Editing Pet Sounds (section)

==Style and precursors==
===Differences from prior work===

Building on the foundations of ''The Beach Boys Today!'', ''Pet Sounds'' advanced Wilson's exploration of intricate arrangements and thematic cohesion.{{sfn|Granata|2003|pp=61–63}}{{sfn|Smith|2009|p=37}} Musicologist Marshall Heiser identified key distinctions in the album's sonic approach compared to the group's earlier output: a heightened spatial and textural dimensionality; "more inventive" [[chord progression]]s and [[voicing (music)|voicings]]; rhythmic frameworks emphasizing percussion over conventional [[backbeat]]s; and orchestrations drawing from [[Les Baxter]]'s [[exotica]] "quirkiness" and Bacharach's "cool" [[pop music|pop]] sensibilities rather than Spector's "teen fanfares".<ref name="ARP">{{cite journal |last1=Heiser |first1=Marshall |title=SMiLE: Brian Wilson's Musical Mosaic |journal=The Journal on the Art of Record Production |date=November 2012 |issue=7 |url=http://arpjournal.com/smile-brian-wilson%E2%80%99s-musical-mosaic/ |access-date=April 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415032648/http://arpjournal.com/smile-brian-wilson%E2%80%99s-musical-mosaic/ |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Wilson seldom used [[string ensemble]]s prior to ''Pet Sounds'';{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=154}} the first documented instance was "[[The Surfer Moon]]" (1963).{{sfn|Murphy|2015|p=289}}

Musicologist [[Daniel Harrison (music theorist)|Daniel Harrison]] contends that Wilson's development as a composer and arranger on ''Pet Sounds'' was incremental relative to his earlier work, maintaining that the album's unconventional harmonic progressions and [[hypermeter|hypermetric]] disruptions had extended techniques already demonstrated in songs such as "[[The Warmth of the Sun]]" and "[[Don't Back Down]]", both from 1964.{{sfn|Harrison|1997|p=39}} Granata describes the album as a culmination of Wilson's songwriting artistry, although he had transitioned "from writing car and surf songs to writing studious ones" by 1965.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=59}} Writers often refer to the second side of ''Today!'' as a precursor to ''Pet Sounds''.{{sfn|O'Regan|2014|p=62}}{{refn|group=nb|Music journalist Alice Bolin characterized ''Today!'' as bridging the group's doo-wop roots with "the lush and orchestral" style of ''Pet Sounds'',<ref name="Bolin12">{{cite web |last1=Bolin |first1=Alice |title=The Beach Boys Are Still Looking at an Impossible Future |url=https://www.popmatters.com/160169-when-i-grow-up-to-be-a-man-2495839691.html |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> while Scott Interrante highlighted Wilson's early experimentation with blending ballad and uptempo structures, adding that ''Today!'' had reflected the optimism of adolescence in contrast to ''Pet Sounds''{{'}} melancholic tone.<ref name="Scott/Intro">{{cite magazine|last1=Interrante|first1=Scott|title=When I Grow Up: 'The Beach Boys Today!'|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/180342-when-i-grow-up-the-beach-boys-today/|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> Leaf identified the ''Today!'' outtake{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=67}} "[[Guess I'm Dumb]]", later produced as a 1965 single for Glen Campbell, as a leap in Wilson's development, being "one of the first records that consolidated all [Brian's] ideas into a coherent sound" that culminated in ''Pet Sounds''{{sfn|Leaf|1978|p=69}} Howard referenced "[[Please Let Me Wonder]]" as further signaling Wilson's progression toward his subsequent project.{{sfn|Howard|2004|p=58}}}} Musicologist John Covach identifies the "[[California Girls]]" single as anticipating "the more intensely experimental" approach of ''Pet Sounds'',{{sfn|Covach|2015|p=202}} while Carl, Dennis, and Jardine later traced its B-side "[[Let Him Run Wild]]" as marking their recognition of Wilson's evolving production style leading into ''Pet Sounds''.<ref name="Carl1997"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Felton|first1=David|title=The Healing of Brother Brian: The Rolling Stone Interview With the Beach Boys|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 4, 1976|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-healing-of-brother-brian-the-rolling-stone-interview-with-the-beach-boys-19761104}}</ref><ref name="Jardine97">{{cite AV media notes |chapter=Comments by Al Jardine|title=The Pet Sounds Sessions|others=[[The Beach Boys]]|year=1997 |publisher=[[Capitol Records]] |type=Booklet|chapter-url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Comments_by_Al_Jardine.html}}</ref>

===Genre, debate over categorization and psychedelia===
