The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
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TheManMachine
February 1st 2024


306 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

weak link: sloop john b?

protokute
February 1st 2024


2588 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

not the best, but not weak, i like it



no weak links on this masterpiece

z00sh
February 2nd 2024


631 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

never understood the sloop john b hate. it's quite a fun listen

butt.
February 25th 2024


10952 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Why did they never have another album in the same league as this one? I’m not fully up to speed on the band’s history, Brian Wilson’s mental issues, etc. but for real why does Pet Sounds pretty much stand alone in BB’s discography?

Ryus
February 25th 2024


36672 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

have you heard surfs up

z00sh
February 25th 2024


631 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it's not one of their traditional lp's but listen to Smile Sessions

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
February 25th 2024


60321 Comments

Album Rating: 3.9

broke: Beach Boys

woke: the Millennium

bespoke: muzzle your dog kill those pet sounds

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
February 25th 2024


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

goated album. goes hard

Colton
February 25th 2024


15224 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@butt because brian’s mental health rapidly declined right when he hit creative peak, check Smile Sessions though

samwise2000
April 25th 2024


1849 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Really hot take but this album is perfect and i love it

samwise2000
April 25th 2024


1849 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Also the run from god only knows- here today is CRAZY. Here today is probably my fav in here, next to you still believe in me

onionbubs
April 25th 2024


20737 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i know theres an answer keeps this off the 5 forever for me since i hate its lyrics lol but otherwise yea as good as it gets. plus fortunately hang on to your ego exists and rules



you still believe in me and god only knows ofc are two of the best ever by anyone

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I’ve said this before but I am very glad it’s not “hang on to your ego”



The weak point is “I just wasn’t made” for me

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


47603 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Hang On to Your Ego is so much better

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Nah feels like a “just read Freud” thing to me. Weird for pop. Too esoteric. “I have to find it by myself” makes the contradiction in “answer” but somehow less bad than the willies I get from “hang on to your ego”

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Him singing “I know there’s an answer” and the melody bursting into those high pitches hits way harder for me than “hang on to your ego” where I both “have to think about what it means” and never end up producing much anyways, and then the chorus has passed. Answer is a better fit

onionbubs
April 25th 2024


20737 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i dont really mind lyrics being too esoteric for this specific album tbh when it was specifically advertised as the most progressive pop album of its moment anyway



but my big thing is mostly



"Love refused to sing the first draft of lyrics, recalling that they had promoted the use of LSD. After voicing his objections, Wilson allowed him to revise the song's message to be about finding meaning within oneself and allowing others to live as they wish, despite having reservations against those who abuse LSD as a form of escapism."



as a traveller of about 20 ish trips i am def not gonna listen to the mike love narc version fucking ever lmao

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


27418 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I don’t have a thing against LSD, but once in a while an LSD thing in a song makes me wish they’d stop singing about it. But agree to disagree obv

onionbubs
April 25th 2024


20737 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

tbh even outside of my own enjoyment of the substance, j smth about brian writing a song about one of his own profound experiences generally framed in a more sympathetic light to people whove gone through similar stuff being rewritten by mike to shit over people who do it is just lame to me lol. but ya in the eye of the beholder type beat

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
April 25th 2024


47603 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

"weird for pop" sounds a lot like Love's bullshit "don't fuck with the formula" approach to music that ruined this band lol. just a weird way to approach this specific album which steadfastly refused to follow the rules



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