In the wake of "Pet Sounds", Wilson was heralded as the leading figure of the "art-rock" movement. "Pet Sounds" is viewed as the first work of art rock by Leaf, Jones, and Frith. Sommer writes that ""Pet Sounds" proved that a pop group could make an album-length piece comparable with the greatest long-form works of Bernstein, Copland, Ives, and Rodgers and Hammerstein." Bill Holdship said that it was "perhaps rock's first example of self-conscious art". According to Jim Fusilli, author of the 33⅓ book on the album, it raised itself to "the level of art through its musical sophistication and the precision of its statement", while academic Michael Johnson said that the album was one of the first documented moments of ascension in rock music. In 2010, "Pet Sounds" was listed in "Classic Rock"'s "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".