Pet Sounds

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studio album
First released:
May 16 1966

Overview Edit

Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. It has been widely ranked as one of the most influential records ever released in pop music and has been ranked at number #1 in several music magazines' lists of greatest albums of all time, including New Musical Express, The Times and Mojo Magazine. In 2003, it was ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

Pet Sounds was created several months after Brian Wilson had quit touring with the band in order to focus his attention on writing and recording. In it, he wove elaborate layers of vocal harmonies, coupled with sound effects and unconventional instruments such as bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, the Electro-Theremin, and dog whistles, along with the more usual keyboards and guitars.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
GZS-1035
Release dates:
  • Mar 20 1993 in United States

Genres

Baroque Pop, Pop, Folk, Psychedelic, Rock, Surround Sound, Traditional Pop, Classic Rock, Rock and Roll, Surf Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Discivering Wilson's Pet
I'm a Beatles connoisseur. A die-hard. I've walked across Abbey Road (with a cigarette in hand, though it was too brisk to go barefoot), quaffed pints in the Reeperbahn, and could point out fifty "Paul is Dead" clues. I've burned through a bookshelf of biographies about the band and I noticed that the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds is continually mentioned whenever the end of the Beatles' touring days and the start of their `studio years' is discussed. With its 40th anniversary looming I star…
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3 stars Regarding the Audio Fidelity version
There are some good and bad aspects of this release.

Good:

- The sound is much better than the official CD and marginally better than the bass-heavy DCC. If you like the DCC's sound, then save your $30. If you think the DCC is a little bottom-heavy, then splurge on this. It is more open and present, though one should keep in perspective the fact that we're talking about a mono recording from the '60s. It's no sonic marvel.

- That's about it. Try before you buy on your local BitTorrent tracker t…
Written by Cabinessence

Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. composer

  2. design

    1. Brad Benedict [Photo Research]
    2. Sam Gay [Art Supervisor]
  3. engineer

    1. Joe Gastwirt [Remastering]
  4. performer

    1. Al Casey [Guitar]
    2. Al Delory [Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, Tack Piano]
    3. Arnold Belnick [Violin]
    4. Carl Fortina [Accordion]
    5. Carol Kaye [Bass]
    6. Chuck Berghofer [String Bass]
    7. Frank Capp [Bells, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Tympani [Timpani], Vibraphone]
    8. Gary Coleman [Bongos, Tympani [Timpani]]
    9. Glenn Ross Campbell [Guitar, Guitar (12 String Electric)]
    10. Hal Blaine [Bongos, Drums, Percussion, Tympani [Timpani]]
    11. Harry Hyams [Viola]
    12. James Getzoff [Violin]
    13. Jerry Cole [Guitar, Guitar (Electric)]
    14. Jesse Ehrlich [Cello]
    15. Jim Gordon [Drums, Percussion]
    16. Jim Horn [Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone]
    17. Joseph Difiore [Viola]
    18. Jules Jacob [Flute]
    19. Justin DiTullio [Cello]
    20. Leonard Hartman [Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Horn (English)]
    21. Mike Deasy [Guitar]
    22. Norman Botnick [Viola]
    23. Paul Horn [Sax (Tenor)]
    24. Ritchie Frost [Drums, Percussion]
    25. Roy Caton [Saxophone, Trumpet]
    26. Steve Douglas [Saxophone]
    27. Steve Douglas and the Rebel Rousers [Clarinet, Flute, Percussion, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone]
  1. producer

    1. Jim Elliott [Producer, Production Consultant]
    2. Michael Etchart [Executive Producer]
    3. Paul Atkinson [Executive Producer]

Other versions Edit

Pet Sounds 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 26266
release dates: Aug 13 2001 in United Kingdom
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Pet Sounds 16 tracks Original Recording Remastered
format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol/BMG
catalog number: CDP 7 48421 2
release dates: 1990 in United Kingdom, 1990 in United States
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Pet Sounds 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
release dates: Nov 26 1996
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Pet Sounds 27 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 26266
release dates: Jul 13 1999
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Pet Sounds 13 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: DT 2458
release dates: May 16 1966 in United States
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Pet Sounds 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 5273192
release dates: Sep 11 2000
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Pet Sounds 27 tracks 40th Anniversary CD+DVD
format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: EMID69940CXD
release dates: Aug 29 2006
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Pet Sounds 27 tracks 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)
format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
release dates: Aug 29 2006
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Pet Sounds 15 tracks DVD-Audio DTS Surround Sound
format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: GZS-1035
release dates: Jul 22 2003
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