Agree that Pet Sounds was very influential especially in music production, and has some great tracks. To my ears though it sounds incredibly dated, like a time

Agree that Pet Sounds was very influential especially in music production, and has some great tracks. To my ears though it sounds incredibly dated, like a time capsule of sappy 60s teenage pop or music you'd hear on a TV show from the 60s-70s. There's something about the Beach Boys - especially their vocals - that fail to transcend that era. I guess the test for me is what the listening experience is like. Certain musical sounds / conventions / lyrics tend to be rooted in their era, like Beach Boys 'ba- ba ba ba ba-', falsetto harmonies, instruments & production method, etc. Altogether they're pretty distracting make it harder to enjoy the many good parts.