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Free Music Review: Two Words Pet Sounds
Hit: 5 Stars
Realesed in 1966 Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is loved by critics and well anyone who likes the Beach Boys. Pet Sounds is one of those albums that are just not able to created ever again. By this time Brian Wilson who had suffered a nervous breakdown while on tour with The Beach Boys now remains in the studio writing and recording new material. Pet Sounds shows the bands growth from there humble beginnings to more complex songs and much more greater album compared too there earlier ones... Highly influentail album that has even influenced the Sgt. Peppers. Such classics as, "Sloop John B", and "God Only Knows", remain classic songs too this day. Albums like this come around once in a lifetime. Pet Sounds is a pop, rock, and psychedelic album and explored Brian Wilson's exploration of the drug LSD. So what are you wating for the only Beach Boys album you will ever need buy Pet Sounds today
You wont be dissapointed
Free Music Review: A masterpiece for the ages
Hit: 5 Stars
Pet Sounds. This is where the group's mastery of the technical came to the forefront like never before. There are so many vocal layers, and such a rich symphonic sound that by this point it was clear, the Beach Boys had something pretty special happening. However, it has all been said before. And my guess is you're probably pretty sick of hearing about it. Pet Sounds is a classic so universally recognized that it seems silly for me to even bother reviewing it. But the fact remains, some of the Boy's greatest tunes adorn this album. Also, some of the most sweetly naive and almost childlike lyrics on Pet Sounds color this period of the sixties permanently with the heartbreak of a nation's collective loss of innocence. "Wouldn't it Be Nice", "Don't Talk", "Sloop John B", "Caroline No"...These have all become part of the American musical landscape of the twentieth century, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't still be appreciated for their almost hymnal beauty. And "God Only Knows" still stands as probably the greatest achievment in Brian Wilson's storied career. Even though many contemporary musicians claim that the Beach Boys were a major influence on their music, I believe albums like Sunflower and Surf's up actually sound more like modern pop than Pet Sounds does. The influence of the spirit of the late 60s Beach Boys though, and their interminable drive to push the musical envelope was great indeed. The Beach Boys of this period pretty much perfected pure pop, so unless the spirit of the music is once again channeled, today's groups are just retreading old ground...and I'm not interested.Free Music Review: Here Comes The Sun King
Hit: 5 Stars
As a landlocked kid growing up without ready access to beaches or a car, I had a hard time relating to the Beach Boys. Their celebrations of sun, surfing, and hot-rodding were too removed from my own experience. It wasn't until I got older that I appreciated them. Songs that had once sounded frivolous suddenly revealed multiple layers of emotions which had previously eluded me.
Mind you, that wasn't true of every Beach Boys song. But classics like "Surfer Girl" and "Don't Worry Baby" were wistful and beautiful evocations of love and longing - both questioning and reassuring.
Brian Wilson then outdid himself with his compositions for the landmark 1966 album "Pet Sounds" - their apex and finest achievement - and arguably the greatest record ever released by an American band. Paul McCartney has said that if you haven't heard it, your musical education isn't complete. He further said it inspired the Beatles to make "Sgt. Pepper". I don't really hear "Pet Sounds" influence on that record, but I do on "Abbey Road" - especially on tracks like "Because" and "Here Comes The Sun King".
This CD contains the full album in mono and stereo. Wilson's musical and vocal arrangements still sound stunning to this day. If for any reason you've resisted buying this, you shouldn't. At the very minimum, any serious music fan should own "Pet Sounds" and a good collection of their hits such as "Sounds Of Summer" (2003).
Wilson's solo career has also been of interest. "Brian Wilson" (1988) was a good one. So was the belatedly completed "Smile" (2004), which was originally intended as the follow-up to "Pet Sounds" - wherein he proved himself to be a latter-day Gershwin. "Smile" collaborator Van Dyke Parks and Wilson had previously released the excellent "Orange Crate Art" (1995). Recently, Wilson issued "That Lucky Old Sun" (2008), another innovative song suite in the style of "Smile" - and it's fine. All are highly recommended.
