If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

“Woudn’t It Be Nice” reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966, while its follow-up single, “God Only Knows,” hit No. 39 ...

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.

After hearing this one album, Brian Wilson went right to his piano and began making Pet Sounds, being moved by the boldness of another key record.

I have ALWAYS loved Pet Sounds from the first time I heard it. It holds up and for the last 20 years "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has been the song I play on my birthday, for a variety of personal reasons.

Reporter Peter Gilstrap lives every audiophile’s dream — chatting with Brian Wilson about the goats from the “Pet Sounds” album cover.

Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote some of the 20th century’s best and most enduring pop songs. These are some of our favorites.

The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.

While “Pet Sounds” doesn’t alienate the common listener, it’s incredibly complex, which made many of Wilson’s fellow Beach Boys wary of its ability to commercially perform. Of course, it’s impossible ...

Brian Wilson discussed Mike Love drama, the seminal album Pet Sounds and the feelings that come with fame back in 2000. Listening to the distant echoes of a pop-rock genius. facebook ...