50 Best Songs of 2012: The Beach Boys, 'That's Why God Made The Radio'

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The Beach Boys, 'That's Why God Made The Radio'

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The Beach Boys come back for one more hit of sun-baked nostalgia, with a hymn to a deity who sounds something like Phil Spector: "He waved his hand, gave us rock & roll/The soundtrack of falling in love." Those Sistine-ceiling harmonies just might make you a believer.