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| Artist: The Beach Boys
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
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Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 724352626625
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Release Date: July 13, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Wouldn't It Be Nice | | • | You Still Believe In Me | | • | That's Not Me | | • | Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) | | • | I'm Waiting For The Day | | • | Let's Go Away For Awhile | | • | Sloop John B | | • | God Only Knows | | • | I Know There's An Answer | | • | Here Today | | • | I Just Wasn't Made For These Times | | • | Pet Sounds | | • | Caroline No | | • | Hang On To Your Ego - (bonus track) | | • | Wouldn't It Be Nice (Stereo Mix) | | • | You Still Believe In Me | | • | That's Not Me | | • | Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) | | • | I'm Waiting For The Day | | • | Let's Go Away For Awhile | | • | Sloop John B | | • | God Only Knows | | • | I Know There's An Answer | | • | Here Today | | • | I Just Wasn't Made For These Times | | • | Pet Sounds | | • | Caroline No |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: BEACH BOYS
Title: PET SOUNDS
Street Release Date: 02/05/2001
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Genre: ROCK/POP
Amazon.com essential recording
If you need some pointy-headed pundit to sell you on the merits of Pet Sounds, your money might be better spent on an ear specialist. Brian Wilson's gift to 20th-century music elevated this pop album into a beguiling musical and emotional cogency that still operates outside pop culture's fickle space-time continuum--and limited critical lexicon. There's never been another record to compare (Rubber Soul, its inspiration, is close; Sgt. Pepper's, its response, misses the point), and certainly no album has been as dissected, overanalyzed, and predigested for public consumption. In 1997 Capitol Records devoted an entire four-disc box set, The Pet Sounds Sessions, to its thorough deconstruction. The techno-marvel centerpiece of that project--the album's first true stereo mix, painstakingly conjured out of multitape session sources by producer-engineer Mark Linett (under Wilson's supervision)--was at once heresy and revelation. Now the label has gratifyingly seen fit to offer both mixes on a single disc (along with alternate versions of "Hang On to Your Ego," the original title of "I Know There's An Answer"), an idea that should please the orthodox and heretics alike. And while the album has always clearly been The Brian Wilson Show featuring the Beach Boys, David Leaf's concise new notes attempt to be more inclusive of a wider band perspective. The result (three of the five band members claim credit for the album title) sometimes resembles Rashomon. If Pet Sounds forever crystallized the band's various creative (in)differences, it also became Wilson's grand karmic joke on his band mates; its burgeoning reputation (Mojo magazine's panel of pop experts once elected it greatest album of all time) guaranteed they would sing its songs--and praises--until the end. And if putting two different versions of the same album on one disc seems like overkill, look at the bright side: it's a perfect excuse to listen to the glorious Pet Sounds twice. --Jerry McCulley
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 C'mon, pet the Brian. He won't bite. January 4, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pet Sounds Being the number one on just about every critics list and influencing the Beatles(which to me seemed preposterous) was more than enough to make me curious. I bought the album listened to it a couple of times. And I must admit I skipped around a bit. It sounded syrupy sweet and invoked all my preconceived notions of what the Beach Boys were. Years come and go, and I kept hearing Pet Sounds everywhere. I decided I Had to get this suntanned, huarache wearing monkey off my back. So I made it a weekeend's goal. Get to know the "great" pet sounds, and then bid it adieu. That didn't happen. I must have listened to 100 times and I have to admit, Pet Sounds is great. Don't let the acclaim plug your ears or the accolades sway your mind. Get past that and revel in "The Sound".
Reasons why Pet Sounds is such a highly regarded album. December 25, 2008
The best description I've heard of the "new" Beach Boys sound that this album brought is a "pocket orchestra". Its delicate production, from the atypical rhythms to the calculated dynamics, changed music. To detail my statement, I mean that its complexity is matched by its simplicity. It brought about many traditional elements of music knowledge together with the pioneering new sounds of the generation and formed a collective experience that was indeed unmatched by The Beatles at that time.
The complexities I speak of; choosing not only to just include many intuitive and detailed production techniques, old and new, but to also wisely choose how those elements should be used to create more atmosphere in the final product; finding rhythms hidden between what most of us perceive as correct, and once again choosing the right rhythm for a given song, not just what sounds "neat"; The rising and recession of tension with wise melodic choices and placement; The variety of instruments and sounds, which also help create an atmosphere in the album, are all wisely used in ways that very few artist really understand... to compare it with similar uses found on more recent albums, it's not enough to just use an instrument such as the violin to create a sound, it's also important to use it to its extremities when and where its most beneficial to do so; And lastly the lyrics, Brian Wilson's approach was unique and IMO still easily relatable, aside from that, he continued to further the way that lyrics and music go hand in hand by yet again -choosing the right sound- for the words. All of these traits intertwine and work with one another to create a still very original album. Also in regard to the latter points, there are some aspects within the album that can found elsewhere in earlier works, but once again, its the collective experience that makes this album so brilliant.
I consider this album to be more of a musicians album, the intricate layers and light touches are simply more appreciated by those that understand what is going on within each song. It is definitely an album that any given person may pick up and fall in love with though. The best way to understand the multifaceted layout of this album is to check out the DVD for Brian Wilson's Smile. The live performance showcases a full band perfectly replicating the 2004 record. It is nothing short of inspiring to see those talented musicians perform the album Smile, and in doing so detail everything I'm trying to convey in a way that my words could never express. Netflix or download it or something if you are do enjoy both albums or even if you're just intrigued by mass critical appeal of this album and still don't understand it.
I've read quite a few reviews and am interested in the many comments that compare it to other music like, say, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I think that touches more on musical preference as opposed to the more technical aspects of the album touched on in the above paragraph. The production work on said album and others mentioned are indeed works of genius. While any individuals personal tastes are the ultimate deciding factor in what's good or not, I hope that more appreciation can be credited to, at the very least, the major influence this album brought to those who wrote your favorite albums.
I know the following is rather moot and of no particular use in such a review, but it is in me to express these thoughts here...
Looking at this album from what is now considered pop music is a mistake. For example, in common popular rock bands -- very simple song writing from a four piece band who plays their music completely straightforward and linear (for the record this statement isn't all inclusive). There is no comparison. Many elements of music have been missing in the majority of this "MTV Generation". I feel it has taken away many potential sensibilities within in us all-- Simply by saying the light subtleties that can be picked up by our ears are unnecessary. I can certainly see how the flood of bands with lack of detail can degrade anyone's ability to hear in such a way and more importantly, care about such things. Regardless it's not for me to say what's right or wrong, certainly from a business standpoint it is far more beneficial to simplify rather than "complicate". But for me in my little world, I enjoy hearing music that makes me think far more excessively and emotionally than I might alternatively.
One last thing, I'm not some Beach Boys fanboy. I'm a 22yo musician/mechanic who simply enjoys good, talented music. Not to name drop or anything like that, but my favorite band is YOB, which is far from the smiley "bubble gum pop" that this album has been described as. I appreciate this album as a pure work of art, a timeless classic. For me, any of the wide range of sounds found between the now numberless "genres" can produce a brilliant album. It's only a matter of how you convey what you're feeling. With this review I only hope that a bit more clarity might be shed onto the critical acclaim this album has progressively built up.
Wow! And I am not ever a huge fan. October 31, 2008
A couple of weeks ago a guy at my work was playing Endless Summer and It was nice to hear the Beach Boys again. Growing up my dad always played the Boys while working in the garage or while cleaning the house. After listening further I decided to get some of the albums on CD for myself. I talked with my dad first to see if he had them which he does not. He does however have all of the LPs, and I made him swear that they are mine when he passes. I asked him what was his favorite and he told me Pet Sounds. I remember him playing it a bunch as a kid as well as Smiley Smile and a few others. He told me to research this album as the whole world revered this album. Review after review and even Sir Paul's reviews left me thinking this was the pinnacle of pop music. It was even added to the National Recording Registry?! I doubted very much the Beach Boys could do that. I thought they were just surfing and girls and cars. Well, I ordered this album and Smiley Smile and Endless Summer. Locally I picked up a couple of more at the used CD place. When this came my anticipation was off the deep end. I waited until the kids went to bed and popped this in to the player and just relaxed. It played through in mono and then went into stereo. I do not have the words to describe this experience. The closest I have was being a little kid and watching Star Wars for the first time. There is nothing I can add that hasn't already been said. Other then the goofy cover art, this is flawless. Brian Wilson is the rarest of talents. This is that rare album that is timeless. If you haven't listened to this, you have lost.
Two Words Pet Sounds October 19, 2008
Realesed in 1966 Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is loved by critics and well anyone who likes the Beach Boys. Pet Sounds is one of those albums that are just not able to created ever again. By this time Brian Wilson who had suffered a nervous breakdown while on tour with The Beach Boys now remains in the studio writing and recording new material. Pet Sounds shows the bands growth from there humble beginnings to more complex songs and much more greater album compared too there earlier ones... Highly influentail album that has even influenced the Sgt. Peppers. Such classics as, "Sloop John B", and "God Only Knows", remain classic songs too this day. Albums like this come around once in a lifetime. Pet Sounds is a pop, rock, and psychedelic album and explored Brian Wilson's exploration of the drug LSD. So what are you wating for the only Beach Boys album you will ever need buy Pet Sounds today
You wont be dissapointed
A masterpiece for the ages October 11, 2008
Pet Sounds. This is where the group's mastery of the technical came to the forefront like never before. There are so many vocal layers, and such a rich symphonic sound that by this point it was clear, the Beach Boys had something pretty special happening. However, it has all been said before. And my guess is you're probably pretty sick of hearing about it. Pet Sounds is a classic so universally recognized that it seems silly for me to even bother reviewing it. But the fact remains, some of the Boy's greatest tunes adorn this album. Also, some of the most sweetly naive and almost childlike lyrics on Pet Sounds color this period of the sixties permanently with the heartbreak of a nation's collective loss of innocence. "Wouldn't it Be Nice", "Don't Talk", "Sloop John B", "Caroline No"...These have all become part of the American musical landscape of the twentieth century, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't still be appreciated for their almost hymnal beauty. And "God Only Knows" still stands as probably the greatest achievment in Brian Wilson's storied career. Even though many contemporary musicians claim that the Beach Boys were a major influence on their music, I believe albums like Sunflower and Surf's up actually sound more like modern pop than Pet Sounds does. The influence of the spirit of the late 60s Beach Boys though, and their interminable drive to push the musical envelope was great indeed. The Beach Boys of this period pretty much perfected pure pop, so unless the spirit of the music is once again channeled, today's groups are just retreading old ground...and I'm not interested.
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