I prefer Revolver, but Pet Sounds is also very good. It's also sort of a weird comparison. Aside from Paul's Baroque Pop excursions (Eleanor Rigby, Good Day Sunshine, For No One) it's very much a rock/psychedelic album, whereas Pet Sounds is much more of a orchestrated pop album full of love songs. I'd compare PS to Sgt. Pepper before Revolver.
The Smile Sessions slays both of them, though.
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