SMiLE - Brian Wilson
SMiLE Image
  • Summary: Well, better 37 years late than never. Originally intended to be the Beach Boys' 1967 follow-up to their legendary 'Pet Sounds,' 'Smile' was finally recorded as originally intended in April 2004 by Wilson and his current band, including co-songwriter Van Dyke Parks.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. "Smile" emerges as a beautiful and cohesive work, at times deeply moving, at others oddly whimsical, at still others eerily disturbing but celebratory. [27 Sep 2004]
  2. Other than the fact that it came out a little late, there isn't a single thing wrong with it. [#8, p.113]
  3. 100
    This is a brilliant record, just as it's always been.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 63 out of 339
  1. AnthonyL
    10
    Best album ever.
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. SteveP
    5
    Hugely overrated. I believed the hype ... the missing masterpiece ... the follow up to Pet Sounds. All the hype is rubbish. If the album had come out 37 years ago it would now be considered a very average 60's album with a couple of good tracks. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. BenC
    3
    The original is incredible, this is mediocre at best. It has so many stops and starts in the middle of songs that it gets annoying. Tedious is the one word i would use to describe this new album Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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