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Shut Down Volume 2
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Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Blender_(magazine)/P1FVKvtI">Blender</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/W9YQ0u46">Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Record_Mirror/rXkWIb0B">Record Mirror</a></i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide/RRNrAt8J">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Shut Down Volume 2</i> is the fifth album by the American <a href="/facts/Rock_music/zBM2guyQ">rock</a> band <a href="/facts/The_Beach_Boys/6CdaMJwW">the Beach Boys</a>, released March 2, 1964 on <a href="/facts/Capitol_Records/5parUIfs">Capitol Records</a>. Produced by <a href="/facts/Brian_Wilson/lHqBFEUI">Brian Wilson</a>, it is the follow-up to the band's <i><a href="/facts/Little_Deuce_Coupe/KqTrzaHu">Little Deuce Coupe</a></i>, released the previous October, and to <i><a href="/facts/Shut_Down_(album)/YuH9dbzg">Shut Down</a></i>, a Capitol <a href="/facts/Compilation_album/lDhEb4s5">compilation album</a>. <i>Shut Down Volume 2</i> was the first of three studio albums that the band released in 1964, and the first recorded without guitarist <a href="/facts/David_Marks/0U5QRrxr">David Marks</a>, who departed from the band following disagreements with manager <a href="/facts/Murry_Wilson/Y8qhmRsC">Murry Wilson</a>. The album reached number 13 in the US during a chart stay of 38 weeks. </p>