Research Catalog

Title

Pet sounds / Jim Fusilli.

Author

Fusilli, Jim

Publication

New York : Continuum, 2005.

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Details

Description

121 pages; 17 cm.

Summary

"Pet Sounds is, rightly, one of the most celebrated pop albums ever released. It has also been written about, pored over, and analyzed more than most other albums put together. In this disarming book, Jim Fusilli focuses primarily on the emotional core of the album, on Brian Wilson's pitch-perfect cry of despair. In doing so, he brings to life the search for equilibrium and acceptance that still gives Pet Sounds its heart almost four decades after its release. For all the ups and downs, the scandals and, finally, the good times that are associated with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, nothing can diminish the beauty of Pet Sounds - its sense of adventure, its insight into the boundless mysteries of young love and how all its elements seem to coalesce to lay bare an insecure teen confronted by the uncertainties of adulthood, a man who wishes life were as simple as he believed it once was. More than a wonderful work that has easily withstood the test of time, Pet Sounds raises pop to the level of art through its musical sophistication and the precision of its statement which, taken together, celebrate the fulfillment of Brian Wilson's ambition."--Publisher description.

Series Statement

33 1/3

Uniform Title

33 1/3

Subject

• Beach Boys
• Beach Boys
• The Beach Boys Musikgruppe
• Pet sounds (Beach Boys)

Genre/Form

• sound recordings.
• Sound recordings
• Enregistrements sonores.

Credits (note)

• Original mono album produced by Brian Wilson. Stereo mix produced & engineered by Mark Linett at Your Place or Mine Recording Studios, Glendale, CA, under the supervision of Brian Wilson. Digitally remastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, 1999. Bonus track mixed by Larry Walsh & Mark Linett at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, 1987.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue "I know perfectly well I'm not where I should be ... "; Chapter One "Sometimes I feel very sad ... "; Chapter Two "There are words we both could say ... "; Chapter Three "I wish that every kiss was never-ending ... "; Chapter Four "I had to prove that I could make it alone now ... "; Chapter Five "Let's go away for a while ... "; Chapter Six "I keep looking for a place to fit in ... "; Chapter Seven "But sometimes I fail myself ... "; Chapter Eight "I know there's an answer ... "; Chapter Nine "The world could show nothing to me ..."; Chapter Ten "It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die ... "Epilogue "Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true ..."

ISBN

• 0826416705
• 9780826416704

LCCN

2005001103

OCLC

• 57434237
• SCSB-10483227

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library