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Why this album mattered
L.a. Light Album (1979) is a The Beach Boys album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #100 and charted for 13 weeks.
The music
- 1
Good Timin’
- 2
Lady Lynda
- 3
Full Sail
- 4
Angel Come Home
- 5
Love Surrounds Me
- 6
Sumahama
7 Here Comes the Night
- 8
Baby Blue
- 9
Goin’ South
- 10
Shortenin’ Bread
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Apr 7, 1979#130
A sleeper hit — it hung around for 13 weeks, peaking at #100 without ever dominating the Top 10. Entered at #130, climbed rapidly for 6 weeks to reach #100 and fell quickly across 13 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- ArtistThe Beach Boys
- Year1979