專輯中文名: Pet Sounds歌手: The Beach Boys資源格式: MP3發行時間: 1966年地區: 英國語言: 英語簡介:
百張史上最具革命性的專輯
002 - The Beach Boys - 1966 - Pet Sounds
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Capitol
專輯介紹：
Editorial Reviews
If you need some pointy-headed pundit to sell you on the merits of Pet Sounds, your money might be better spent on an ear specialist. Brian Wilson s gift to 20th-century music elevated this pop album into a beguiling musical and emotional cogency that still operates outside pop culture s fickle space-time continuum--and limited critical lexicon. There s never been another record to compare (Rubber Soul, its inspiration, is close; Sgt. Pepper s, its response, misses the point), and certainly no album has been as dissected, overanalyzed, and predigested for public consumption. In 1997 Capitol Records devoted an entire four-disc box set, The Pet Sounds Sessions, to its thorough deconstruction. The techno-marvel centerpiece of that project--the album s first true stereo mix, painstakingly conjured out of multitape session sources by producer-engineer Mark Linett (under Wilson s supervision)--was at once heresy and revelation. Now the label has gratifyingly seen fit to offer both mixes on a single disc (along with alternate versions of Hang On to Your Ego, the original title of I Know There s An Answer ), an idea that should please the orthodox and heretics alike. And while the album has always clearly been The Brian Wilson Show featuring the Beach Boys, biographer Brad Elliott s concise new notes attempt to be more inclusive of a wider band perspective. The result (three of the five band members claim credit for the album title) sometimes resembles Rashomon. If Pet Sounds forever crystallized the band s various creative (in)differences, it also became Wilson s grand karmic joke on his band mates; its burgeoning reputation (Mojo magazine s panel of pop experts once elected it greatest album of all time) guaranteed they would sing its songs--and praises--until the end. And if putting two different versions of the same album on one disc seems like overkill, look at the bright side: it s a perfect excuse to listen to the glorious Pet Sounds twice.- Jerry McCulley
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這是The Beach Boys最爲出色的一張專輯，充分體現了一種極其引人入勝且飽含悲劇味道的新穎風格。專輯中，有些歌曲還帶有The Beach Boys的經典合聲。
以全國最受歡迎沖浪樂團起家的Beach Boys，終在1966年成爲美國最重要的流行團體，在主流聽衆與樂評之間，也是（在某個短暫時期裏）唯一能與Beatles巨大成就相抗衡的樂團。從他們第一張地區性暢銷單曲 Surfin 開始，Wilson三兄弟--Brian、Dennis、Carl，加上表哥Mike Love及友人AlJardine，便建構起流行樂團有史以來最精細也最耀眼的和諧音色。60年代中期，隨著Brian Wilson在錄音室的制作技巧大幅躍進，益發娴熟，Beach Boys以1966年顛峰時期的專輯「Pet Sounds」與冠軍單曲 Good Vibrations ，證明了他們是60年代裏，最頂尖的音樂團體之一。
雖然Brian Wilson每下愈況的用藥惡習，與企圖擊敗Beatles的偏執欲念，讓他在聽到Beatles的專輯「Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band」之後，精神完全崩潰，後期隻能間斷地參與運作，但整個樂團仍勇敢而堅定地朝70及80年代邁進。雖然他們1966年之後的作品往往被貶抑（如果以整體表現來認定的話），但事實上Beach Boys進入70年代後，仍然作出了許多偉大的音樂。最佳的證明是1970年的專輯「Sunflower」，每位成員都個別展示了過去未充分發揮的天份。