It was greeted with some confusion by fans and even members of the band, but the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album has attained more reverence and legend as the years move along. It is today considered ...

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The Beach Boys released their album 'Pet Sounds,' with most songs arranged by Brian Wilson. Here's what we know about the 1966 release. Some know them for songs like “Help Me Ronda,” “Surfin’ USA,” ...

The Beach Boys are known for their groundbreaking music. For Brian Wilson, that meant 1966’s Pet Sounds and songs like “God Only Knows” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Here’s what the songwriter noticed ...

It’s time, Brian Wilson says. Time to put his acclaimed music from “Pet Sounds” to bed. Now on the final “Pet Sounds” tour, the singer/songwriter has been giving the music a send-off that should let ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

The Beach Boys’ change of course initially was a commercial disappointment, but Pet Sounds soon was embraced by the music world, and now is considered by many to be one of the all-time great pop-rock ...

Pet Sounds found The Beach Boys leaving behind the surfing and street racing for trenchant self-examination, with music as sophisticated and ambitious as anything in pop/rock to that time. It ...

Following the death of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson at age 82 on June 11, the group’s catalog surged 184% in equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending June 12, growing to ...

Brian Wilson is currently on tour playing Pet Sounds in full, and this run is billed as the “final performances” of the album. Fortunately, he’s extended the run and now Brian has “final performances” ...