Pet Sounds

Brian Wilson was the songwriter, producer, and arranger for The Beach Boys who produced and arranged all the tracks on Pet Sounds. He also partnered up with Tony Asher to write the album. Brain either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album except for “Sloop John B.” At the time Brian was experimenting with LSD and other drugs so the songs he wrote, at first were a little to far out from what The Beach Boys were use to playing, so at first they didn't want to play them but they eventually came to an agreement. They were use to making a couple of hit songs and then filling in the rest of the album. They weren’t use to making an album that was one complete album all the way through. The Beatles’ had just came out with their album Rubber Soul, and its folk-rock feel is what influence Brian Wilson to write and record pet sounds. The unity of the songs, how they were a collection of original songs that seemed to fit together well and the fact that they were all good songs really impress Brian Wilson. Brian felt a need to make an album with all good songs, a good album all the way through with no songs just to fill in another track on the album. This was not like the other popular albums that were being released. Brain took this as a competition with the Beatles. Brain also had the singers all singing in harmony and recorded at once which was not ordinary for popular music at the time. As a professional in the industry it inspires me to strive for new idea that have not been seen before.