The Beach BoysFeel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969–1971 [UMe/Capitol]The interesting period surrounding the Beach Boys’ 16th and 17th studio albums is thoroughly and effusively captured on Feel Flows, a massive five-CD/four-LP box set sporting 135 tracks (108 previously unreleased). According to Beach Boy historian Howie Edelson — whose excellent liner notes draw from new and archival interviews with each band member, and feature rare photos — this was a calm period in the often turbulent career of the band. Having ridden the wave of early surfing and hot rod hits, members Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and Dennis and Carl Wilson had settled down and started families, while troubled chief architect and musical genius Brian Wilson was able to take a step back and let the rest of the guys work their songwriting and producing chops — though often under his key guidance (especially when it came to his singular, unparalleled vocal arrangements).