When The Beach Boys’ brought their eleventh album, Pet Sounds, to their record label, Capitol Records almost considered not releasing it at all. The 1966 release said goodbye to the band’s innocent fun-in-the-sun sound, with Beach Boys singer Mike Love asking, “Who’s gonna hear this shit?” on first listen. The album’s use of unconventional instruments and elaborate layers of vocal harmonies saw Pet Sounds go on…
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