Australian singles charts:
The double A-side single God Only Knows and Wouldn’t It Be Nice entered the Kent charts on 13 August 1966 and peaked at #17.
Album:
The songs are on the 1966 album Pet Sounds.
Songwriters:
God Only Knows: Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love
Producer:
Brian Wilson
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
Wikipedia:
The Pet Sounds album was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with guest lyricist Tony Asher. Initially promoted as “the most progressive pop album ever”, Pet Sounds is recognised for its ambitious production, sophisticated harmonic structures, and coming of age themes. It is widely regarded as among the greatest and most influential albums in music history.
God Only Knows is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys’ finest record, a love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically.
Wouldn’t It Be Nice is distinguished for its sophisticated Wall of Sound-style arrangement and refined vocal performances, and is regarded among the band’s finest songs. It is considered a formative work of power pop, and with respect to musical innovation, progressive pop.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sounds and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Only_Knows and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouldn’t_It_Be_Nice
Lyrics:
God Only Knows
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
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