If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' creative force, passed away on June 11th at 82. Wilson's music, particularly the album *Pet ...

“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...

How the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ Entered the Pop Music Pantheon. (Eventually.) Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music.

After hearing this one album, Brian Wilson went right to his piano and began making Pet Sounds, being moved by the boldness of another key record.

With “Pet Sounds,” you’ve got one sound effect — at the very end of the album. But it is a lot of fun to it when it comes, finally, with the sound of the train and the dog.

While “Pet Sounds” doesn’t alienate the common listener, it’s incredibly complex, which made many of Wilson’s fellow Beach Boys wary of its ability to commercially perform. Of course, it’s impossible ...

The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.

I have ALWAYS loved Pet Sounds from the first time I heard it. It holds up and for the last 20 years "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has been the song I play on my birthday, for a variety of personal reasons.

The Beach Boys‘ album Pet Sounds features songs like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” and “That’s Not Me” — most of which were written by Brian Wilson.It was also the ...

The closer of “Pet Sounds” remains one of the Beach Boys’ thorniest and most disillusioned songs. “Caroline, No” is where the surfing fantasies and teen romances of the early 1960s ...

Brian Wilson discussed Mike Love drama, the seminal album Pet Sounds and the feelings that come with fame back in 2000. Listening to the distant echoes of a pop-rock genius. facebook ...