In brief, non-exhaustive list

Whether "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits" - when a band like the Beach Boys has probably everyone his spontaneous favorites. And as with any attempt to choose 20 beads made half a century ago, remain a lot of compromises in the end. The advantage is that enough material is present and you do not have to rely on second-rate filler. The selected pieces convince all, down to the last single "That's Why God Made The Radio" from 2012. Naturally outweigh the great successes from the sixties, from the series fall actually just "Kokomo" from 1988 and just "That's Why God Made The Radio ". All well and good, but it is a bit short, and also zeitlch: The 20 tracks bring it together not even to an hour of play. And why with "Barbara Ann" just the next "Sloop John B." successful single missing, she will not reveal to me the best of intentions. Who these "crash course" ranges, makes nothing. In addition, there are also better alternatives, such as The Very Best of the Beach Boys, with 30 titles, but without the current 2012er track. Those who like a little more detail, engages better to simultaneously released double CD Greatest Hits: 50 Big Ones (Limited Edition).
"Greatest Hits" is certainly not the CD, on which the world has been waiting for, but it's not bad (hence 3 stars) - but nothing more!