5 Facts About The Beach Boys' Endless Summer Album

It reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The compilation album spent 155 weeks on the chart.

It is a greatest-hits package. The album collects the band’s biggest singles from 1962 to 1965.

It revived the Beach Boys’ popularity. The album’s success came during a period when the band’s commercial momentum had slowed.

It was released in 1974. The compilation arrived over a decade after the band’s early hits.

It stayed on the chart for nearly three years. The 155-week run is exceptionally long for a greatest-hits collection.