
The Beach Boys’ albums from the mid-1970s, like “15 Big Ones,” “The Beach Boys Love You,” and the previously unreleased “Adult/Child,” weren’t their biggest hits – except in the opinion of Brian Wilson, who often said he loved the synthesizer-heavy “Love You.” A decade after the critically acclaimed “Pet Sounds” (which famously inspired the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s”), the Beach Boys were no longer at the forefront of popular music. Brian Wilson, in particular, had become more private, dealing with mental health challenges and the effects of drug use.