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Pet Sounds Peaks Top 10, Redefines Pop with Bold Production

5/17/2026

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Wilson Crafts PetSounds

Pet Sounds, released May 16, 1966, peaked at #10 on Billboard Top LPs, #2 on UK LP chart, and stayed in UK Top 10 six months.
Wilson hired Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell and forty session musicians, demanding thirty vocal takes on “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
Critics rank Pet Sounds among the greatest albums, noting its complex harmonies, sounds like a water jug on “Caroline, No,” and its influence on rock and pop.

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Johnson Highlights Surge

Copies of the Beach Boys’ 1972 album “Carl and the Passions, So Tough” sold for $100 on the secondary market.
Los Angeles record store owner Gary Johnson noted the surge five years ago and linked it to a pressing that added a “Pet Sounds” reissue bonus disc.
Fans’ demand for the “Pet Sounds” reissue turned the “So Tough” record into a profitable collector’s item despite never reaching the top 40.

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Wilson Crafts PetSounds

Pet Sounds, released May 16, 1966, peaked at #10 on Billboard Top LPs, #2 on UK LP chart, and stayed in UK Top 10 six months.
Wilson hired Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell and forty session musicians, demanding thirty vocal takes on “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
Critics rank Pet Sounds among the greatest albums, noting its complex harmonies, sounds like a water jug on “Caroline, No,” and its influence on rock and pop.

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