[QUOTE=telepicker;864622]Yeah...
This is the ultimate no-brainer: Beatles, hands-down.
Sure, the Beach Boys had some good singles (and some good vibrations - sorry; couldn't resist) and even a couple really awesome LPs...but they can't touch the Beatles.
From a musical standpoint alone - I mean, Sgt. Pepper made Brian Wilson have a nervous breakdown...
He held steady in the bubblegum days, but when the sh*t got deep, Bri-Bri went to his sand box. And the Beach Boys were kaput.
I would put forth exhibit A Holland and B Surf's Up as two albums the Beatles could never have made. They are masterpieces in every sense of the word. Pepper is the only album that could come close for the progression from one point to another that the band represented there. If one takes "Let's Go Surfin" and then fast forwards to the song "Surfs Up " the proof is there!
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