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The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well). The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop John B" (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits, but equally worthy are such cuts as "You Still Believe in Me," "Don't Talk," "I Know There's an Answer," and "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times." It's often said that this is more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys recording (session musicians played most of the parts), but it should be noted that the harmonies are pure Beach Boys (and some of their best). Massively influential upon its release (although it was a relatively low seller compared to their previous LPs), it immediately vaulted the band into the top level of rock innovators among the intelligentsia, especially in Britain, where it was a much bigger hit.
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Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Steve Douglas, Saxophone - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Larry Knechtel, Organ - Ray Pohlman, Mandolin - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Plas Johnson, Saxophone - Jay Migliori, Saxophone - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Frank Capp, Bells, Timpani - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Barney Kessel, Mandolin - Al De Lory, Piano - Frank Marocco, Accordion - Bill Pitman, Guitar - Carl L. Fortina, Accordion - Jerry Cole, Guitar - Roy Caton, Trumpet - Ralph Balantin, Engineer - Larry Levine, Engineer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Williams, Percussion - Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Steve Douglas, Clarinet - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Green, AltoSaxophone - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Plas Johnson, TenorSaxophone - Jay Migliori, BassClarinet - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Julius Wechter, Cymbals, Engineer, Timpani - Barney Kessel, Guitar - Jim Horn, AltoSaxophone - Al De Lory, Harpsichord - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Jerry Cole, Guitar - Roy Caton, Trumpet
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Brian Wilson, Producer, Organ, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Vocalist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Carl Wilson, Guitar - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Glen Campbell, Guitar - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Dennis Wilson, DrumKit - Chuck Britz, Engineer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Steve Douglas, Percussion - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Billy Strange, Guitar - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Frank Capp, Timpani, Vibraphone - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Glen Campbell, Guitar - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Al De Lory, Organ - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Tibor Zelig, Violin - Sidney Sharp, Violin - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Ralph Schaeffer, Violin - Arnold Belnick, Violin - H. Bowen David, Engineer - Norm Botnick, Viola
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Gary Coleman, Timpani, Bongos - JIM GORDON, DrumKit - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Larry Knechtel, Organ - Bill Green, Flute - Ray Pohlman, Guitar - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Jay Migliori, Flute - Lyle Ritz, Ukulele, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Justin Ditullio, Cello - Jim Horn, Flute - Al De Lory, Piano - Sidney Sharp, Violin - William Kurasch, Violin - Lenny Hartman, EnglishHorn - Ralph Schaeffer, Violin - Harry Hyams, Viola - Ralph Balantin, Engineer - Lenny Malarsky, Violin - H. Bowen David, Engineer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Steve Douglas, Flute, TenorSaxophone - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Brian Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Al Casey, Guitar - Plas Johnson, TenorSaxophone - Jay Migliori, BaritoneSaxophone - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Julius Wechter, Timpani, Vibraphone - Justin Ditullio, Cello - Barney Kessel, Guitar - Jim Horn, BaritoneSaxophone - Al De Lory, Piano - Jules Jacob, Flute - Joseph Saxon, Cello - Tibor Zelig, Violin - Joseph DiFiore, Viola - Sidney Sharp, Violin - William Kurasch, Violin - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Roy Caton, Trumpet - Ralph Schaeffer, Violin - Harry Hyams, Viola - James Getzoff, Violin - Arnold Belnick, Violin - Lenny Malarsky, Violin - Jerry Reisler, Violin
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Steve Douglas, Flute - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Vocalist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Al Casey, Guitar - Billy Strange, Guitar - Jay Migliori, Clarinet - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Frank Capp, Glockenspiel - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Jim Horn, Flute - Al De Lory, Organ - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Jack Nimitz, BaritoneSaxophone - Jerry Cole, Guitar - Ron Swallow, Tambourine
