Listen to "God Only Knows" From 'The Pet Sounds Sessions' (It was also one of the most expensive at the time, tallying more than $70,000.) In January 1966, he started dedicating every working minute to Pet Sounds, and for the next three months he labored over the record, laying down track after track, employing tons of studio and session pros (including string and brass sections) and fine-tuning the record that would become his masterpiece and one of the most heralded pop albums ever made.
Obsessed with producer Phil Spector's intricately arranged pop songs, he started incorporating more ambition in the Beach Boys' music, like in Top 40 hits "Don't Worry Baby" and "California Girls." By the time The Beach Boys Today! was released in March 1965, Wilson was ready to take his next creative step.
When Wilson started work on the project in July 1965 (by recording a backing track to "Sloop John B"), he had already began branching out from the Beach Boys' early days as admirers of the barbershop harmonies favored by vocal groups like the Four Freshmen and the commercially successful surf music the Wilson brothers' dad and manager, Murray, encouraged them to record.īrian's public shyness, fear of flying and panic attacks made the studio a natural environment for him to hide away with his passions.
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