The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Only a small commercial success upon its original release in 1966, Brian Wilson's "teenage symphony to God" has grown in stature over the years, even spawning an exhaustive box set chronicling the sessions. To hear it is to understand why; Wilson and his contingent of fellow Beach Boys, guest lyricists, and session musicians expanded upon the lushness of LPs like The Beach Boys Today and Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) to create a song cycle celebrating--and tracking the downhill course of--a young man's romance. There are few lonelier sounds in pop than the last notes of the final song, "Caroline, No," fading into the sound of a distant train, Wilson's dog barking as it passes. --Rickey Wright

     

• DCC Compact Classics Inc. - LPZ-2006 (US) LP
• Simply Vinyl (S12) - SVLP 149 (UK) LP
• Toshiba EMI Ltd - TOJP-60116 (Japan) LP
• Capitol Records - ST 2458 (UK) LP
• Capitol Records - 5C 038-80985 (Netherlands) LP
• Capitol Records - 7243 5 21241 1 4 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - DT 2458 LP
• Reprise Records - MS 2197 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - EMS 1179 (UK) LP
• Capitol Records - T 2458 (UK) LP
• EMI - 7243 8 55664 1 7 Limited Edition
• Capitol Records - STK 74 147 LP
• Capitol Records - T 2458 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - T 2458 (US) LP
• Capitol Records - N-16156 (US) LP

Images from Vinyl Releases of Pet Sounds

Tracks

• A1)   Wouldn't It Be Nice
• A2)   You Still Believe In Me
• A3)   That's Not Me
• A4)   Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
• A5)   I'm Waiting For The Day
• A6)   Let's Go Away For A While
• A7)   Sloop John B
• B1)   God Only Knows
• B2)   I Know There's An Answer
• B3)   Here Today
• B4)   I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
• B5)   Pet Sounds
• B6)   Caroline, No

Track listing above is from DCC Compact Classics Inc. - LPZ-2006 (US) LP

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