"Melody Maker" ran a feature in which many pop musicians were asked whether they believed that the album was truly revolutionary and progressive, or "as sickly as peanut butter". The author concluded that "the record's impact on artists and the men behind the artists has been considerable." Among the musicians contributing to the 1966 "Melody Maker" survey: Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group said: "Brian Wilson is a great record producer. I haven't spent much time listening to the Beach Boys before, but I'm a fan now and I just want to listen to this LP again and again." Then a member of Cream, Eric Clapton, reported that everyone in his band loved the album, adding that Wilson was "without doubt a pop genius". Andrew Oldham told the magazine: "I think that "Pet Sounds" is the most progressive album of the year in as much as Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" was. It's the pop equivalent of that, a complete exercise in pop music."