Why you'll love it...
Pet Sounds is famous for its use of multiple layers of unorthodox instrumentation as well as other cutting edge audio techniques for its time. It's considered the best Beach Boys album, and one of the best of the 1960s. The group here reached a whole new level in terms of both composition and production, layering tracks upon tracks of vocals and instruments to create a richly symphonic sound. Conventional keyboards and guitars were combined with exotic touches of orchestrated strings, bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Theremin, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans, barking dogs, and more. It wouldn't have been a classic without great songs, and this has some of the group's most stunning melodies, as well as lyrical themes which evoke both the...
't="" it="" be="" nice,"="" "god="" only="" knows,"="" "caroline="" no,"="" and="" "sloop="" john="" b"="" (the="" last="" of="" which="" wasn't="" originally="" intended="" to="" go="" on="" the="" album)="" are="" well-known="" hits,="" but="" equally="" worthy="" such="" cuts="" as="" "you="" still="" believe="" in="" me,"="" "don't="" talk,"="" "i="" know="" there's="" an="" answer,"="" just="" made="" for="" these="" times."="" it's="" often="" said="" that="" this="" is="" more="" a="" brian="" wilson="" album="" than="" beach="" boys="" recording="" (session="" musicians="" played="" most="" parts),="" should="" noted="" harmonies="" pure="" (and="" some="" their="" best).<="" p="">"
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