The Pet Sounds Sessions by The Beach Boys

The Pet Sounds Sessions

The Beach Boys

1997

The Pet Sounds Sessions is a Rock album by The Beach Boys, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Prog Rock
  • layered
  • whimsical
  • art school

About

<b>100 Best Albums</b> No matter where you’re at in life, stepping into <i>Pet Sounds</i> can feel like stepping back into childhood. The colors are brighter, the scale bigger. There are moments of wonder and excitement (“Wouldn’t It Be Nice”) and moments of profound pain (“I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”). Brian Wilson’s arrangements brought a complexity to rock music that nobody had heard before, but they also captured a simple, poetic point: When you’re young, everything hits with the weight of an orchestra. Wilson was a child of Southern California and Disney, of the great suburban myths that shaped America after World War II: The joke is that his brother Dennis was the only Beach Boy who actually surfed, while the rest just held boards to sell a story. At a mid-’60s moment when bands like The Velvet Underground were starting to use pop to explore rough, bracing realities, <i>Pet Sounds</i> reached back to the fantasies of ’30s pop and ’50s exotica, of old Hollywood and early television. And as sacred as the album’s mood is (Wilson called his next project, <i>Smile</i>, a “teenage symphony to God”), it makes sense that its co-lyricist, Tony Asher, had come from advertising: No matter how ambitious he got, he also knew he needed to project something neat, immediate, and universal. Of all <i>Pet Sounds</i>’ legacies, the most profound is the idea that pop music—something accessible and extroverted—could be used to express deep, internal worlds. Wilson’s experiments with LSD aren’t obvious in any garish, cartoonish way. But you can hear him trying to excavate feelings buried so deep in the underbrush of shame and memory that seeking them out is an adventure on par with any. <i>Pet Sounds</i> is a reminder that the core of courage is innocence, and that just because you can’t change the past doesn’t mean it doesn’t still hurt.

