Pet Sounds

Track listing

All songs by Brian Wilson/Tony Asher, except where noted.

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Brian Wilson - Tony Asher

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• "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love) - 2:22
• "You Still Believe in Me" - 2:30
• "That's Not Me" - 2:27
• "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" - 2:51
• "I'm Waiting for the Day" (Brian Wilson/Mike Love) - 3:03
• "Let's Go Away for Awhile" (Brian Wilson) - 2:18
• *Originally titled "The Old Man and the Baby"
• "Sloop John B" (Trad. arr. Brian Wilson) - 2:56
• "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) - 2:49
• "I Know There's an Answer" (Brian Wilson/Terry Sachen/Mike Love) - 3:08
• "Here Today" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) - 2:52
• "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) - 3:11
• "Pet Sounds" (Brian Wilson) - 2:20
• *Originally titled "Run James Run"
• "Caroline, No" (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher) - 2:52

Singles

• "Caroline, No" b/w "Summer Means New Love" (Capitol 5610), 7 March 1966 US #32. (Credited to Brian Wilson)
• "Sloop John B" b/w "You're So Good To Me" (Capitol 5602), 21 March 1966 US #3; UK #2
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice" b/w "God Only Knows" (Capitol 5706), 11 July 1966 US #8 ("God Only Knows" US #39; UK #2)
• "Let's Go Away For Awhile" featured as the B-side to "Good Vibrations"

In 1997, The Pet Sounds Sessions box set was released which included the original mono release, the first ever stereo release and 3 CDs of out-takes and rehearsals. The stereo mix was released in 1999 and again in 2001 on one CD along with the mono mix, with "Hang On To Your Ego" (the original version of "I Know There's An Answer") as a bonus track.

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1997 - The Pet Sounds Sessions - 1999 - 2001

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Recordings from Brian Wilson's 2002 concert tour, in which he reproduced the whole album live on stage, were released as Pet Sounds Live.

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2002 - Pet Sounds Live

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Pet Sounds (Capitol (D)T 2458) hit #10 in the US during a 39 week chart stay. In the UK, it reached #2.

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