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Post by boogieboarder on Nov 11, 2022 15:34:15 GMT -5
I once heard somebody say that Pet Sounds sounded like a greatest hits album, until it was pointed out to them that it wasn't one.
From 1965 to 1967, it seemed like all the rock bands were using more and more production in their recordings, and that the progression would go on indefinitely. But it shortly came to a grinding halt, whether due to drug use, burnout, or deliberately returning to simpler music.
Brian Wilson met his goal of producing an album where every song was great, with no filler like all the previous rushed albums had. Pet Sounds set a standard so hight that they could not subsequently live up to it. Pet Sounds should be an 11, because otherwise no other Beach Boys album can be a 10.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jan 28, 2023 15:02:01 GMT -5
The British Answer to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys? [Mini-documentary]
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Post by jk on Jan 29, 2023 7:13:27 GMT -5
The British Answer to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys? [Mini-documentary] Interesting! I love Del's early stuff but, let's be honest, this isn't Britain's answer to PS. Nothing is, or ever could be.
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Post by Awesoman on Jan 30, 2023 8:04:29 GMT -5
I once heard somebody say that Pet Sounds sounded like a greatest hits album, until it was pointed out to them that it wasn't one.Β That's certainly an odd description of the album's legacy if I've ever heard one. Other than the "big three" ("WIBN", "SJB" and "GOK"), there really aren't any other "hits" on there to speak of. Reminds me years ago around the time of the Beatles Anthology series when QVC was selling πππ‘. ππππππ and described the reason the album was so important was because "every song on the album was a hit" (nevermind that there weren't even any singles to come from it). It's always odd to me when people equate an album's greatness solely by the number of hits it produces rather than anything else.
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Post by jk on May 3, 2023 3:36:53 GMT -5
To celebrate Tony Asher's 84th birthday yesterday, this is my absolute favourite Wilson-Asher track on Pet Sounds. As Bruce said in the episode devoted to PS in the BBC-TV series Art That Shook The World, the string arrangement in the middle of the song "floats right off the planet": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Talk_(Put_Your_Head_on_My_Shoulder)
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Post by boogieboarder on May 3, 2023 15:18:25 GMT -5
I once heard somebody say that Pet Sounds sounded like a greatest hits album, until it was pointed out to them that it wasn't one. That's certainly an odd description of the album's legacy if I've ever heard one. Other than the "big three" ("WIBN", "SJB" and "GOK"), there really aren't any other "hits" on there to speak of. Reminds me years ago around the time of the Beatles Anthology series when QVC was selling πππ‘. ππππππ and described the reason the album was so important was because "every song on the album was a hit" (nevermind that there weren't even any singles to come from it). It's always odd to me when people equate an album's greatness solely by the number of hits it produces rather than anything else. He meant that every song was so good, it sounded like a compilation of their greatest material (not being familiar with their actual hit singles). Wasn't that Brianβs goal - to record an album where every song was good - like The Beatles Rubber Soul?
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Post by Awesoman on May 4, 2023 10:51:20 GMT -5
That's certainly an odd description of the album's legacy if I've ever heard one. Other than the "big three" ("WIBN", "SJB" and "GOK"), there really aren't any other "hits" on there to speak of. Reminds me years ago around the time of the Beatles Anthology series when QVC was selling πππ‘. ππππππ and described the reason the album was so important was because "every song on the album was a hit" (nevermind that there weren't even any singles to come from it). It's always odd to me when people equate an album's greatness solely by the number of hits it produces rather than anything else. He meant that every song was so good, it sounded like a compilation of their greatest material (not being familiar with their actual hit singles). Wasn't that Brianβs goal - to record an album where every song was good - like The Beatles Rubber Soul? Sure that's reasonable. And all the songs on PS are good. But I wouldn't really classify most of the songs as "hits" per se; they're far more at home as choice album cuts. And honestly the album works best listening to it entirely as a musical statement.
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