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''Pet Sounds'' blends elements of pop, jazz, [[classical music|classical]], exotica, and [[avant-garde music]], according to Stebbins, who argues that the album defies singular categorization: "There isn't much rocking here, and even less rolling. ''Pet Sounds'' is at times futuristic, progressive, and experimental. [...] and the only [[blues]] are in the themes and in Brian's voice."{{sfn|Stebbins|2011|pp=151–152}} Johnston heard persistent [[doo-wop]] and [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] influences.{{sfn|Granata|2003|p=35}} Further to the album's R&B heritage, music journalist Noah Berlatsky stated that several characteristics of the Beach Boys' sound "which seem coded white", such as "the fussy arrangements", "pure harmonies", and "childish vulnerability", had originated from a "pop R&B" tradition.<ref name="Berlatsky"/>{{refn|group=nb|Berlatsky argued that while ''Pet Sounds'' is rarely regarded as an R&B album and, in some respects, is seen as a counter to R&B traditions, this perception had been shaped by prevailing stereotypes about race, authenticity, and vulnerability, particularly regarding [[soul music]], typically viewed "as less important—or more often just forgotten altogether."<ref name="Berlatsky"/>}}

The album's classification as rock music has been challenged. Journalist D. Strauss argued that its quality and subversion of rock traditions was what contributed to its significance in rock history. He proposed that categorizing it as [[easy listening]] (or "[[elevator music]]") reveals the album as "historically grounded, if incredibly ambitious".<ref name="Strauss1997"/> Wilson drew from older popular music styles, as did Spector, and some of his innovations had precedents in [[incidental music]] and [[Muzak]] arrangements from the previous decade; Strauss added, "Teenagers were so busy sneering at their parent's music that they neglected to notice".<ref name="Strauss1997">{{cite news |last1=Strauss |first1=D. |date=December 8, 1997 |title=Pet Sounds : It's Not Rock 'n' Roll, But We Like It |newspaper=[[The New York Observer]] |url=http://observer.com/1997/12/pet-sounds-its-not-rock-n-roll-but-we-like-it/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224165903/https://observer.com/1997/12/pet-sounds-its-not-rock-n-roll-but-we-like-it/ |archive-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> Wilson's orchestrations also drew stylistic parallels to exotica producers such as Baxter, [[Martin Denny]], and [[Juan García Esquivel|Esquivel]], particularly through the incorporation of culturally diverse timbres.<ref name="Pitchfork2006">{{cite web |last=Leone |first=Dominique |author-link=Dominique Leone |date=September 8, 2006 |title=The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds: 40th Anniversary |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9371-pet-sounds-40th-anniversary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702120341/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9371-pet-sounds-40th-anniversary/ |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |access-date=July 22, 2014 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Denny's former bandmember Julius Wechter contributed percussion to the album,<ref name="denny">{{cite news |last1=Long |first1=Kyle |title=Brian Wilson talks Pet Sounds, Chuck Berry, Four Freshmen, exotica and more |url=https://www.nuvo.net/music/brian-wilson-talks-pet-sounds-chuck-berry-four-freshmen-exotica/article_2091ec4c-25ca-11e7-9845-373be8b5185e.html |work=Nuvo |date=April 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140626/https://nuvo.newsnirvana.com/music/brian-wilson-talks-pet-sounds-chuck-berry-four-freshmen-exotica/article_2091ec4c-25ca-11e7-9845-373be8b5185e.html |archive-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> and Wilson indicated in his second memoir that he had enjoyed Baxter's "big productions that sounded sort of like Phil Spector",{{sfn|Wilson|Greenman|2016|p=179}} but stated an unfamiliarity with Denny and "exotica music" in a 2017 phone interview.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Long |first1=Kyle |title=Brian Wilson talks Pet Sounds, Chuck Berry, Four Freshmen, exotica and more |url=https://www.nuvo.net/music/brian-wilson-talks-pet-sounds-chuck-berry-four-freshmen-exotica/article_2091ec4c-25ca-11e7-9845-373be8b5185e.html |work=Nuvo |date=April 20, 2017}}</ref> }}

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Commentators have variously categorized the album as [[progressive pop]],<ref name="progpopguide"/><ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Troy L. |date=October 2, 2019 |title=100 greatest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame albums |work=[[Cleveland.com]] |url=https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/10/293367e4b1/100_best_albums_by_rock_roll_h.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321024341/https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/10/293367e4b1/100_best_albums_by_rock_roll_h.html |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |ref=none}}
