Pet Sounds

Before the recording of pet sounds the Beach Boys were a clean cut, sharp dressing, white, surfing band.  Most of the songs were about surfing, having a good time and hanging out at the beach.  They kept a very clean image and used a uniform on tours.  At the time, Brian Wilson was a song writer, composer, and producer for the band, as well as traveling with the band on tour.  After a while he completely stopped the touring with the band to focus just on composing and writing the songs.  What had inspired Brian Wilson with Pet Sounds was The Beatles album that had been released earlier called Rubber Soul.  What was different about this album is that it had been influenced by psychedelic drugs, but unlike other bands they were not trying to send a message about the world like other bands at the time did.  Another difference about the recordings that other people were not doing were placement and layering of harmonies, nobody worked on this as much as Brian Wilson did.  The impression that I get from this album is that it kind of sounds like the Beatles on this album.