Editing Pet Sounds (section)

===Differences from prior work===

Building on the foundations of ''The Beach Boys Today!'', ''Pet Sounds'' advanced Wilson's exploration of intricate arrangements and thematic cohesion.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=61–63}}{{sfn|Smith|2009|p=37}} Musicologist Marshall Heiser identified key distinctions in the album's sonic approach compared to the group's earlier output: a heightened spatial and textural dimensionality; "more inventive" [[chord progression]]s and [[voicing (music)|voicings]]; rhythmic frameworks emphasizing percussion over conventional [[backbeat]]s; and orchestrations drawing from [[Les Baxter]]'s [[exotica]] "quirkiness" and Bacharach's "cool" [[pop music|pop]] sensibilities rather than Spector's "teen fanfares".<ref name="ARP">{{cite journal |last1=Heiser |first1=Marshall |title=SMiLE: Brian Wilson's Musical Mosaic |journal=The Journal on the Art of Record Production |date=November 2012 |issue=7 |url=http://arpjournal.com/smile-brian-wilson%E2%80%99s-musical-mosaic/ |access-date=April 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415032648/http://arpjournal.com/smile-brian-wilson%E2%80%99s-musical-mosaic/ |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Wilson seldom used [[string ensemble]]s prior to ''Pet Sounds'';{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=154}} the first documented instance was "[[The Surfer Moon]]" (1963).{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=289}}

Musicologist [[Daniel Harrison (music theorist)|Daniel Harrison]] contends that Wilson's development as a composer and arranger on ''Pet Sounds'' was incremental relative to his earlier work, maintaining that the album's unconventional harmonic progressions and [[hypermeter|hypermetric]] disruptions had extended techniques already demonstrated in songs such as "[[The Warmth of the Sun]]" and "[[Don't Back Down]]", both from 1964.{{sfn|Harrison|1997|p=39}} Granata describes the album as a culmination of Wilson's songwriting artistry, although he had transitioned "from writing car and surf songs to writing studious ones" by 1965.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=59}} Writers often refer to the second side of ''Today!'' as a precursor to ''Pet Sounds''.{{sfn|O'Regan|2014|p=62}}{{refn|group=nb|Music journalist Alice Bolin characterized ''Today!'' as bridging the group's doo-wop roots with "the lush and orchestral" style of ''Pet Sounds'',<ref name="Bolin12">{{cite web |last1=Bolin |first1=Alice |title=The Beach Boys Are Still Looking at an Impossible Future |url=https://www.popmatters.com/160169-when-i-grow-up-to-be-a-man-2495839691.html |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> while Scott Interrante highlighted Wilson's early experimentation with blending ballad and uptempo structures, adding that ''Today!'' had reflected the optimism of adolescence in contrast to ''Pet Sounds''{{'}} melancholic tone.<ref name="Scott/Intro">{{cite magazine|last1=Interrante|first1=Scott|title=When I Grow Up: 'The Beach Boys Today!'|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/180342-when-i-grow-up-the-beach-boys-today/|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> Leaf identified the ''Today!'' outtake{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=67}} "[[Guess I'm Dumb]]", later produced as a 1965 single for Glen Campbell, as a leap in Wilson's development, being "one of the first records that consolidated all [Brian's] ideas into a coherent sound" that culminated in ''Pet Sounds''{{sfn|Leaf|1978|p=69}} Howard referenced "[[Please Let Me Wonder]]" as further signaling Wilson's progression toward his subsequent project.{{sfn|Howard|2004|p=58}}}} Musicologist John Covach identifies the "[[California Girls]]" single as anticipating "the more intensely experimental" approach of ''Pet Sounds'',{{sfn|Covach|2015|p=202}} while Carl, Dennis, and Jardine later traced its B-side "[[Let Him Run Wild]]" as marking their recognition of Wilson's evolving production style leading into ''Pet Sounds''.<ref name="Carl1997"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Felton|first1=David|title=The Healing of Brother Brian: The Rolling Stone Interview With the Beach Boys|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 4, 1976|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-healing-of-brother-brian-the-rolling-stone-interview-with-the-beach-boys-19761104}}</ref><ref name="Jardine97">{{cite AV media notes |chapter=Comments by Al Jardine|title=The Pet Sounds Sessions|others=[[The Beach Boys]]|year=1997 |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |type=Booklet|chapter-url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Comments_by_Al_Jardine.html}}</ref>