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Pet Sounds

1966 studio album by the Beach Boys
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Pet Sounds
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Summary

Pet Sounds is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,540 views/month, #66 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: art rock[3], progressive pop[4], pop music[5]
  • Producer: Brian Wilson[6]
  • Performer: The Beach Boys[7]
  • Record label: Capitol Records[8], Capitol Music Group[9]
  • Place of publication: United States[10], United Kingdom[11]
  • Part of: The Beach Boys US albums discography[12], The Beach Boys UK albums discography[13], Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[14]
  • Language of work or name: American English[15]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[16], music streaming[17], compact disc[18], 8-track tape[19], compact cassette[20], music download[21]
  • Review score: 5[22]
  • Recorded at studio or venue: United Western Recorders[23], CBS Columbia Square[24], Sunset Sound[25], Gold Star Studios[26]
  • Publication date: May 16, 1966[27]
  • Tracklist: Wouldn't It Be Nice[28], You Still Believe in Me[29], That's Not Me[30], Don't Talk[31], I'm Waiting for the Day[32], Let's Go Away for Awhile[33], Sloop John B[34], God Only Knows[35], I Know There's an Answer[36], Here Today[37], I Just Wasn't Made for These Times[38], Pet Sounds[39], Caroline, No[40]
  • Title: Pet Sounds[41]
  • Duration: 2203[42]
  • Number of parts of this work: 13[43]
  • Form of creative work: studio album[44]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[45]

  • First release date: 1966-05-16[46]

  • Genre(s): art rock, baroque pop, classic rock, pop, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, rock, sunshine pop, surf rock[47]

  • Community tags: album rock, am pop, animal on cover, art rock, baroque pop, classic rock, contemporary pop/rock, goat on cover, pop, pop rock, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic/garage, rock, rock & roll, rock/pop, sunshine pop, surf rock[48]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fdd96703-7b21-365e-bdea-38029fbeb84e[49]

Why It Matters

Pet Sounds has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

It has been cited as an influence by Ashe[52], a singer-songwriter[53], b. 1993[54], of United States[55].

FAQs

Who did Pet Sounds influence?

Pet Sounds has been cited as an influence by Ashe[52].

Related Entities

Brian Wilson Capitol Records compact disc The Beach Boys United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 7w ago · TalkTuahLunchly · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Pet Sounds (color corrected).jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Pet Sounds (color corrected).jpg"
  2. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Qobuz album id → mo888ytgd51lb, 0724352626656, 0060254782255 +7
    Recorded at studio or venue → United Western Recorders, CBS Columbia Square, Sunset Sound +1
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  3. 21w ago · EricMackAttacks · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Qobuz album id → mo888ytgd51lb, 0724352626656, 0060254782255 +7
    Pandora album id → ALtnp3w9V9rr5l2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Qobuz album id: 0060254739696"
  4. 21w ago · EricMackAttacks · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Language of work or name → American English
    Form of creative work → studio album
    Duration → {'amount': '+2203'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Allmusic album id: mw0000398074"
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