The Beach Boys

Classics such as "God Only Knows," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," and "Sloop John B" blend into one rapturous symphony that combines 1960s pop, avant-garde arrangements, goofball innocence, and oddly reverential, pained genius. Initially ignored in the U.S., the record was instantly hailed as a masterpiece in the U.K. Paul McCartney still ranks it as the greatest album ever made.

Does the world really need another CD version of Pet Sounds? In 1995, Capitol released a
remastered deluxe edition of the Beach Boys' 1966 classic; two years later, the label put
out The Pet Sounds Sessions, a three-CD, ninety-song box set containing alternate takes,
instrumental tracks and the first true stereo mix of the landmark album. Now comes the
40th Anniversary Edition. The two-disc set offers yet another new mix of the alb... More >