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Tracklist

  1. The Stereo Mix
  2. 1.1Wouldn't It Be Nice2:33
  3. 1.2You Still Believe In Me2:36
  4. 1.3That's Not Me2:31
  5. 1.4Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)2:58
  6. 1.5I'm Waiting For The Day3:06
  7. 1.6Let's Go Away For Awhile2:24
  8. 1.7Sloop John B2:59
  9. 1.8God Only Knows2:54
  10. 1.9I Know There's An Answer3:18
  11. 1.10Here Today3:07
  12. 1.11I Just Wasn't Made For These Times3:21
  13. 1.12Pet Sounds2:37
  14. 1.13Caroline, No2:58
  15. Sessions - Part 1
  16. 1.14Sloop John B (Highlights From Tracking Date)1:04
  17. 1.15Sloop John B (Stereo Backing Track)3:18
  18. 1.16Trombone Dixie (Highlights From Tracking Date)1:26
  19. 1.17Trombone Dixie (Stereo Backing Track)2:50
  20. 1.18Pet Sounds (Highlights From Tracking Date)0:57
  21. 1.19Pet Sounds (Stereo Track Without Guitar Overdub)2:49
  22. 1.20Let's Go Away For Awhile (Highlights From Tracking Date)2:20
  23. 1.21Let's Go Away For Awhile (Stereo Track Without String Overdub)2:58
  24. 1.22Wouldn't It Be Nice (Highlights From Tracking Date)7:19
  25. 1.23Wouldn't It Be Nice (Stereo Backing Track)2:34
  26. 1.24Wouldn't It Be Nice (Stereo Track With Background Vocals)2:34
  27. 1.25You Still Believe In Me (Intro-Session)1:39
  28. 1.26You Still Believe In Me (Intro-Master Take)0:15
  29. 1.27You Still Believe In Me (Highlights From Tracking Date)1:11
  30. 1.28You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Backing Track)2:37
  31. Sessions - Part Two
  32. 2.1Caroline, No (Highlights From Tracking Date)4:16
  33. 2.2Caroline, No (Stereo Backing Track)2:53
  34. 2.3Hang On To Your Ego (Highlights From Tracking Date)4:47
  35. 2.4Hang On To Your Ego (Stereo Backing Track)3:23
  36. 2.5Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Brian's Instrumental Demo)2:20
  37. 2.6Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Stereo Backing Track)3:11
  38. 2.7Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (String Overdub)1:48
  39. 2.8I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Highlights From Tracking Date)2:59
  40. 2.9I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Stereo Backing Track)3:47
  41. 2.10That's Not Me (Highlights From Tracking Date)1:52
  42. 2.11That's Not Me (Stereo Backing Track)2:46
  43. 2.12Good Vibrations (Highlights From Tracking Date)2:41
  44. 2.13Good Vibrations (Stereo Backing Track)3:15
  45. 2.14I'm Waiting For The Day (Highlights From Tracking Date)5:25
  46. 2.15I'm Waiting For The Day (Stereo Backing Track)3:14
  47. 2.16God Only Knows (Highlights From Tracking Date)9:25
  48. 2.17God Only Knows (Stereo Backing Track)3:06
  49. 2.18Here Today (Highlights From Tracking Date)6:36
  50. 2.19Here Today (Stereo Backing Track)4:55
  51. Stack-O-Vocals
  52. 3.1Wouldn't It Be Nice2:37
  53. 3.2You Still Believe In Me2:47
  54. 3.3That's Not Me2:28
  55. 3.4Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)3:07
  56. 3.5I'm Waiting For The Day3:02
  57. 3.6Sloop John B3:09
  58. 3.7God Only Knows2:49
  59. 3.8I Know There's An Answer2:19
  60. 3.9Here Today3:29
  61. 3.10I Just Wasn't Made For These Times3:22
  62. 3.11Caroline, No1:54
  63. Alternate Versions
  64. 3.12Caroline, No (Promotional Spot #1)0:32
  65. 3.13Wouldn't It Be Nice (Mix 3/3/66)2:29
  66. 3.14You Still Believe In Me (Mix 2/16/66)2:23
  67. 3.15Don't Talk ... (Vocal Snippet)0:56
  68. 3.16I'm Waiting For The Day (Mike Sings Lead) (Mix 3/12/66)3:02
  69. 3.17Sloop John B (Carl Sings First Verse)3:05
  70. 3.18God Only Knows (Sax Solo) (Mix 3/12/66)2:49
  71. 3.19Hang On To Your Ego (Mix 2/16/66)3:13
  72. 3.20Here Today3:07
  73. 3.21I Just Wasn't Made For These Times3:11
  74. 3.22Banana & Louie0:05
  75. 3.23Caroline, No (Original Speed, Stereo Mix)2:24
  76. 3.24Dog Barking Session (Outtakes) (Mix 3/22/66)0:35
  77. 3.25Caroline, No (Promotional Spot #2)0:28
  78. 3.26God Only Knows (With A Capella Tag) (Mix 3/12/66)2:56
  79. 3.27Wouldn't It Be Nice2:28
  80. 3.28Sloop John B (Brian Sings Lead Throughout)3:04
  81. 3.29God Only Knows (Brian Sings Lead) (Mix 3/22/66)2:42
  82. 3.30Caroline, No (Original Speed, Mono Mix)3:03
  83. Original Mono-Mix, Remastered
  84. 4.1Wouldn't It Be Nice2:25
  85. 4.2You Still Believe In Me2:35
  86. 4.3That's Not Me2:30
  87. 4.4Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)2:54
  88. 4.5I'm Waiting For The Day3:06
  89. 4.6Let's Go Away For Awhile2:21
  90. 4.7Sloop John B3:00
  91. 4.8God Only Knows2:53
  92. 4.9I Know There's An Answer3:11
  93. 4.10Here Today2:54
  94. 4.11I Just Wasn't Made For These Times3:15
  95. 4.12Pet Sounds2:23
  96. 4.13Caroline, No2:52

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold