The Beach Boys are (from left to right): the brothers Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, and Dennis Wilson their cousin Mike Love, and family friend Al Jardine. (credits: album cover courtesy of Capitol Records cover photo by George Jerman) But Wikipedia never said exactly where at the zoo. Here's the album cover, which I really didn't have to 'find,' as Wikipedia said it had been taken at the San Diego Zoo, in California. Other familar songs from the album include: 'Caroline, No,' 'Sloop John B,' and 'Wouldn't It Be Nice.' Paul McCartney has said that Pet Sounds insipired the writing behind the Beatles' Sgt. The result yielded hits like 'God Only Knows,' whose delicate harmonies still reverberate in the culture today, as evidenced by the ending of the film Love, Actually, which uses the song in its climactic scene. Inspired by the release of the folk-rock sounds of the Beatles' Rubber Soul, an album he perceived as having 'no filler' (unlike most records of that era), producer/writer/eccentric/(sandbox-in-his-living-room) Brian Wilson quit touring with The Beach Boys to take the 'Surfin' Safari' sound of the early 60's Beach Boys to the next level, spending months putting the album together. It is often listed in the top 5 rock albums of all time.

Pet Sounds, the 11th album by the Beach Boys, filled with elaborate vocal harmonies, myriad sound effects, and a Phil Spector/'Wall of Sound'-like mastery of studio recording techniques, has been often recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of rock.

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - Album Cover Location - San Diego Zoo, California - May, 1966

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