Music CD - The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

	Music CD: Pet Sounds Artist: The Beach Boys List Price: $20.98 Our Price: Your Save: $ 20.98 ( 100% ) Availability: Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks: 1. Wouldn't It Be Nice 2. You Still Believe in Me 3. That's Not Me 4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 5. I'm Waiting for the Day 6. Let's Go Away for Awhile 7. Sloop John B 8. God Only Knows 9. I Know There's an Answer 10. Here Today 11. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 12. Pet Sounds 13. Caroline No 14. Hang on to Your Ego [*] 15. Wouldn't It Be Nice [Stereo Mix] 16. You Still Believe in Me [Stereo Mix] 17. That's Not Me [Stereo Mix] 18. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) [Stereo Mix] 19. I'm Waiting for the Day [Stereo Mix] 20. Let's Go Away for Awhile [Stereo Mix] 21. Sloop John B [Stereo Mix] 22. God Only Knows [Stereo Mix] 23. I Know There's an Answer [Stereo Mix] 24. Here Today [Stereo Mix] 25. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times [Stereo Mix] 26. Pet Sounds [Stereo Mix] 27. Caroline No [Stereo Mix]
Binding: LP Record EAN: 0724352124114 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 1999 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: 1999-07-13 Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: FLUFF!? Comment: 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 Beach Boys. They made Rock and Roll music. That's about all they have in common. They're totally different to me. But back to Pet Sounds. As soon as you put it on, you're launched into another galaxy when you hear that deliberately out of tune 12-string guitar riff to kick-off "Wouldn't It Be Nice". And every other track is just another stop to another planet in that galaxy, until your landing (unfortunately) is welcomed by those dogs barking and that earthshaking train whistle. Oh yes.. It is quite the album. My personal favorite of all time. Customer Rating: Summary: Vastly over-rated Comment: 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. Having said that PS has two great songs,one is one of my all time favorites from any band,God Only Knows,simply beautiful.The other the great teen love anthem,Wouldn't It Be Nice. The rest is simply fluff and can't be taken seriously by anyone.If the whole album rivalled God Only Knows THEN you would have an album that rivals Pepper and one that could be called one of the best ever. It seems to me also that people from the states are grasping at straws trying to find something that can rival the Beatles,Stones etc and have elevated this rather sweet album way above it's merits. Also when talking about influence remember Brian Wilson was hugely influenced by Rubber Soul,so no Rubber Soul no PS,so thank the Beatles for PS! And lastly remember Brian went nuts after he heard Pepper,knowing there was no way he could possibly better it,so who would know better how great Pepper really was? Customer Rating: Summary: One of the finest pop albums ever made. Comment: 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Love it for the right reasons Comment: 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 my window. When I would feel exceptionally lonely and just listen to "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times" again and again and again. When I would listen to the lyrics of That's Not Me and try my hardest to imagine would he could be talking about. When I would complain about this punk/ska-type CD my sister would listen to... until their cover of Sloop John B came on, and we would be singing along together, and vice/versa for when I was listening to Pet Sounds. When me and my (then) new girlfriend decided "Wouldn't It Be Nice" would be our song. This album was not any sort of monumental listen for me in terms of sound quality or harmony between instruments or anything like that. Pet Sounds was the soundtrack to my life. Customer Rating: Summary: One of the Greatest Beach Boys Albums Comment: "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 was very different from what The Beach Boys had done previously. A recipe for commercial disaster. Long time fans of "Barbara Ann" and "Surfing U.S.A." wondered what these songs were all about. This stuff just wasn't The Beach Boys they knew. Little did most fans know that The Beach Boys they knew never were The Beach Boys they thought they knew. It wasn't until many years later that the complex relationships and creative conflicts between the members of the group were brought to light, and the discovery that Brian Wilson in particular wanted the group to grow in a more mature direction. "Pet Sounds" was a very long step in that direction. We look back on "Pet Sounds" from our next millenium perspective and want to say, "What's the big deal?" It was a very big deal in 1966. "Pet Sounds" and "Sgt. Pepper" sparked a whole new revolution in rock music the effect of which can never be fully understood or estimated. These albums were the sound of rock music growing up. However, "Pet Sounds" was too alien for the typical public taste at the time, and it flopped. But, other musicians loved it; particularly The Beatles. John and Paul recognized the roots of something great, and were strongly influenced by it. Many other rock and pop musicians have pointed to "Pet Sounds" as being a big influence on their music. "Pet Sounds" was music as art. "Sgt. Pepper," while also striving for art, also managed to be commercially successful. However, there are songs from "Sgt. Pepper" which followed well the artistic path of "Pet Sounds" that had their own detractors. Unfortunately not everyone understands art. Listening today, "Pet Sounds" is somewhat dated. However, listen to it over and over, and you realize that the music is well done. From our perspective we can look back over 25+ years of rock music and realize that "Pet Sounds" was ahead of its time. In all the hysteria of The Beatles, "Pet Sounds" got lost. "Pet Sounds" is great rock because of what it was when it was released, and who it influenced. Beyond the influence, there are some really great songs on this CD. "Sloop John B." is one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "That's Not Me," "I Know There's an Answer," "God Only Knows," "Caroline No"...all very good to great songs. Admittedly somewhat mellow, but beautiful. Should you buy this album? Well, depends on what you like. "Pet Sounds" refuses to fit into a nice niche. It's not like what The Beach Boys did before it. It is mellow, but it's not a perfect fit into pop music. If you've heard at least 3 or 4 of the songs above, and like them, then you'll like the rest of the CD. If you haven't heard very much of the CD, then either download samples or borrow a copy. I, on the other hand, may need to purchase another copy, because I think the laser diode is knocking too many molecules off my copy, I play it so much. Note that this album has been reissued and remastered and thus this particular version is now the "old" version. You may want to see what features are available and the price of other versions before you buy. Good luck! More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: 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