Music journalist Robert Christgau, writing in 2004, felt that "Pet Sounds" was a good record, but believed it had become looked upon as a . Composer Atticus Ross referred to "an element of cliché that's grown around it", exemplified in a comedy sketch from the television show "Portlandia" in which "your classic hipster musicians ... are building a studio and everything is like 'this is the mike they used in "Pet Sounds".' This is exactly the same as "Pet Sounds".'" In 2006, Dominique Leone wrote a 9.4 (out of 10) review of its "40th Anniversary" edition for "Pitchfork" stating: "Certainly, regardless of what I write here, the impact and 'influence' of the record will have been in turn hardly influenced at all. I can't even get my dad to talk about "Pet Sounds" anymore. ... The hymnal aspect of many of these songs seems no less pronounced, and the general air of deeply heartfelt love, graciousness and the uncertainty that any of it will be returned are still affecting to the point of distraction."