Claude says:Brian Wilson's obsession with Spector and the Beatles drove him to spend $70,000 and a spring's worth of studio time layering the Wrecking Crew, found sounds, and avant-garde touches into an orchestral pop record that shifted what an album could be — introspective lyrics, no touring lineup, every arrangement a small symphony. You picked it up fifty years later in September 2016 and keep landing on "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" across multiple remasters, dipping back every few years like clockwork.