|2={{cite web |last1=Rolli |first1=Bryan |date=June 26, 2015 |title=The 10 Most Disappointing Follow-Up Albums |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/06/most-disappointing-follow-up-albums.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603053609/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/most-disappointing-follow-up-albums/ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |magazine=[[Paste magazine|Paste]] |ref=none}}
|3={{cite news |last1=Mattei |first1=Matt |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Genius behind Beach Boys Brian Wilson to perform at F.M. Kirby Center |work=[[Times Leader]] |url=https://timesleader.com/features/655153/genius-behind-beach-boys-brian-wilson-to-perform-at-f-m-kirby-center |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506065536/https://www.timesleader.com/features/655153/genius-behind-beach-boys-brian-wilson-to-perform-at-f-m-kirby-center |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |ref=none}}
|4={{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |date=August 5, 2019 |title=The 12 greatest albums about Los Angeles, California |url=https://www.nme.com/features/the-best-albums-about-la-2529685 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310101044/https://www.nme.com/features/the-best-albums-about-la-2529685 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |website=[[NME]] |ref=none}}
|5={{cite magazine |last1=McStarkey |first1=Mick |date=August 17, 2021 |title=The Beach Boys battle: Why does Brian Wilson hate Mike Love? |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-does-brian-wilson-hate-mike-love-the-beach-boys/ |url-status=live |magazine=Far Out |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125162028/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-does-brian-wilson-hate-mike-love-the-beach-boys/ |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |ref=none}} }}</ref> the descriptor used in its initial marketing,{{sfn|Leaf|1978|pp=87–88}}{{sfn|Sanchez|2014|p=81}} as well as [[chamber pop]],<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite magazine |last1=Lynch |first1=Joe |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Following Tragedy, Brian Wilson Provides Some Peace With 'Pet Sounds' Concert at Northside Fest |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7401413/brian-wilson-pet-sounds-northside-festival |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321024728/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7401413/brian-wilson-pet-sounds-northside-festival |archive-date=March 21, 2021}}
|2={{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |date=September 26, 2016 |title=Ex Reyes – "Only You" Video |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1899931/ex-reyes-only-you-video/mp3s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321024707/https://www.stereogum.com/1899931/ex-reyes-only-you-video/premiere/ |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Stereogum |ref=none}}
|3={{cite news |last1=King |first1=Kevin |date=April 12, 2017 |title=Masterpieces set to be performed |work=Winnipeg-Sun |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/04/12/masterpieces-set-to-be-performed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321024728/https://winnipegsun.com/2017/04/12/masterpieces-set-to-be-performed |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |ref=none}}
|4={{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Fred |title=Review: Bécs – Fennesz |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bécs-mw0002630319 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424032204/https://www.allmusic.com/album/b%C3%A9cs-mw0002630319 |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017 |website=[[AllMusic]] |ref=none}}}}</ref> [[psychedelic pop]],<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=Beach Boys Albums Ranked Best to Worst |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/beach-boys-albu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612175459/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/beach-boys-albu/ |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |access-date=April 21, 2017 |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=February 9, 2016 }}
|2={{cite web |last1=Staff |title=The Nine Best Concerts in Phoenix Next Weekend |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/the-nine-best-concerts-in-phoenix-this-weekend-8439415 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092811/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/the-nine-best-concerts-in-phoenix-this-weekend-8439415 |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=April 21, 2017 |website=The New Phoenix Times |ref=none}}
