Reviews
"...Brian Wilson's evolutionary compositional masterpiece....This trenchant cycle of love songs has the emotional impact of a shatteringly evocative novel...", 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...A new stereo mix of PET SOUNDS...gives the songs a fantastic clarity, in effect smashing through the Wall Of Sound to bring up instrumental parts that have hitherto been hard to pick out...", Included in Q's "The Best Male Angst Albums Of All Time" - "...12 impossibly lush songs that replace The Beach Boys' earlier high school ramalama with the unease and inner hurly-burly of early adulthood...", "...A commercial washout at the time of its release, the album has since grown in reputation to the point where pop aesthetes speak of it in hushed tones as the zenith of Brian Wilson's genius, a seamless masterwork that rewards deep, repeated listening....a wonderful collection of songs..." - Rating: A+, 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one...clearly demonstrates that the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about...", "You may have heard of this promising combo. Here's one of their earlier albums, and word is it's quite good. The neat wrinkle is that you get the album twice, once in original mono and once in that new-fangled stereo everyone's talking about...", 5 Stars - Excellent - "...the music on PET SOUNDS flows as one....clearly demonstrates that the Beach Boys were capable of giving music lovers something they could feel very, very good about...", "...presenting the landmark recording in a stereo environment for the first time is a revelation, with previouisly `hidden' parts suddenly leaping into the foreground....among the most stunning aspects of the remodeled PET SOUNDS is its dramatically improved fidelity...", Voted the #1 Recorded Music Award for 1990., Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Its luxurious sound conveys a heartbreaking wistfulness...", Ranked #1 in Nme's List of the `Greatest Albums of All Time.', Ranked #1 in Nme's List of the 'greatest Albums of All Time.', "Two instrumentals, a sea chantey, strange electronic instruments, and sounds literally designed for pets....Indie and prog rock both start here...", Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
