Editing Pet Sounds (section)

==Sleeve design==
The front cover depicts the band members—Carl, Brian, and Dennis, Love, and Jardine (left to right)—feeding apples to goats at the [[San Diego Zoo]] while wearing coats and sweaters.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=85}} A green band header displays the artist name, album title, and track list,{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=85}} partially using the [[Cooper Black]] typeface.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ellie Violet Bramley |date=April 10, 2017 |title=Just my type: how Cooper Black became 2017's most fashionable font |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/apr/10/just-my-type-how-cooper-black-became-2017s-most-fashionable-font |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173820/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/apr/10/just-my-type-how-cooper-black-became-2017s-most-fashionable-font |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Eisinger |first=Dale |date=August 28, 2013 |title=9. Entry into Music – The Complete History of the Cooper Black Font in Hip-Hop |url=http://www.complex.com/style/2013/08/cooper-black-font-hip-hop-album-covers/entry-into-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174403/https://www.complex.com/style/2013/08/cooper-black-font-hip-hop-album-covers/ |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]}}</ref> Johnston, who had joined the band unofficially, is absent due to contractual restraints with Columbia Records.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=93, 116–117}} The back cover includes a monochrome montage of the touring band performing onstage, posing in [[samurai]] attire during their Japan tour, and two images of Brian.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=85}}

Jardine expressed disappointment with the zoo photo, stating he had wanted something "more sensitive and enlightening".<ref name="legends">{{cite news |last1=Luling |first1=Todd Van |date=May 16, 2016 |title=The Beach Boys Finally Confirm Those Legends About 'Pet Sounds' |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beach-boys-pet-sounds_us_5730fcd5e4b096e9f09258e4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314171105/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beach-boys-pet-sounds_n_5730fcd5e4b096e9f09258e4 |archive-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> Johnston dubbed it the "worst cover in the history of the record business",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Ken |title=Bruce Johnston On the Beach Boys' Enduring Legacy (Interview) |url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/09/04/bruce-johnston-interview-beach-boys/ |website=Rock Cellar Magazine |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919063506/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/09/04/bruce-johnston-interview-beach-boys/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while biographer [[Peter Ames Carlin]] deemed the back cover's design "even worse" than the front.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=85}} Author [[Peter Doggett]] contrasted its aesthetic with mid-1960s sophisticated cover art by contemporaries like the Beatles, [[Bob Dylan]], and [[the Rolling Stones]], calling it "a warning of what could happen when music and image parted company: songs of high romanticism, an album cover of stark banality."{{sfn|Doggett|2016|p=393}}