There was a time when, if things had taken a different path, this would be a fair comparison. Both bands started off as crappy pop rock groups(Though I would definitely tip my hat to the Beatles in the early years). They both began to develop rapidly, but unfortunately the Beach Boys had only two great works post **** era, where as the Beatles had much more.
In my opinion Smile is the best album from the collective bunch, and maybe(large stress on this maybe) Pet sounds is in second place, but the next seven spots are Beatle works. Wilson, unfortunately, had no Paul or George to his Lennon, just a bunch of Ringos who only sought to bring him down.
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