deuce Coupe (album), Little Deuce Coupe''. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it was issued as a single on October 28, 1963. There are two v ...

Track listing

All tracks written by

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often Brian Wilson is a genius, called a genius for his novel approaches to pop compositio ...

Mike Love Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter who is one of the vocalists of the Beach Boys, of which he was an original member alongside his cousins Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and Carl Wilson and their frien ...

, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

Disc two

Single disc track listing

All tracks written by

, unless otherwise noted.

References

{{The Beach Boys compilations 2012 greatest hits albums The Beach Boys compilation albums Capitol Records compilation albums EMI Records compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously