Background
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with guest lyricist Tony Asher. Recorded largely between January and April 1966, it furthered the orchestral sound introduced in The Beach Boys Today! (1965). Seeking to expand Phil Spector's Wall of Sound technique and surpass the Beatles' Rubber Soul (1965), Wilson's orchestrations blended pop, jazz, exotica, classical, and avant-garde elements, combining rock instrumentation with layered vocal harmonies, found sounds, and instruments not normally associated with rock. It was their first album in which studio musicians, such as the Wrecking Crew, largely replaced the band on their instruments, and the first in which any rock group abandoned the small-ensemble format for an entire album. Its unprecedented total production cost exceeded $70,000.
Sources
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Tracklist
Side A
- 1 Wouldn’t It Be Nice 2:22
- 2 You Still Believe in Me 2:33
- 3 That’s Not Me 2:27
- 4 Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 2:52
- 5 I’m Waiting for the Day 3:01
- 6 Let’s Go Away for Awhile 2:18
- 7 Sloop John B 2:57
Side B
- 1 God Only Knows 2:46
- 2 I Know There’s an Answer 3:10
- 3 Here Today 2:38
- 4 I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times 3:21
- 5 Pet Sounds 2:20
- 6 Caroline, No 2:16
Total running time35:01
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