Originally Posted by almauro

Come on, Pet Sounds is far better than Help!. The best thing I can say about Help! was the Beatles finally figured out how to take a Ringo Starr song and use it as comic relief . The Beatles were obviously more consistent, but other than the 2nd half of "Abbey Road", they just don't move me the way a great Brian Wilson song like "Surfs Up" does. I think, the Beach Boys and Wilson's orchestrated pop and the amazing vocal harmonies and arrangements, we're the first to prove pop music could be ethereal, transformational and transcendental. That's not to say the Beach Boys didn't put out their far share of duds, but I find their peaks more essential than the Beatles.