Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 32. Chapters: Pet Sounds, Smile, Sunflower, Surf's Up, Summer in Paradise, Carl and the Passions - "So Tough," Holland, 20/20, Beach Boys' Party!, Smiley Smile, Little Deuce Coupe, Today!, The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, Summer Days, Surfin' USA, 15 Big Ones, Wild Honey, Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, Surfer Girl, L.A., Still Cruisin', M.I.U. Album, Friends, All Summer Long, Shut Down Volume 2, Surfin' Safari, Keepin' the Summer Alive, Love You. Excerpt: Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. It has been widely ranked as one of the most influential records ever released in popular music and has been ranked at #1 in several music magazines' lists of greatest albums of all time, including New Musical Express, The Times and Mojo Magazine. In 2003, it was ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Pet Sounds was created several months after Brian Wilson had quit touring with the band in order to focus his attention on writing and recording. In it, he wove elaborate layers of vocal harmonies, coupled with sound effects and unconventional instruments such as bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, Electro-Theremin, dog whistles, Hawaiian-sounding string instruments, Coca-Cola cans and barking dogs, along with the more usual keyboards and guitars. The track "Sloop John B" predated the recording of the rest of the LP by some months, but it proved to be a pivotal point in the album's development. It was a traditional Caribbean folk song that had been suggested to Wilson by group member Al Jardine. Wilson recorded a backing track on July 12, 1965, but after laying down a rough lead vocal, he set the song aside for some time, concentrating on the recording of what became their...