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This issue of PET SOUNDS contains three previously unreleased tracks: "Unreleased Backgrounds" is a snippet of a vocal overdub sung by Brian Wilson, "Hang On To Your Ego" is the original version of "I Know There's An Answer" and "Trombone Dixie" is an instrumental not included on the original album.
The Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love (vocals); Bruce Johnston (background vocals); Al Jardine.
Additional personnel: Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco, Jerry Cole, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel (guitar); The Sid Sharpe Strings (strings); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Carl Fortina, Frank Marocco (accordion); Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Roy Caton, Lou Backburn (horns); Leon Russell, Al De Lory, Don Randi (piano); Ray Pohlman, Carole Kaye, Lyle Ritz, Julius Wechter, Bill Pitman (bass); Hal Blaine (drums); Gene Estes, Frank Capp, Jim Gordon (percussion).
Reissue producer: Mark Linett.
Principally recorded at Gold Star Studios, Western Studios and Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California between July 12, 1965 and April 13, 1966.
Originally released on Capitol (T-2458).
Includes liner notes by Brian Wilson, David Leaf and Mark Linett.
Available on the 2-fer 15 BIG ONES/BEACH BOYS LOVE YOU.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Joe Gastwirt.
Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston.
Additional personnel: Tommy Tedesco, Jerry Cole, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel, Glen Campbell (guitar); The Sid Sharpe Strings (strings); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Carl Fortina, Frank Marocco (accordion); Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Roy Caton, Lou Backburn (horns); Al De Lory, Don Randi, Leon Russell (piano); Ray Pohlman, Carole Kaye, Lyle Ritz, Julius Wechter, Bill Pitman (bass); Hal Blaine (drums); Gene Estes, Frank Capp, Jim Gordon (percussion).
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Western Studios and Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, California between July 12, 1965 and April 13, 1966. Originally released on Capitol (T-2458). Includes liner notes by Brian Wilson.
Remastered by Steve Hoffman (April 1993).
All songs written or co-written by Brian Wilson, except "Sloop John B" (Traditional).
This four-disc box set includes the first true stereo mix of the Beach Boys' 1966 album PET SOUNDS on one disc, and a new mono mix of the album on another. The mono mix was remastered using 24-bit High Density Compatible Digital (HDCD) technology.
Another disc is highlighted by a cappella mixes of 11 songs from PET SOUNDS. The set also features outtakes, alternate versions, demos and a variety of instrumental mixes of the album's 13 songs. THE PET SOUNDS SESSIONS box includes a 120-page full color book.
The Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine.
Compilation producers: David Leaf, Brian Wilson.
Recorded in 1965 & 1966. Includes liner notes by Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney and George Martin.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
THE PET SOUNDS SESSIONS: A 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album.
This edition of PET SOUNDS contains both the original mono version of the album as well as a stereo version and bonus track. It is also available as part of THE PET SOUNDS SESSIONS box set.
The Beach Boys: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine.
Additional personnel: Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco, Jerry Cole, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel (guitar); The Sid Sharpe Strings (strings); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Carl Fortina, Frank Marocco (accordion); Steve Douglas, Jay Migliori, Roy Caton, Lou Backburn (horns); Leon Russell, Al De Lory, Don Randi (piano); Ray Pohlman, Carole Kaye, Lyle Ritz, Julius Wechter, Bill Pitman (bass); Hal Blaine (drums); Gene Estes, Frank Capp, Jim Gordon (percussion).
Producer: Brian Wilson.
Reissue producer: Cheryl Pawelski.Rolling Stone (6/22/72, p.56) - "...Brian Wilson's evolutionary compositional masterpiece....This trenchant cycle of love songs has the emotional impact of a shatteringly evocative novel..."
Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "...A commercial washout at the time of its release, the album has since grown in reputation to the point where pop aesthetes speak of it in hushed tones as the zenith of Brian Wilson's genius, a seamless masterwork that rewards deep, repeated listening....a wonderful collection of songs..." - Rating: A+
Q (2/91) - Voted the #1 Recorded Music Award for 1990.
Down Beat (9/90) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one...clearly demonstrates [that] the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about..."
Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Mojo (Publisher) (9/99, p.118) - "You may have heard of this promising combo. Here's one of their earlier albums, and word is it's quite good. The neat wrinkle is that you get the album twice, once in original mono and once in that new-fangled stereo everyone's talking about..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #1 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Pet Sounds Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $6.53) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1966 | | All Time Sales Rank |  700  | | CD Universe Part number | 1107839 | | Catalog number | 26266 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 13, 1999 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Dennis Wilson
Carl Wilson
Bruce Johnston
Brian Wilson
Mike Love
Al Jardine
Also: Jim Gordon, Leon Russell, Hal Blaine, Barney Kessel, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco, Steve Douglas, Don Randi, Tommy Morgan, Tommy Morgan, Lyle Ritz, Ray Pohlman, Gene Estes, Frank Capp, Billy Strange, Julius Wechter, Frank Marocco, Carl Fortina, Roy Caton, Jay Migliori, Bill Pitman, Jerry Cole, Carole Kaye, Al De Lory, Lou Backburn, Sid Sharpe Strings |
Beach Boys Pet Sounds Songs Pet Sounds Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews PET SOUNDS HEARD BY PEOPLE
WHEN BRIAN STARTED TO WRITE HIS MASTERPIECE HE TURNED TO PAUL MCCARTNEY AND THE BEATLES FOR HIS INSPIRATION. WHEN THIS WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE SUITS AT CAPITAL, THEY JUST DID NOT GET IT. THE EXECUTIVES WANTED MORE SURF MUSIC AND TO STICK TO THE GAME PLAN. BRIAN FOLLOWED HIS DREAM AND PRODUCED THE ALBUM THAT CAME FROM DEEP INSIDE HIS MIND. THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT GROWING UP. IT IS ABOUT FINDING ONE SELF , GETTING MARRIED, ALL OF THE ROADS WHICH LEAD US TO BECOME ADULTS. THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF ALL OUR INSECURITIES AND QUESTIONS. THIS WORK OF ART BELONGS AHEAD OF REVOLVER AND JUST BEHIND THE ALBUM OF ALL TIME ,SGT PEPPER. THANKYOU BRIAN
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A '60s Masterpiece, Artfully Remastered
Nearly a Brian Wilson solo project, Pet Sounds is a tone-perfect snapshot of teen life in mid-sixties California. But it's more...much more. While the songs are wonderfully crafted, it's the production, as rendered by Brian, that sets this one apart.
Vocal arrangements so tight that a prayer could not slip through, unique horn charts, amazing bass lines, Pet Sounds was so unlike anything that came before that its audience was puzzled; it sank from the charts with a bullet. Influential among musicians, it took decades to be appreciated by a wider audience. Now, nearly everybody knows what Paul McCartney and others knew then: Pet Sounds is not just a great album, it is art, a pop masterpiece deservedly lionized 36 years later.
Repeated listenings always bring fresh surprises; from nowhere, a banjo springs forth...over there, a bicycle horn blares...barking dogs, "plucked" piano strings, always in context, seemlessly woven into a majestic musical tapestry that refuses to sound dated.
The idea of a "stereo" version of Pet Sounds is sacrilege (fiddling with the greatest album ever?). Having said that, it must be noted that the original cd release of Pet Sounds was a bit leaden and muddy. Newly remastered in stereo, the fidelity is breathtaking. Crisp and clear, with its gorgeous intricacy lade bare, it's not just worth another listen; it's a revelation.
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I understand why people like this album, it's a good one. What I don't get is why they even compared it with SPLHCB by the Beatles. Let's face it, The Fab 4 admired the Boys, but the Beatles created an album that musically surpassed all the 60's american and british efforts.
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Now I'm a Believer
I had read the reviews that stated this is one of the best albums ever. Now I'm a believer. The harmonies are incredible, even if the riffs are simple. It is the best from this genre and certainly the forefather to many of the rock harmonies we hear today.
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The liner notes of this cd have a quote from the Beatles declaring that their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a direct response to the Beach Boy's Pet Sounds. They were greatly influenced by Brian Wilson and vice versa. And in my opinion the Beach Boys were never the same again without him.
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