the of mirror eye

* The Beach Boys: Wouldn’t It Be Nice (2.5 mb) | I’m Waiting For The Day (3.5 mb) | I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (3.5 mb)
From Pet Sounds : Capitol Records : CDP 7 48421 2

I remember the first time I’d ever heard this album, it was at a record store in the Twin Cities. I remember one of the clerks put it on, and Wouldn’t It Be Nice came blasting out of the speakers. I remember my ears perking up when I heard it, and my mind being blown when I saw that it was The Beach Boys. I thought, there’s no way that they sound like this. It wasn’t until a couple of years later that I finally got past my own preconceptions, bought the album and was blown away again. There’re just so many layers to this album.

It’s strange to think that Pet Sounds, the Brian Wilson masterpiece is now celebrating it’s 40 year anniversary. And it still sounds as fresh now as it did back when it was first released. In fact, if a modern day group could even come close to the psychedelic pop perfection that is Pet Sounds, I don’t know what I would do. Actually, I know what I would do, I would eat my own ass, if there was another group who could even come close to this kind of perfection. It just cannot be done. The music itself is pure perfection, paired with the world weary lyrics and the immaculate vocal harmonies, and you have an album that rightly belongs in the top 1 of all psychedelic pop albums ever made.

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