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Pet Sounds
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724352124121
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: July 13, 1999
Studio: Capitol
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Editorial Review:
If you need some pointy-headed pundit to sell you on the merits of Pet Sounds, your money might be better spent on an ear specialist. Brian Wilson's gift to 20th-century music elevated this pop album into a beguiling musical and emotional cogency that still operates outside pop culture's fickle space-time continuum--and limited critical lexicon. There's never been another record to compare (Rubber Soul, its inspiration, is close; Sgt. Pepper's, its response, misses the point), and certainly no album has been as dissected, overanalyzed, and predigested for public consumption. In 1997 Capitol Records devoted an entire four-disc box set, The Pet Sounds Sessions, to its thorough deconstruction. The techno-marvel centerpiece of that project--the album's first true stereo mix, painstakingly conjured out of multitape session sources by producer-engineer Mark Linett (under Wilson's supervision)--was at once heresy and revelation. Now the label has gratifyingly seen fit to offer both mixes on a single disc (along with alternate versions of "Hang On to Your Ego," the original title of "I Know There's An Answer"), an idea that should please the orthodox and heretics alike. And while the album has always clearly been The Brian Wilson Show featuring the Beach Boys, biographer Brad Elliott's concise new notes attempt to be more inclusive of a wider band perspective. The result (three of the five band members claim credit for the album title) sometimes resembles Rashomon. If Pet Sounds forever crystallized the band's various creative (in)differences, it also became Wilson's grand karmic joke on his band mates; its burgeoning reputation (Mojo magazine's panel of pop experts once elected it greatest album of all time) guaranteed they would sing its songs--and praises--until the end. And if putting two different versions of the same album on one disc seems like overkill, look at the bright side: it's a perfect excuse to listen to the glorious Pet Sounds twice.- Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - FLUFF!?
To the reviewer "mrkite": To say that all the songs besides "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" on Pet Sounds are fluff is rediculous. This album is amazing. Sgt. Pepper's is great and all, but it sure as hell doesn't make me feel the way Pet Sounds does. You should really evaluate the way you listen to music. The way Brian Wilson got those sounds amazes me. He Really is a genius, and if people can't see why, then God help us all. Also, people should really stop comparing The Beatles and The ... Read More
Rating:  - Vastly over-rated
Ive noticed that if you read the reviews for Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds nearly every PS review references the Beatles or Pepper somehow.Mostly to say how much better PS is and this to me signifies the massive inferiority complex fans of this album have when it's compared to Pepper,or Rubber Soul etc.Almost none of the reviews for Pepper reference PS,Beatles fans are comfortable with the knowledge that the Beatles are superior and have no need to worry about PS,just their love for the wonderful Pepper. ... Read More
Rating: - One of the finest pop albums ever made.
This album is well known as Brian Wilson's masterpiece, but it's also Carl Wilson's masterpiece. There are many collections of The Beach Boys' greatest hits out there, and they're worth having, but "Pet Sounds" is worth having no matter what else you may own. It was made as a single album during the age of hit singles, and it will blow your mind as a single album. Just listen to it straight thru without interruption.
Rating: - Love it for the right reasons
Many people call this one of the greatest albums in the world, but I think that's only because they read that one issue of Rolling Stone. Pet Sounds is not my favorite album ever, it's not even my favorite Beach Boys album (Friends and Wild Honey are my faves), but I love it nonetheless. Not for the production, not because it was ahead of its time. None of that nonsense. Pet Sounds, to me, represents the summers when I would drift off to sleep listening to it and staring at the ocean on the horizon outside ... Read More
Rating: - One of the Greatest Beach Boys Albums
"Pet Sounds" is one of those albums that occasionally is released that has a Jekyll/Hyde existence. Many people either hated it or didn't understand it, while those who saw the evolution of rock into art realized that this album was helping direct that evolution. As always in everything from movies to books, the difference between art and entertainment became a huge factor in the album's initial commercial lack of success.
There was nothing like "Pet Sounds" when it came out. Furthermore, the music ... Read More
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