The two greatest albums ever, according to Pete TownshendThe Who were, in many ways, the quintessential rock group. In many ways, that was a reflection of the various influences on that band and their enigmatic leader, Townshend. Pepper to The Beach Boys’ 1966 masterpiece album, Pet Sounds. Listening to music had become a drug in itself.”“I loved smoking a little grass and listening to my two favourite albums, Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds, and every time I listened, I heard something new, but I wish I could say I heard something important,” Townshend recalled later in the memoir.