Audio CD review:
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)

Band: The Beach Boys Title: Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package) Rating: Release Date: 29 August, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Mono) 2: You Still Believe In Me (Mono) 3: That's Not Me (Mono) 4: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Mono) 5: I'm Waiting For The Day (Mono) 6: Let's Go Away For Awhile (Mono) 7: Sloop John B (Mono) 8: God Only Knows (Mono) 9: I Know There's An Answer (Mono) 10: Here Today (Mono) 11: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Mono) 12: Pet Sounds (Mono) 13: Caroline No (Mono) 14: Hang On To Your Ego (bonus track) 15: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Stereo Mix) 16: You Still Believe In Me (Stereo Mix) 17: That's Not Me (Stereo Mix) 18: Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Stereo Mix) 19: I'm Waiting For The Day (Stereo Mix) 20: Let's Go Away For Awhile (Stereo Mix) 21: Sloop John B (Stereo Mix) 22: God Only Knows (Stereo Mix) 23: I Know There's An Answer (Stereo Mix) 24: Here Today (Stereo Mix) 25: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Stereo Mix) 26: Pet Sounds (Stereo Mix) 27: Caroline No (Stereo Mix)

Customer Reviews Sounds INFERIOR to the 2001 HDCD version!! It BLOWS AWAY the CD in this terrible reissue. Get the 2001 PET SOUNDS CD with HDCD logo on back. It is a shame people ASSUME this later re-release surpasses the 2001 CD , as it is like night and day. The CD in this package is a DISGRACE. Capitol Records should be ashamed putting out such a reduction in sound quality as an anniversary edition, when CLEARLY the 2001 CD in HDCD got it 'right'. Since Capitol is STILL selling the awful Beatles CDs mastered OVER 20 years ago, it is NO surprise this issue is abysmal. Just more 'product', the 2001 Pet Sounds CD is ASTONISHING by comparison. Great Sounds To hear "Pet Sounds" in full stereo is to hear it as it should have been released back in 1966. A Real Treat! Especially the DVD! As to the discs themselves if you already have a mono and a stereo version of the album then the cd will be nothing new for you. This version of "Pet Sounds" is a real treat for fans; the fuzzy green packaging is very sturdily built and is nice to the touch although it remains to be seen how well it will stand the elements over time. I have never been a fan of duplicating albums with both mono and stereo versions on one disc but for me as I only had a mono version prior to this version, I didn't mind getting this for the stereo version and especially for the DVD 5. 1 surround version. What I didn't like was that "Trombone Dixie" is missing and it was on the Dutch version of the stereo version that I used to have years ago. The dvd has some promo videos and candid interviews with members of the band and especially of Brian Wilson but the sound quality of the DVD Dolby Surround is truly fantastic. You just end up hearing sounds that you didn't know were there when you were just listening to the cd. It's made me decide to forego the cds and to go straight for the DVD whenever I want to listen to the album. For this reason alone I'd say go get this version unless they end up just releasing the DVD in an mlps format the way they have just done with U2's "Rattle and Hum". If they do that in the future, I'd say go and get that if you already have the cd. Oh yeah, and they really should include "Trombone Dixie" in addition the "Hang On to Your Ego" that they included with the cd but not with the dvd as well as the other outtake sounds that were part of the bonus tracks that were released in the 1991 stereo version. . You can see a complete list of all The Beach Boys discography, or go back to the The Beach Boys tabs