The Beach Boys spearheaded a studio recording movement with their album 'Pet Sounds'. But Brian Wilson credits a later album ...

Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.

We explore the fascinating insights into arranging bass guitar parts the Beach Boys' 1966 track "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offers.

As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the song at the piano to give the musicians an idea of ...

And, while Pet Sounds is considered the end of the Beach Boys’ surfer boy posturing, the album’s chaos and baroque, high-vis pastiches of pop innovation sounded like big, alien fragments of ...

The Pet Sounds album was recorded between 18 January and ... Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, “[He said] ‘Don't do anything with it. Just sing it real straight.

The album stands as both Wilson’s crowning achievement and a pivotal moment that would shape his complex legacy. Released in the wake of “Pet Sounds,” the haunting and revolutionary “Surf’s Up” ...

Though The Beach Boys’ name is attached, Wilson was the predominant creative force behind the conception of the album. Released to underwhelming critical and commercial reactions, “Pet Sounds” has ...