Unlike most iconic pop music, the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” never hits you over the head with its greatness. But as it turns 50, its enduring beauty only glows brighter.

Pet Sounds is certainly an influential album, and has some great tracks. Sloop John B, although a cover, is my favourite here. God Only Knows and Wouldn’t It Be Nice are also sun-drenched classics.

“Pet Sounds” has been well served over the years in reissues, and die-hards will already own a lot of what’s here.

With “Pet Sounds,” you’ve got one sound effect — at the very end of the album. But it is a lot of fun to it when it comes, finally, with the sound of the train and the dog.

"Pet Sounds" regularly turns up at or near the top of "best albums of all time" lists, with good reason. By the mid-1960s, Wilson had already quit touring with the Beach Boys.

In 2018, Classic Rock spoke to the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Mike Love about the creation of Pet Sounds, the revolutionary album considered by many to be the greatest ever recorded.

Pet Sounds paints the picture of a man with an obsession with perfection, and frankly, he actually accomplished it. Alas, it would be the only time he managed to make it happen, and he nearly ...

'Pet Sounds' isn't actually about pets, and it's not about making out either, as noted by the Beach Boy, Al Jardine. Here's what we know about this Beach Boys album.

Brian Wilson talks ‘Pet Sounds,’ 50 years later The Beach Boys’ mastermind is now on concert tour celebrating his 1966 masterwork. He and Al Jardine reflect on the classic album and its impact.

To celebrate the anniversary of his masterpiece, Brian Wilson is taking Pet Sounds on tour with a band of musicians who grew up on its songs and sounds. By Anny Celsi Jul 11, 2016, 1:26pm PDT ...

Pet Sounds took 10 months to record and cost the then extravagant sum of $70,000, roughly equivalent to a half millions dollars today.

He did. And though over the years the quality of the Pet Sounds cover has been questioned against the transcendent music inside, the composer has no such issue. “The cover was beautiful, it was ...