Pet Sounds Live is the second live album released by Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...

. Coming directly after his first live package, Live at the Roxy Theatre

Live at the Roxy Theatre

Live at the Roxy Theatre is a live album released by Brian Wilson in 2000. After a successful period of touring following the release of Imagination, Wilson decided to record his first ever live solo album...

, Wilson wanted to capture The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...

' 1966 masterpiece in a live contemporary atmosphere.

Beginning in the summer of 2000, Wilson and his band began performing Pet Sounds

Pet Sounds

Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band The Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. It has since been recognized as one of the most influential records in the history of popular music and one of the best albums of the 1960s, including songs such as "Wouldn't...

in a live context worldwide to appreciative audiences. By the time Pet Sounds Live was recorded in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 over three nights in January 2002, the material had been practised and performed a multitude of times. Brian sang all the lead vocals, including songs that had originally been sung by Mike Love

Mike Love

Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...

 (such as "That's Not Me" and "Here Today") or Carl Wilson

Carl Wilson

Carl Dean Wilson was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as a founding member, lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist of The Beach Boys...

 ("God Only Knows").

A Japanese release of the album on the Toshiba EMI label contains two additional songs, the first two from the 1968 Beach Boys album Friends

Friends (The Beach Boys album)

Friends is the fourteenth studio album by The Beach Boys, released in 1968.As work on the album began in February 1968, Mike Love, a recent convert to transcendental meditation , departed on a two week trip to India to study TM further with his new master, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...

: "Meant For You" and "Friends

Friends (Beach Boys song)

"Friends" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1968 album Friends. It was also released as a single, with the B-side of the single being "Little Bird". The single peaked at #47 in the U.S....

".

Track listing

All songs by Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...

/Tony Asher

Tony Asher

Tony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with front man Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"...

, except where noted.

1. "Show Intro" – 0:30
2. "Wouldn't It Be Nice
   Wouldn't It Be Nice
   "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is the opening track on the 1966 album Pet Sounds and one of the most widely recognized songs by the American rock band The Beach Boys...
   
   " (Brian Wilson/Tony Asher/Mike Love
   Mike Love
   Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
   
   ) – 2:54
3. "You Still Believe in Me
   You Still Believe in Me
   "You Still Believe in Me" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the second track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Tony Asher.- Information :...
   
   " – 3:04
4. "That's Not Me
   That's Not Me
   "That's Not Me" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the third track on the album...
   
   " – 2:22
5. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
   Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
   "Don't Talk " is a song written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the fourth track on the album Pet Sounds.- Information :...
   
   " – 3:07
6. "I'm Waiting for the Day
   I'm Waiting for the Day
   "I'm Waiting for the Day" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the fifth track on the album.-Information:...
   
   " (Brian Wilson/Mike Love
   Mike Love
   Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...
   
   ) – 3:30
7. "Let's Go Away for Awhile
   Let's Go Away for Awhile
   "Let's Go Away for Awhile" is an instrumental by the American rock band The Beach Boys, from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the sixth track on the album.-Information:...
   
   " (Brian Wilson) – 2:51
8. "Sloop John B
   Sloop John B
   "Sloop John B" is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, "The John B. Sails," taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg . Alan Lomax made a field recording of...
   
   " (Trad. arr. Brian Wilson) – 3:26
9. "God Only Knows
   God Only Knows
   "God Only Knows" is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group's 11th studio album, Pet Sounds , and one of their most widely recognized songs. "God Only Knows" was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Tony Asher and lead vocal by Carl...
   
   " – 3:13
10. "I Know There's an Answer
    I Know There's an Answer
    "I Know There's an Answer" is a song by the American rock band The Beach Boys, taken from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. It is the ninth track on the album. The song was composed and produced by Brian Wilson with the lyrics by Terry Sachen and Mike Love. The song was written during Brian's second...
    
    " (Brian Wilson/Terry Sachen/Mike Love) – 3:05
11. "Here Today" – 3:15
12. "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
    I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
    -Chart performance:I Just Wasn't Made for These Times reached #59 on the UK album charts. It did not chart in the U.S....
    
    " – 3:30
13. "Pet Sounds
    Pet Sounds (song)
    "Pet Sounds" is an instrumental composed and produced by Brian Wilson and is the twelfth track on the 1966 album Pet Sounds by the American rock band The Beach Boys.- Information :...
    
    " (Brian Wilson) – 4:06
14. "Caroline No" – 4:16

Pet Sounds Live (Sanctuary SANCD118) never charted in the US or the UK.