Whether you live in California or not, don't miss out on the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson.
Free Music Review: Difficult to overrate
Hit: 5 Stars
It's really difficult to overrate 1966's "Pet Sounds". Aside from its influence on other musicians ("God Only Knows" spurred on Paul McCartney, for example, in the game of one-upmanship between the Beatles and the Beach Boys during the late '60s), it remains, quite simply, one of the most enjoyable pop albums ever released--like your favorite cold beverage on a very hot day. Even the two instrumentals, "Let's Go Away For Awhile" and "Pet Sounds", fit into the sequencing perfectly. The other Boys may not have grasped exactly where Brian Wilson's head was at (there's not a single car or surfing song on the entire record), but they deliver vocally--listen to Carl Wilson's lead on "God Only Knows", and Mike Love's backing on "Wouldn't It Be Nice." (If you want to spend a few more bucks, buy the "Pet Sounds Sessions" box, which contains outtakes demonstrating Brian's total control in the studio.) Not only the best album by this vital group, but, quite simply, one of the very best pop albums ever made. Free Music Review: Ying/Yang
Hit: 3 Stars
Pet Sounds is easily one of the most revered albums in the history of pop music, but does it deserve to be revered? Heck no. Pet Sounds, for me, is terrible and legendary. What, you say, well Finulanu kind of went through the same thing with his review of White Light/White Heat. Here it goes, courtsey of Finulanu, Untitled 1 (U1), who hates everything about it, and Untitled 2 (U2) who loves everything about it. The two can't be countered or silenced, which sucks cause I can't enjoy this all the way. OH well. Anyway...
U1: Pet Sounds is extremely overrated. Brian Wilson is a little whiner who can't shut up and it ruins the entire thing. Forget the subpar music that probably wasn't even made by him, Tony Aster or whatever the idiots name get songwriting credits. What are they hiding, anyway?
U2: Oh, like it's just Aster's record. So what about the lyrics? Just because they aren't Sesame Street? Does some of the instrospection hurt you? And the music, just listen to the orchestration.
U1: Good one, U2. Carolina No is said to be about Brian Wilson whining about how Carolina cut her hair, written by Aster. You call that introspection? And I listened, it's pop music with more instruments.
U2: Pop music with more instruments? Or you mean lush instrumentation with a pop vibe. I thought you liked that stuff, Mr. I like pop goodness. And did I say all of the music is introspective? no. Besides, hair might reflect something like a cult, you never know.
U1: Please, stop trying to feel deep. I hate people like you. Brian Wilson could easily change his mindset and not think this way. For all of the whining and lyrics, he can change what he's whining, feel he's made for these times. He's in control, and he chooses this whiny lyrics.
U2: How do you know he's in control? Some people have defects in their brains! They can't get that component back that easily, you know. People are different. Besides, things in the mind that trouble don't also go away easily. He's confronting the problems in his minds, and that just might make him dispell them so he can get it out and go on and recover.
U1: Knowing that there are better things and that he can use those to get over the problems and become stronger can be done as well. Why go th rough the inner parts. Who says that he automatically is going through that and what you said above is affecting him?
U2: Your right, it might not. But how do you know your opinion would work best for him. YOu don't.
U1: That's why I choose not to hear the whining. Well, I hope there is one thing I agree on, the instrumentals are nice.
U2: Okay fine, there's one thing. Now get out of here, you loser. Just for arguing with me, you have been doing introspection in one way, by the way.
U1: Your a loser too. And nice introspection!
To be continued? Don't get me started.
Well, Pet Sounds should at least be listened to, definitely. You may end up really liking it, you may think it's overrated. I don't know, but it's drastically hard to choose one view on this record.
PS Any comments on this review will not be read, as for everything else. So let me say thanks to all kind comments, now, before, and ahead. All other stupid/rude/I don't like you because you don't like Radiohead trite, no thanks to your sir.
Grades: 1 out of 10/9 out of 10, which in total, is a 5/10.