14 Classic Albums That Flopped When They Were Released
‘Pet Sounds’ and more iconic slow burners


The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' was not an immediate commercial success.
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Fifty years later, most agree that the Beach Boys’ orchestral-pop masterpiece Pet Sounds is an unassailable classic. However, you couldn’t tell that to the buying public in 1966. Here are 14 great albums that took a while to build their legacies.