Los Straitjackets Surf Band & Popular Surf Albums

Los Straitjackets have a new album out, “The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets.” It’s their 12th studio album, and apparently it’s a straightforward classic surf album.

First, the cool stuff.

1. It’s got a great album cover.  It looks like they are battling some sort of swamp creature.  Swamp creatures are underrated in general.
2. It comes with a trading card for each member of the band, revealing their superpower.

The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets

The not cool stuff is that I haven’t heard the album yet, so I can’t comment on it.  But I’ve read a few reviews, and most are good.  That’s probably better than my opinion anyhow.

At any rate, this lead to noticing the album is #5 is “Surf Rock” sales on Amazon.  That made me wonder what the heck is outselling it right now.

Here’s the list:

1. Sounds Of Summer – The Very Best Of The Beach Boys ~ The Beach Boys
2. Beach Boys – 20 Good Vibrations, The Greatest Hits (Volume 1) ~ The Beach Boys
3. Echoes of Nature: Ocean Waves ~ Echoes Of Nature
4. Death Proof ~ Various Artists
5. The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets ~ Los Straitjackets
6. Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture ~ Various Artists
7. Today/ Summer Days (and Summer Nights) ~ The Beach Boys
8. The Ventures Play Telstar — The Lonely Bull and Others /(The) Ventures in Space ~ The Ventures
9. Classic Disney, Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic ~ Disney, Classic Disney (Series)
10. The Very Best of the Ventures ~ The Ventures

First, Amazon needs a better defition of surf rock music, with Classic Disney and Ocean Waves making the list.  Second, the Beach Boys are rich!  How nice is it to have 3 of the top 7 selling surf albums 40-something years after starting your band?

Anyway – let us know if you’ve listened to “The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets” and tell us what you thought in the comments.

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