|3={{cite news |last=Levy |first=Piete |date=October 24, 2013 |title=Brian Wilson; Chris Tomlin; Blue October; Kate Nash; Limousines; Jacuzzi Boys; City and Colour |newspaper=[[Journal Sentinel]] |location=Milwaukee |url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/brian-wilson-chris-tomlin-blue-october-kate-nash-limousines-jacuzzi-boys-city-and-colour-cohe-b99122-229107771.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119003603/https://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/brian-wilson-chris-tomlin-blue-october-kate-nash-limousines-jacuzzi-boys-city-and-colour-cohe-b99122-229107771.html/ |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |ref=none}}}}</ref><ref name="GoldminePsyche">{{cite news |last1=Marcus |first1=Jeff |date=September 18, 2012 |title=Psychedelic era yielded great music, but fewer picture sleeves |url=http://www.goldminemag.com/article/psychedelic-era-yielded-great-music-but-fewer-picture-sleeves |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417092358/https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/psychedelic-era-yielded-great-music-but-fewer-picture-sleeves |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |work=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]}}</ref> and [[art rock]].{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=49}}{{sfn|Leaf|1978|p=74}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Patrick |last2=Lenaham |first2=Jim |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Dad Rock still believes in 'Pet Sounds' at 50 |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/05/20/dad-rock-pet-sounds/84681028/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622000730/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/05/20/dad-rock-pet-sounds/84681028/ |archive-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref> "[[Baroque pop]]"<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |last1=Semley |first1=John |title=Where to dive into Frank Zappa's weird, unwieldy discography |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/where-to-dive-into-frank-zappas-weird-unwieldy-dis-83545 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=August 9, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005933/https://music.avclub.com/where-to-dive-into-frank-zappa-s-weird-unwieldy-discog-1798232804 |archive-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="APviaHuffPost">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/04/beach-boys-thats-why-god-made-the-radio_n_1569368.html |title=Beach Boys 'That's Why God Made the Radio' Review: Brian Wilson Writes 50th Anniversary Album |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=October 22, 2013 |first=John|last=Carucci|date=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310074307/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/04/beach-boys-thats-why-god-made-the-radio_n_1569368.html |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was absent from early critical discussions about ''Pet Sounds'' and emerged later in 1990s critiques of artists it influenced.{{sfn|Howland|2021|pp=210–217}} The contemporary music press avoided the label, favoring "progressive" instead.{{sfn|Howland|2021|p=217}} Academic John Howland argued in 2021 that the album's "baroque-pop" traits were almost exclusive to "God Only Knows".{{sfn|Howland|2021|pp=210–217}}{{refn|group=nb|While Spector similarly employed dense orchestration, baroque pop distinguished itself through melancholy first-person [[Romantic music|Romantic]] narratives, intimate string arrangements, and classical-influenced melodies with reduced blues elements.{{sfn|Janovitz|2013|p=81}} Other genres attributed to the album have included [[pop rock]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Katz |first=Larry |date=January 25, 1998 |url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19980125/News/301259893 |title=A 'Pet Sounds' Apotheosis |newspaper=[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|The Standard-Times]] |access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref> psychedelic rock,<ref name="SixDegrees" />{{sfn|Edmondson|2013|p=104}}{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=xi}} [[experimental rock]],{{sfn|Lowe|2007|p=219}}<ref name="Fordham2016">{{cite web |last1=Fordham |first1=Ann |title=Review: Brian Wilson at Riverside Theatre, 7 April 2016 |url=http://www.musicinsight.com.au/reviews/review-brian-wilson-at-riverside-theatre-7-april-2016/ |website=Music Insight |date=April 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329064602/http://www.musicinsight.com.au/reviews/review-brian-wilson-at-riverside-theatre-7-april-2016/ |archive-date=March 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Avant-pop music|avant-pop]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlin |first1=Peter Ames |author-link1=Peter Ames Carlin |date=September 7, 2010 |title=Brian Wilson discusses his inner Gershwin, the Beatles and UFOs |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/carlin/index.ssf/2010/09/brian_wilson_discusses_his_inner_gershwin_the_beatles_and_ufos.html |work=[[The Oregonian]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308215527/https://www.oregonlive.com/carlin/2010/09/brian_wilson_discusses_his_inner_gershwin_the_beatles_and_ufos.html |archive-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name="br">{{cite web |last1=Grimstad |first1=Paul |title=What is Avant-Pop? |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/9/music/what-is-avant-pop |website=[[Brooklyn Rail]] |date=September 4, 2007 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011225010/https://brooklynrail.org/2007/9/music/what-is-avant-pop |archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> [[experimental pop]],<ref name="Collins2016">{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Simon |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Brian Wilson revisits his Pet project |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/30735864/beach-boys-legend-brian-wilson-surfs-back-to-good-vibrations/ |work=[[The West Australian]] |access-date=February 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216204659/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/30735864/beach-boys-legend-brian-wilson-surfs-back-to-good-vibrations/ |archive-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> [[symphonic rock]],{{sfn|Priore|2005|p=31}} and [[folk rock]].<ref name=Sommer2015 />}}

''Pet Sounds'' is typically categorized among other pioneering [[psychedelic rock]] albums,<ref name="SixDegrees">{{cite web |last1=Maddux |first1=Rachael |title=Six Degrees of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds |url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/connections/six-degrees-of-the-beach-boys-pet-sounds/ |publisher=[[Wondering Sound]] |date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124623/http://www.wonderingsound.com/connections/six-degrees-of-the-beach-boys-pet-sounds/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> although many commentators have been reluctant to name the Beach Boys in discussions of [[psychedelic music]].<ref name=GoldminePsyche />{{refn|group=nb|Vernon Joyson, in his book ''The Acid Trip: A Complete Guide to Psychedelic Music'', recognized the album's psychedelic elements, but excluded it from significant coverage, arguing that the band had "essentially predated the [[psychedelic era]]".{{sfn|Joyson|1984|p=8}}}} Stebbins writes that the album is "slightly psychedelic—or at least impressionistic."{{sfn|Stebbins|2011|p=152}} Wilson himself felt that while some songs contain psychedelic elements, the album overall was "not psychedelic".<ref name="Ruskin2016" /> Academics [[Paul Hegarty (musician)|Paul Hegarty]] and Martin Halliwell attribute the psychedelic sound to Wilson's production approach—eclectic instrumentation, echo, reverb, and Spector-inspired techniques—which created layered soundscapes where "voice and music interweave tightly".{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=23}}{{refn|group=nb|DeRogatis, in his book about psychedelic rock, contrasts the album's introspective tone with the Beatles' post-LSD focus on societal issues.{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=34}} Hegarty and Halliwell also describe ''Pet Sounds'' as combining "personal intimacy" with a "trippy feel" linked to Wilson's LSD use, distinguishing it from contemporaneous psychedelic music such as the [[San Francisco sound]].{{sfn|Hegarty|Halliwell|2011|p=23}} }} Cultural historian Dale Carter cites dense sonic textures, structural complexity, novel instrument combinations, shifting [[tonal center]]s, and hypnotic rhythms as psychedelic qualities present in the Beach Boys' mid-1960s output.{{sfn|Lambert|2016|p=178}}{{refn|group=nb|Among other reasons given for the album's perceived psychedelic quality, DeRogatis argued that its layered melodies mirror the gradual revelations of a psychedelic experience, unfolding new details with repeated listens.{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=36}} Musician [[Sean Lennon]] suggested that psychedelic music often involves epic, ambitious records, and likened experiencing ''Pet Sounds'' in full to temporarily "entering another world", akin to an LSD trip.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |date=May 12, 2014 |title=Interview: Sean Lennon on Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/05/04/interview-sean-lennon-ghost-saber-tooth-tiger/8708967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150205142857/http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/05/04/interview-sean-lennon-ghost-saber-tooth-tiger/8708967/ |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |work=[[The Arizona Republic]]}}</ref>}}