King of the Beach is the third studio album by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 band Wavves

Wavves

Wavves is an American surf pop/noise punk band based out of San Diego, California.-History:Wavves started in 2008 as the recording project of Nathan Williams. Wavves released several 7"s as well as a cassette leading up to the first two releases 'Wavves' and 'Wavvves'...

. It was set to be released in the USA by Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster...

 and in the UK by Bella Union

Bella Union

Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie in 1997.After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twins decided to take a step towards independence and started up the Bella Union record label, through which they...

 Records on August 3, 2010, but digital copies became available July 1 as a result of early leaks. Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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 placed it at number 50 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".

Publicity

During the week beginning August 8, 2010 King of the Beach was the feature album of the most influential Australian radio station, Triple J. "The former lo-fi punk posterboy Wavves has cleaned up his act on his new album King of the Beach. Wavves started as the bedroom project for Californian Nathan Williams, but for this album he recruited former Jay Reatard bandmates Billy Hayes and Stephen Pope . Summer anthems about being a slacker and smoking weed have never been written with such convincing pep and energy."

Track listing

†Contains samples from Da Doo Ron Ron

Da Doo Ron Ron

"Da Doo Ron Ron" is a 1963 hit single by The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector in his Wall of Sound style. The song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Spector. The drummer was Hal Blaine....

 by The Crystals

The Crystals

The Crystals are an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "Uptown", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron " and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead...

• The Japanese CD replaces Track 10 "Mickey Mouse" with Track 10 "Mutant", and adds bonus Track 13 "Stained Glass".

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2010	U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	168
	Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	3
	Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	28
	Tastemakers Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...	10