Pet Sounds

by The Beach Boys

This album is awesome because the singing feels like Nina Simone but the music feels like Snoopy's band.

When I first heard it as a teen I felt disappointed because I really thought there were actual pet sounds on it.

I popped the CD in the car and revisited this for the first time in years. It is of course a beautiful album and towering achievement. My son wanted 'Sloop John B' on repeat. But 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times' remains my absolute favourite, packed with even more lush, ingenious moments than the rest of it...not least the haunted variation on the chorus chord sequence that emerges for the coda and fade-out.

truly legendary.