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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

One Of The Greatest Achievements In Music History:

After reaping huge success , both commercial and critical, with "The Beach Boys Today", leader and producer Brian Wilson set out to make an album even better than that. What he came up with has been called the greatest album of all time.

1966's "Pet Sounds" was the least successful Beach Boys album up to that time, barely hitting the top 10 (it peaked at 10) and not going gold. So it's no small irony that it remains their best and popular album of all time. Under Wilson's guidance, the group became more... more info

My All-Time Favorite Album Period!:

Released in May 1966,"Pet Sounds" was the album that saw The Beach Boys graduate from purveyors of perfectly crafted lightweight pop like "Sufin USA","Fun Fun Fun" et al,into a vehicle for the mature compositional genius of Brian Wilson.Though it was not an huge hit,its became hugely influential on pop and rock musicians,most notably The Beatles,whose "Sgt. Pepper" drew inspiration from this album as Paul McCartney would gladly tell you,and many others old and new(too numerous to mention).For me,it was the... more info

Pet Sounds:

Well, Pet Sounds may not be the best album of all time, but the best isn't the Beatles' Revolver either. There just aren't enough good songs on Revolver to stand up to Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk, God Only Knows, Caroline No, and the great harmonies of Sloop John B. At the other end of the spectrum, Pet Sounds has nothing near as bad as Yellow Submarine. So, the argument just doesn't add up. Oh, and, neither does it work for Sgt. Pepper (gag) or Rubber Soul (yawn).

Tracks:

1. Wouldn't It Be Nice
2. You Still Believe In Me
3. That's Not Me
4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
5. I'm Waiting For The Day
6. Let's Go Away For Awhile
7. Sloop John B
8. God Only Knows
9. I Know There's An Answer
10. Here Today
11. I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
12. Pet Sounds
13. Caroline No
14. Hang On To Your Ego - (bonus track)

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