mr parrot, Danlib1 speaks the truth. it is a beautiful and brilliant work; and quite timeless. has to rank with the great "long" American pieces(gershwin, bernstein, copeland) and certainly also places in the top 5 rock/pop albums of all time. it was hard to listen to much else yesterday; had to finally put on the "stack o vocals" tracks from the pet sounds box. That worked! Danlib1, if you've never heard these you might be moved by them also. it's the vocals only tracks from the pet sounds sessions box and is an amazing listen imho.