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How the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ Entered the Pop Music Pantheon. (Eventually.)
Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time.
Beach Boys cofounder, 'Pet Sounds' producer Brain Wilson dead. See his net worth when he died
Brian Wilson built a sizable net worth after decades in the music business and several top-10 hits with The Beach Boys during ...
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All of the Songs on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' Ranked
Despite singing about surfing and being endlessly labelled as a surf band, the Beach Boys didn't actually sound anything like ...
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Singer and Master Composer of Seminal Albums Like ‘Pet Sounds’ and ‘Smile,’ Dies at 82
Wilson's compositional genius and studio prowess influenced rock musicians from the Beatles to Radiohead and points between ...
The Beach Boys: 10 of their most memorable musical moments
Two "Pet Sounds" highlights, the former featuring envelope-pushing instrumentation and production and the latter, a deceptively complex harmonic structure as well as lyrics that were, at that point, ...
10 Iconic Beach Boys Needle Drops in Film and TV
From "Almost Famous" to "American Graffiti" and "Full House," Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys have soundtracked some of ...
Wrecking Crew guitar aces Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco recalled the mad guitar genius of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Wilson, who died June 11 at age 82, gave some of the studio world's guitar greats their shining moments on the Beach Boys' ...
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"It's purely experimental, with zero regard for commercialism": How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music
Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session ...