I'm fairly serious when I say that Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
I bought this CD one day driving home in San Fran in the mid 90's My GF had no idea what I was doing. I pulled over to the side of Geary Blvd, ran into Tower Records, and bought the CD.
I proceeded to go to my GF's place, put the album on, and burst into tears during "God Only Knows" b/c it's such a beautiful song.