its not unusual in these dumb polls for whoever wins the best of poll to then go on to win the most overrated poll. it says more about polls than art ..

meanwhile, i met a singer/songwriter the other day and we were chatting for a while, eventually he asked what sort of music I do so I told him some of the things Im up to and mentioned Im also in a Beach Boys covers band - he replied "well, arent we all really"

;-)

Rich
Xx

I might have judged it as overated by the four or so tracks of it I had heard on radio.

But when I heard the whole album, I felt that it was at least as good as they said it was. In other words, it's not overated.
If I could vote against and album being classed as overrated, I'd vote against Pet Sounds.

I see there is nothing by Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Meat Loaf or Queen in the list.

No, "Pet Sounds" is certainly not over-rated, in fact it's not appreciated enough.
Sure, Rock journalists will praise it to sound cool and hip, but I would love to hear more from musicians themselves praising it.
In this context, it's not praised enough.
I loved Nirvana when they first came out, since Kobain killed himself, I'm sick of the myth.
"Nevermind" is the most OVER hyped record of all. If I never hear it again it's too soon.
Years ago, I lent my copy of Pet Sounds to a musician who said he HATED The Beach Boys. He came back later saying "Wow... I have a completely different view of them now, I really liked this record."
-Eric