In 1965, Brian Wilson listened to the Beatles' Rubber Soul, and set out to make something even better. Pet Sounds would be the Beach Boys' masterpiece, revolutionizing pop music forever and influencing countless artists to this day. Pet Sounds didn't just move the needle, it launched the needle out of a cannon and musicians have been trying to catch it ever since.
But since Rolling Stone first debuted their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time, it's always been #2: first behind The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's and then behind Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. What do those albums have that Pet Sounds doesn't?
Pat and Derek get into all of it and more, including the Wrecking Crew, Charles Manson, and the "hamburger sessions."
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Cover Art by Katherine Evans
Theme Music: "Tagalong" by Blaise Gratton
