Pet Sounds

…models with his band’s masterwork, Pet Sounds (1966). A bittersweet pastiche of songs recalling the pangs of unrequited love and other coming-of-age trials, Pet Sounds was acknowledged by Paul McCartney as the catalyst for the Beatles’ own masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967).

…Boys with the expansive, haunting Pet Sounds (1966), and the Yardbirds with “Shapes of Things” (1966). The Rolling Stones ventured into the scene with the less successful Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967), while such groups as the Byrds created a more commercial version of raw

…recording of the breakthrough album Pet Sounds (1966).

…with his efforts culminating in Pet Sounds (1966), considered to be the Beach Boys’ best and most significant work. For the album, Wilson collaborated on lyrics with songwriter Tony Asher and wrote and arranged almost all the music on his own. His arrangements were considered some of the most complex…