Been listening to Pet Sounds a lot the past few weeks, on account of me driving a lot and having only 8 albums on my new (old) iPod. This is one of the better ones from the album, in my opinion.

I'm assuming Pet Sounds is one of those albums that improves as you grow older. When I first heard it years back, it made little to no impression on me; it had good stuff like "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Sloop John B" and "God Only Knows," but little else to make you think "wow, this definitely lives up to its moniker as one of The Greatest." Of course, years later you revisit it thinking it to be overrated only to find out that the album's perception as one of the greatest of all time is what prevented you from truly appreciating its brilliance. It probably happens a lot, but for some reason I'd expect this happens with Pet Sounds a whole lot.

It's a very sublime record, but in a subtle way that made me take a while to appreciate it. Cause outside of the big three I listed above, there really isn't anything standing out. But it all blends together wonderfully, with these beautiful arrangements that make me wish Brian Wilson hadn't lost his mind after releasing this.

Out of my 60's pop albums however, Odessey & Oracle still wins out.

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This is a cover of Stevie Wonder, and it has this wonderful slapdash feel to it that really endears itself to me. Plus the vocals are pretty amazing. But you could guess that.