SONG.REVIEWSCalifornia vocal group led creatively by Brian Wilson, whose harmony-driven surf-pop of the early 1960s gave way to increasingly ambitious studio experimentation by mid-decade. "Good Vibrations," released in 1966 after months of sessions across multiple studios, became the group's most expensive single to date and a defining example of the recording studio used as a compositional instrument.
Greatest of All Time!Brian Wilson called it a 'pocket symphony,' assembled it in pieces across four studios over months, and turned in the most expensive single of 1966 -- 60 years old this year and still an architecture lesson.
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