Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds (2017, Altham & Asher & Blaine)

Nice doc, we got to hear much of Pet Sounds in different forms, see some goofy photo shoots, hang out with Brian and his co-lyricist who seems like a good guy who fell into an awesome gig. Everything’s pretty positive – even Mike Love comes off well, except during the “Hang On To Your Ego” vs. “I Know There’s an Answer” debate. Nobody says the word “Smile” or discusses the post-Pet future. I’ve been listening to some 1960s albums and watching related movies – hence the TAMI and TNT and Beatles and Dylan. Something new I’ve learned about Pet Sounds which also wasn’t covered in the doc: it’s not only the best Beach Boys record, their previous four albums were hardly even good.