Oh hey. I picked Today!, which is Brian Wilson’s first album and attempt at personal, emotional songwriting. I was not thinking strategy when I did my first albums on the list, and by the time I was done, I didn’t want to alter it. Today! is not a great pick in retrospect, but it’s easily my second or third favorite Beach Boys’ record. I don’t even think I ranked Today! that highly. Sort of a whiff here, but The Beach Boys were represented.
Also, honestly, I might have played Pet Sounds just too much over the years to even consider doing that. “God Only Knows” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” used to always give me goose bumps. Now it’s rare for that to happen. It’s sad but it’s true and l can’t be twenty-three or twenty-four forever (I wish!). I truly loved that first blast of Endless Summer—which is also why I picked Today!—and then Pet Sounds back then. I also got gentle **** from my peers an awful lot for doing so but thankfully I had one guy in each of my main peer groups that was a fan of them and understood.
Don’t forget, the Go-Go’s finished number one on a bright sunshine-y day,
. I do like The Hunter and Once More around the Sun a ton too. Those woukd be my 5th and 6th choices. Their debut and most recent i listen to the least. 