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Bruce Johnston, AdditionalVocalist - Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - JIM GORDON, Percussion - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Larry Knechtel, Organ - Bill Green, Flute - Ray Pohlman, BassGuitar - Brian Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist, AdditionalVocalist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Carl Wilson, Vocalist - Jay Migliori, BaritoneSaxophone - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Don Randi, Piano - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Jim Horn, Flute - Sidney Sharp, Violin - Jesse Ehrlich, Cello - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Frank Marocco, Accordion - Alan Robinson, FrenchHorn - Lenny Hartman, Saxophone - Carl L. Fortina, Accordion - Ralph Balantin, Engineer - Lenny Malarsky, Violin - Darrel Terwilliger, Viola
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tommy Morgan, Harmonica - Steve Douglas, TenorSaxophone - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Larry Knechtel, Organ - Ray Pohlman, BassGuitar - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Jay Migliori, BaritoneSaxophone - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Glen Campbell, Guitar - Julius Wechter, Percussion, Tambourine - Barney Kessel, Guitar - Paul Horn, TenorSaxophone - Jim Horn, TenorSaxophone - Al De Lory, Keyboard - Al Jardine, Vocalist - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Terry Sachen, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Klein, TenorSaxophone
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Terry Melcher, Tambourine - Bruce Botnick, Engineer - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Larry Knechtel, Organ - Brian Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Love, Vocalist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Al Casey, Guitar - Jay Migliori, BaritoneSaxophone - Don Randi, Piano - Frank Capp, Percussion - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Mike Deasy, Guitar - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Jack Nimitz, BaritoneSaxophone - Gail Martin, Trombone - Nick Martinis, DrumKit - Ralph Balantin, Engineer - Ernie Tack, Trombone
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Morgan, Harmonica - Steve Douglas, TenorSaxophone - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Ray Pohlman, BassGuitar - Paul Tanner, Theremin - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Plas Johnson, TenorSaxophone - Jay Migliori, BaritoneSaxophone - Hal Blaine, Other, DrumKit - Don Randi, Piano - Frank Capp, Percussion, Timpani - Glen Campbell, Guitar - Barney Kessel, Guitar - Mike Melvoin, Harpsichord - Chuck Berghofer, DoubleBass - Ralph Balantin, Engineer - Larry Levine, Engineer - Bobby Klein, TenorSaxophone
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Green, Percussion, TenorSaxophone - Brian Wilson, Producer, Piano, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Billy Strange, Guitar - Plas Johnson, TenorSaxophone - Jay Migliori, Percussion, BaritoneSaxophone - Lyle Ritz, DoubleBass - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Jim Horn, TenorSaxophone - Chuck Britz, Engineer - Jerry Cole, Guitar - Roy Caton, Trumpet - Tommy Tedesco, AcousticGuitar - Richie Frost, Percussion, DrumKit
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Asher, ComposerLyricist - Steve Douglas, TenorSaxophone - MARK LINETT, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Bill Green, Flute - Brian Wilson, Producer, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - The Beach Boys, MainArtist - Plas Johnson, Flute - Jay Migliori, Flute - Hal Blaine, DrumKit - Frank Capp, Vibraphone - Lyle Ritz, Ukulele - Glen Campbell, Guitar - Carol Kaye, BassGuitar - Barney Kessel, Guitar - Jim Horn, Flute - Al De Lory, Harpsichord - Chuck Britz, Engineer
(C) 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
Review: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the intensity of newly born love affairs and the disappointment of failed romance (add in some general statements about loss of innocence and modern-day confusion as well). The spiritual quality of the material is enhanced by some of the most gorgeous upper-register male vocals (especially by Brian and Carl Wilson) ever heard on a rock record. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No," and "Sloop John B" (the last of which wasn't originally intended to go on the album) are the well-known hits, but equally worthy are such cuts as "You Still Believe in Me," "Don't Talk," "I Know There's an Answer," and "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times." It's often said that this is more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys recording (session musicians played most of the parts), but it should be noted that the harmonies are pure Beach Boys (and some of their best). Massively influential upon its release (although it was a relatively low seller compared to their previous LPs), it immediately vaulted the band into the top level of rock innovators among the intelligentsia, especially in Britain, where it was a much bigger hit.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Beach Boys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1966 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Capitol Records, LLC
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