The Beach Boys visited the San Diego Zoo for their "Pet Sounds" album cover shoot and it didn't go well, according to both parties. News. Home ... Brian Wilson says he’s never been back to the zoo.

But then he picked up a copy of the group's landmark 1966 album "Pet Sounds" at the Electric Fetus. His tune was quickly changed. "It didn't leave my CD player for probably weeks," he said.

Brian Wilson's "Pet Sounds" is so listenable that it belies the intricacies of his music. The landmark 1966 album cemented his musical genius.

What a sunny day for the fellas at Split Record Review to cover the Beach Boys’ magnum opus. The claim that they’re the goats of music is solidified by their 1966 album, “Pet Sounds.” Many writers in ...

“Hang On to Your Ego” – Frank Black (1993) Pet Sounds features a song titled “I Know There’s an Answer” that Wilson co-wrote with bandmate Mike Love and Beach Boys road manager Terry ...

I have ALWAYS loved Pet Sounds from the first time I heard it. It holds up and for the last 20 years "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has been the song I play on my birthday, for a variety of personal reasons.

The Beach Boys‘ album Pet Sounds features songs like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “God Only Knows,” and “That’s Not Me” — most of which were written by Brian Wilson.It was also the ...