The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds: The Greatest Album of the Twentieth Century

by Kingsley Abbott and Jimmy Webb

Released in May 1966, Pet Sounds was the album that saw The Beach Boys graduate from perfectly crafted lightweight pop like "Surfin' USA" into a vehicle for the mature compositional genius of Brian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900924307
• ISBN13: 9781900924306
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An instant Beach Boys library essential

An essential addition to the library of Beach Boys fans : the inside story of the making and marketing of the classic Pet Sounds album, its own influences (including the Beatles "Rubber Soul") and its influence on others (especially on the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's..."), and its muted reception in 1966 and its place today in the pantheon of pop music. Highly readable, with loads of details on the writing and recording of tracks and the contributions of the musicians who played on the recording. Illustrations include such memorabilia as the musician's union payroll sheets for the sessions. Reading the book makes one want to pull out the album and listen again and again. High praise, indeed.