Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with g
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The Beach Boys in February 1965. From left: Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Brian and Dennis Wilson, and Mike Love
From left: Johnston, Melcher, Asher, and Brian at a Pet Sounds recording session in early 1966.
Asher and Wilson modeled Pet Sounds after Tin Pan Alley's songwriting craftmanship (pictured in 1948; Rodgers and Hammerstein with Irving Berlin)
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's founding members consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their
Pet Sounds
…Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with guest lyricist Tony Asher. Recorded…
The Beach Boys' original lineup in 1967, from left to right: Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Dennis Wilson
Historical landmark in Hawthorne, California, marking where the Wilson family home once stood
The Beach Boys on New Year's Eve 1961; from left: Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Brian and Carl Wilson, Al Jardine
The band at a late 1962 photoshoot; clockwise from top left: Love, Brian and Carl, David Marks, and Dennis.