Your favorite BEACH BOYS LP besides PET SOUNDS

I never get the bit with BB albums.  For me, their ouvre consists of 45 RPM singles.  I love "California Girls", "Surfer Girl", and "409" (or whatever is the title of that song about a 409 Chevy).  They are forever symbolic of my own youth. I bought "Pet Sounds" a few years ago, just to find out what all the fuss was about, but I cannot name another BB album.

I want to ad more to my collection. I have the Stereo release of Pet Sounds from 1999. I think Mark Linett did the Stereo remaster. It sounds good, but not great. I may go for the QRP Stereo when it's available. Lewm- You may want check out Endless Summer, if it's the hits your after. My Red label US pressing is average, but still an enjoyable listen. My standard Orange label of Sunflower sounds quite good. I also have TODAY mono from CAP Vaults, and that's pretty bad sounding. No question that for me, their early LP's do have some filler. Some more so than others. Their later period stuff is more interesting overall, but I do love their early hits. Warmth of the Sun, Surfer Girl, Help Me Rhonda are ones that come to mind.

Holland, Surf's Up and Sunflower.

Off top of my head, Holland is probably next fav followed by Endless Summer.  However, after reading about your goals in adding to your collection you may want to keep your expectations at less-than-stratospheric...  For quite a while the primary sound/recording target for Beach Boy stuff was pretty much the car radio - and that was back when there was a single radio speaker in a car.  That's some of why so many of their albums were mono and why re-engineering/re-mastering those releases are a real challenge.  You probably need to keep your expectations somewhat modest if you're hoping for stellar sonics - the songs can be quite good but there's just so much available in the source media.