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Granata, Charles L. Wouldn't It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 256p. illus. index. Chicago Review/A Cappella, paper, $15.95 (1-55652-507-9). 781.42166.
In 1965, before anyone thought rock music could be ambitious, let alone artful, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson set out to record "the greatest rock album ever made." Many fans feel to this day that Pet Sounds, the resulting record, which applied the Boys' jazz-influenced vocal harmonies to Wilson's new, sophisticated songs and inventive arrangements, realized his lofty aspirations. Quite simply, though a flop when originally released, the album, which spearheaded the transition from the single to the LP as rock's ...
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