Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds

by Charles L. Granata

Book Overview

When he first started working on Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson said that he was going to write "the greatest rock album ever made." That album, released in 1966, fifty years ago, changed the face of popular music.
From conception and composition to arrangement and production, Pet Sounds was the work of one extraordinary man. Turning his back on the protest songs and folk rock of his contemporaries and even on the bright surf sound of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613738374
• ISBN13: 9781613738375
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"