I MAY NOT
ALWAYS LOVE YOU
BUT LONG AS
THERE ARE STARS ABOVE YOU
YOU NEVER TO DOUT IT
I'LL MAKE YOU
SO SURE ABOUT IT
Pet Sounds
is the eleventh
studio album
by the
American
Rock band
released on
May 16, 1966,
by Capitol Records.
It was initially met
with a lukewarm
critical response
in the United States,
although it
peaked at
number 10
on the
Billboard Top LPs chart.
In the
United Kingdom,
however,
the album was
lauded by critics
and reached
number 2
on the
Record Retailer chart,
remaining in the
top ten
for six months.
Promoted there as
"the most progressive
pop album ever",
Pet Sounds
was recognized for its
ambitious production,
sophisticated music,
and
emotional lyrics.
It is now considered
to be among
the greatest
and most
influential albums
in music history.
The album was produced,
arranged,
and
almost entirely composed
by
Brian Wilson
with guest
lyricist
Tony Asher.
It was recorded
largely between
January
and
April 1966,
a year after
Wilson had quit touring
with his bandmates
and debuted
a more progressive
sound with
The Beach Boys Today!
(1965).
Wilson viewed
Pet Sounds
as effectively a
solo album
and credited part
of its inspiration
to marijuana
and a
newfound spiritual
enlightenment.
Galvanized by
the work
of his idol
Phil Spector
and rival group
The Beatles,
his goal was to create
"the greatest rock album ever made",
one without filler.
An early concept album,
it consists mainly
of introspective
and
semi-autobiographical songs
like
"You Still Believe in Me",
about a lover's
unwavering loyalty;
"I Know There's an Answer",
a critique of
LSD users;
and
"I Just Wasn't Made for These Times",
about social alienation.
Incorporating elements of
pop, jazz,
exotica, classical,
and the
avant-garde,
Wilson's
Wall of Sound–based
orchestrations
mixed
conventional
rock set-ups
with elaborate
layers of
vocal harmonies,
found sounds,
and instruments
rarely if ever
associated with rock,
such as
bicycle bells,
French horn,
flutes,
Electro-Theremin,
string sections,
and
soda cans.
It marked the
most complex
instrumental
and
vocal parts
of any
Beach Boys album,
and the first
in which
studio musicians
(such as the Wrecking Crew)
replaced the band
on most of the
instrumental tracks.
The album could
not be
reproduced live
and was the
first time
that any group
had departed from
their usual
small-ensemble
pop/rock
band format
for a whole LP.
Its unprecedented
total production
cost exceeded
$70,000
(equivalent to $660,000 in 2023).
Lead single
"Caroline, No"
was issued as
Wilson's
official solo debut.
It was followed by
two singles
credited to the group:
"Sloop John B"
and
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
(backed with "God Only Knows").
A planned successor album,
Smile,
was never finished.
Pet Sounds
revolutionized
music production
and the role of
professional record producers,
especially through
Wilson's pioneering
studio-as-instrument praxis.
The record contributed to
the cultural legitimization
of popular music,
a greater public
appreciation for albums,
the popularity of
synthesizers,
and the development of
psychedelic music
and progressive/art rock.
It also introduced
novel approaches
to orchestration,
chord voicings,
and
structural harmonies,
such as its avoidance
of
definite key signatures.
Although it had been widely
revered by
industry insiders,
the album was
obscure to mass audiences
before being reissued
in the 1990s,
after which it topped
several critics'
and musicians'
polls for the
best album of all time,
including those
published by NME,
Mojo,
Uncut,
and
The Times.
The album has also been
consistently ranked
number 2
in all editions of
Rolling Stone's
"The
500 Greatest Albums
of All Time" list.
As a solo artist,
Wilson embarked on a
string of
Pet Sounds
concert tours
in the
early 2000s
and late 2010s.
In 2004,
the album was inducted
into the
National Recording
Registry by
the Library
of Congress
for being
"culturally, historically,
or aesthetically
significant".
Pet Sounds
is certified platinum
by the Recording
Industry Association
of America (RIAA),
indicating over
one million units
sold in the U.S.
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