Re: BW

I bought Pet Sounds in the 80s after reading numerous interviews in
which McCartney praised the album -- and Wilson's supposed bass playing
on it.  I later heard it was Carol Kaye on the bass.  More recently, I
read a book about the Wrecking Crew -- from which I learned that Kaye
was one of numerous bass players on the album.
There's a childlike quality to the songs.  However, I do not see Pet
Sounds as a rival in quality to any Beatles album, as much as McCartney
may have been inspired by it.