Pet Sounds was the eleventh album released by the American rock band The Beach Boys on May 16, 1966. Initially meant to be called Run James, Run as a suggestion for a James Bond movie, the idea of Pet Sounds came to Brian Wilson several months after he quit touring with the band in order to focus his attention on writing and recording. Brian made the album consist of elaborate layers of vocal harmony and cool sound effects and unconventional instruments such as: Bicycle bells, buzzing organs, harpsichords, flutes, electro-theremin, dog whistles, Hawaiian sounding instruments, coca cola cans, barking dogs, and the usual keyboard and guitars.
Wilson was inspired to make Pet Sounds by another album of the late 1960s Rubber Soul. Once Wilson heard Rubber Soul he contacted Tony Asher, a young lyricist and copywriter who had been working on advertising jingles, and began writing the whole album of Pet Sounds as Tony rearranged the lyrics to make them fit the jingles he would create.
Mike Love was co-credited for writing Wouldn’t It Be Nice and I Know There’s an Answer. Terry Sachen on the other hand, the road manager of the band, also co-wrote I Know There’s an Answer.
When the other Beach Boys returned from their tour in Hawaii and Japan, Brian presented them with a radical change from their earlier endeavors at songs. After much hard work, the single finally managed to reach 32nd in the US and was a huge success in Britain, coming in second!
The album also consists of a bonus tracks such as Hang on to Your Ego, Unreleased Backgrounds, and Trombone Dixie.
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