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Pet Sounds |
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| Styles: |
Adult Contemporary - Oldies - Pop - Rock - Classic Rock - Classic American Rock |
| Media: |
Audio CD |
| Release Date: |
3 February 2003 |
| Label: |
Capitol |
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| UPC Catalogue No: |
724352626625 |
| Amazon Sales Ranking: |
2412 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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| 1 |
Wouldn't It Be Nice |
| 2 |
You Still Believe |
| 3 |
That's Not Me |
| 4 |
Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) |
| 5 |
I'm Waiting for the Day |
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Let's Go Away for Awhile |
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Sloop John B. |
| 8 |
God Only Knows |
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I Know There's an Answer |
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Here Today |
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I Just Wan't Made for Times Like These |
| 12 |
Pet Sounds |
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Caroline, No |
| 14 |
Hang on to Your Ego |
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Surfer Boys make their 'Abbey Road' |
Rating: 5.0 |
If your knowledge of the Beach Boys is based on California Girls and Surfin' USA prepare for a shock: If Good Vibrations etc. are high school pop, Pet Sounds is just-left-school-what-am-I going-to-do-with-my-life angst - in a summery style. This is one of the most underrated albums in existence - voted best album of all time by the NME in the early 90s and with good reason - there's not a dud on here. Made when Brian Wilson was at the 'hey, crazee' stage (ie before he started living in the sandpit), the many of the songs share a wistful quality (I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Wouldn't It Be Nice,etc.) but the outstanding quality of the album as a whole is the quality of sound produced by their beautiful male-voice harmonies (combined with various animals and bizarre percussion). What more could you want? I particularly recommend listening to 'Here Today' after splitting up with someone, it's a great 'moving on' song. |
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Well desrving of the hype |
Rating: 5.0 |
Upon first hearing this album, I have to honestly say I couldn't relate to the album as a whole. I liked the hits (God Only Knows, Sloop John B, and Wouldn't It Be Nice?), but that was it. Over twenty years later and it is now in my top 10 desert island albums, and will always remain there. Brian Wilson took a HUGE gamble in writing music from his soul, and while Pet Sounds has become a bandwagon classic among music fans world-wide, it is a personal listening experience that improves over time. You simply cannot get it the first time around. The Beach Boys vocals are stunning. At the time of its creation Brian Wilson used the latest 8-track recorders to expand the groups vocal dynamics. This is an important aspect of the band...that is, they were a vocal group rather than a rock group. Pet Sounds is a shining gem waiting to be discovered. Given that the Beach Boys haven't attracted the most favourable reviews for most of their later careers, this album is a rare example of praise given where praise is due. |
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I just wasn`t made for these times |
Rating: 5.0 |
Pet Sounds remains one of the most music changing albums of our time along with The Beatles-Sgt Peppers. Brian, as ever influenced by Lennon and McCartney spent 2 months on and off with Tony Asher on this project laying down the instrumental tracks in the first 2 weeks.
The album starts off with the pleasing Wouldn't It Be Nice, then moves into the moody You Still Believe In Me, the up-tempo That's Not Me jars uncomfortably with Brian's epic melancholy Don't Talk (Put your head on my shoulder).
I'm Waiting For The Day and Lets Go Away For Awhile finds Brian in reflective mood while Sloop John B and God Only Knows show that Brian can appeal to the masses , both being top 5 hits. I Know There's an Answer and Here Today are both very clever pop songs showing off the classic Beach Boys harmony but the real masterpiece of the album is the almost suicidal I Just Wasn't Made For These Times which ironically shows Brian totally unaware of his genius.The album finishes with the instrumental Pet Sounds, a thoroughly adept piece of lift muzak never bettered and Caroline No, a song written for and about his then wife Marilyn. Pet Sounds changed the way I myself looked at music and certainly changed the progression of modern conceptual music forever. Brian was and still remains one of the very few artists deserving of the label "genius". |
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Perfection. |
Rating: 5.0 |
Every single track of this album is rock music at its best. With Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys placed themselves in a level at which only they stand. All of the songs are superbly sung, played, and are emotionally stirring. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," and "Sloop John B" are the well-known hits here, but every other cut, especially "Don't Talk," "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times," "Caroline No," "You Still Believe in Me," and "That's Not Me" are at least as good, and the musical sounds are intoxicating. Rock experimentation has never been more original or impressive than this album. |
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Wow...umm...wow |
Rating: 5.0 |
Just before Christmas I turned on the radio and, quite by coincedence, heard they were going to play God Only Knows by The Beach Boys. I was intrigued; The Beach Boys on Virgin? Then I heard the song. I can actually say that song changed my life, and will probably remain my favourite song ever. So, soon I...acquired it..., and listened again, and again, and again. Finally I decided to get the album for Christmas.My first impression was of VAST disappointment. I mean, I felt so gutted. The masterpiece I had heard so much about, and anticipated for so long, had about 3 good songs and the rest were just filler. However, since I had heard it was one of the best albums ever, I persevered. Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow. Words cannot describe how incredible this album is. The sweeping harmonies of Still Believe In Me, the joyously up-tempo Wouldn't It Be Nice, the mind-bogglingly heartfelt Don't Talk, and of course, God Only Knows. And do you know what. My parents STILL think that it's "Christmas music". And all my friends think that it's a load of tripe (while they listen to Kings of Leon and Blink-182). Now, only 5 months on, I've already bought my ticket to see Brian Wilson in July, to see SMiLE. Wish me luck! |
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