Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys. No arguement. WTF is up with people thinking Nirvana or Rage is the best band ever? Listen to The Beach Boys, and hear for yourself why Nirvana and Rage are so popular. Hrmm... Nirvana is pretty good though. And so is RATM. Oh, and so are The Beatles. Oh, and The Rolling Stones... Oh, and..ermm... I guess it's just personal taste. Although you could discuss about the influence some of those bands had: early blues, soul, Beach Boys, Elvis, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols... name me one band that wasn't influenced by one of them... It's all cool, but it's been done before...