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Pet Sounds (Album) by The Beach Boys

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The Beach Boys Are An Iconic American Rock Band Frequently Cited As One Of The Most Influential And Commercially Successful Groups In The History Of Popular Music Due To Their Intricate Vocal Harmonies Studio Experiments And Novel Approaches To Pop Songwriting. Rooted In Doo-Wop And Rock And Roll Their Early String Of Vocal Surf Hits Defined The '60s California Sound. For A Period Afterward They Notably Delved Into Progressive Pop Styles. Often Combining Elements From Classical And Jazz In Innovative Ways. Formed In Hawthorne California In 1961 The Original Group Comprised Singer-Musician-Composer And Bandleader Brian Wilson His Brothers Carl Wilson And Dennis Wilson Their Cousin Mike Love And Friend Al Jardine. Wilson Neighbor David Marks Appeared On Their First Four Albums And Was A Member From 1962 To 1963 As A Temporary Replacement For Jardine Who Had Left The Group To Pursue A Career In Dentistry. On Their First Few Studio Albums The Group Primarily Played Surf Music But This Changed After 1964 As Their Songs Became More Sophisticated And Autobiographical. The 1965 Album Today! Particularly Represented This Shift In Sound. Bruce Johnston Joined The Group That Same Year. Session Drummer Hal Blaine Is Quoted "We All Studied In Conservatories We Were Trained Musicians. We Thought It Was A Fluke At First But Then We Realized Brian Was Writing These Incredible Songs. This Was Not Just A Young Kid Writing About High School And Surfing." Following Their Most Esteemed Work Pet Sounds 1966 The Band Became Symbols Of Psychedelic Counterculture. The Highly Anticipated Follow-Up Smile Was Left Unfinished And Brian Soon Relinquished His Creative Hold On The Group. A Trilogy Of Lo-Fi Releases Followed Smiley Smile 1967 Wild Honey 1967 And Friends 1968 . Brian Would Not Be Credited As A Primary Composer For Any Beach Boys Album Until 1977's Love You An Album On The Fringe Of Synth-Pop New Wave And Punk. In Brian's Absence The Beach Boys Still Managed To Release Music That Was Regarded Favorably By Fans And Critics Despite Poor Sales Sunflower 1970 And Surf's Up 1971 . South African Musicians Blondie Chaplin And Ricky Fataar Played And Sang With The Band On The Next Two Albums Carl & The Passions - So Tough 1972 And Holland 1973 . Many Changes In Both Musical Style And Personnel Have Occurred In Their Sometimes-Stormy Career Brian Wilson's Mental Illness And Drug Addiction The Deaths Of Dennis Wilson In 1983 And Carl Wilson In 1998 And Continuing Legal Battles Among Surviving Members Of The Group. With The Release Of 1974's Endless Summer They Became A More Popular Touring Act Playing Their Greatest Hits. They Have Recorded 36 Billboard Top 40 Hits Including Four Number-One Singles Have Had Over 100 Million Sales And Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1988. Official Site Http //www.Thebeachboys.Com

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Pet Sounds Is The Eleventh Studio Album By American Rock Band The Beach Boys Released On May 16 1966. It Initially Met With A Lukewarm Critical And Commercial Response In The United States Peaking At Number 10 In The Billboard 200 A Significantly Lower Placement Than The Band's Preceding Albums. In The United Kingdom The Album Was Hailed By Its Music Press And Was An Immediate Commercial Success Peaking At Number 2 In The UK Top 40 Albums Chart And Remaining Among The Top Ten Positions For Six Months. Pet Sounds Has Subsequently Gathered Worldwide Acclaim From Critics And Musicians Alike And Is Widely Considered To Be One Of The Most Influential Albums In Music History. The Album Was Produced And Arranged By Brian Wilson Who Also Wrote And Composed Almost All Of Its Music. Most Of The Recording Sessions Were Conducted Between January And April 1966 A Year After He Had Quit Touring With The Beach Boys In Order To Focus More Attention On Writing And Recording. For Pet Sounds Wilson's Goal Was To Create "the Greatest Rock Album Ever Made" — A Personalised Work With No Filler Tracks. It Is Sometimes Considered A Wilson Solo Album Repeating The Themes And Ideas He Had Introduced With The Beach Boys Today! One Year Earlier. The Album's Lead Single "Caroline No" Was Issued As His Official Solo Debut. It Was Followed By Two Singles Credited To The Group "Wouldn't It Be Nice" Backed With "God Only Knows" And "Sloop John B". Collaborating With Lyricist Tony Asher Wilson's Symphonic Arrangements Wove Elaborate Layers Of Vocal Harmonies Coupled With Sound Effects And Unusual Instruments Such As Bicycle Bells Buzzing Organs Harpsichords Flutes Electro-Theremin Trains Hawaiian-Sounding String Instruments Coca-Cola Cans And Barking Dogs Along With The More Usual Keyboards And Guitars. Unified By Wall Of Sound-Style Production Techniques The Album Comprised Wilson's "pet Sounds" Consisting Mainly Of Introspective Songs Like "You Still Believe In Me" About Faithfulness "I Know There's An Answer" A Critique Of LSD Users And "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" An Autobiographical Statement On Social Alienation As Well As The First Use Of A Theremin-Like Instrument On A Rock Record . Recording Was Completed On April 13 1966 With An Unprecedented Total Production Cost That Exceeded $70 000 Equivalent To $520 000 In 2016 . A Follow-Up Album Smile Was Immediately Planned But Left Unfinished. In 1997 A "making-Of" Version Of Pet Sounds Was Supervised By Wilson And Released As The Pet Sounds Sessions Containing The Album's First True Stereo Mix. Pet Sounds Is Regarded By Musicologists As An Early Concept Album That Advanced The Field Of Music Production Introducing Non-Standard Harmonies And Timbres And Incorporating Elements Of Pop Jazz Exotica Classical And The Avant-Garde. A Heralding Work Of Psychedelia The Album Furthered An Aesthetic Trend Within Rock By Helping It Transform From Dance Music Into Music That Was Made For Listening To Elevating Itself To The Level Of Art Rock. Author Bill Martin Said That Pet Sounds Represents A Turning Point Where The Beach Boys "brought Expansions In Harmony Instrumentation And Therefore Timbre Duration Rhythm And The Use Of Recording Technology. Of These Elements The First And Last Were The Most Important In Clearing A Pathway Toward The Development Of Progressive Rock." In 2004 Pet Sounds Was Preserved In The National Recording Registry By The Library Of Congress For Being "culturally Historically Or Aesthetically Significant." One Year Earlier Rolling Stone Ranked It Second On Its List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time". As Of 2015 Acclaimed Music Lists Pet Sounds As The Statistically Most Acclaimed Album Of All Time.