Various Artists: Soft Summer Breezes (Various Artists)

Following in the wake of baroque charttoppers by the Zombies, Beatles, andthe Left Banke, a dandier approach togarage rock flowered in the back half ofthe '60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords,lilting guitars, melancholic organs, andmiddle school orchestras, Soft SummerBreezes captures the decade's last gasps ofoptimism via 16 gentle moments of softpsychedelia.