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Generally favorable reviews- based on 522 Ratings
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Positive: 398 out of 522
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Mixed: 39 out of 522
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Negative: 85 out of 522
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DavidPOct 7, 2004
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williamfOct 7, 2004never was that much of a brain wilson fan, but wow!!!!! this is a classic
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JimDOct 8, 2004An amazing aural experience. Totally unlike anything else by the Beach Boys in many ways, but the harmonies take you back.
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JEOct 9, 2004i love it. it's a great album. i think everyone who is digging it is suffering from a little bit of nostalgia, but that's only natural..
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JohnSJan 10, 2005
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AlexanderB.Aug 6, 2007For me Smile is the greatest album of all times! Period.
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HankBMar 2, 2010More of a triumph than anyone could have expected. Still, it's a bit tragic that the world didn't get to hear this finished piece in '67 with the original Beach Boys.
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VinceH.Oct 1, 2004
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JensKOct 1, 2004Forget about 1967, this is a great, great, great record today!
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LarryJOct 6, 2004It just keeps getting better with each time I listen to it. I especially love the middle suite of "Childhood" songs -- "Wonderful." If the original BB had been involved in this production, particularly the late-Carl Wilson, it would have rated off the chart. The album and Brian's backstory, in my opinion, serve to reinforce the overall theme of these tracks. I'm happy Brian can SMiLE.
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MichaelCSep 30, 2004The Only thing wrong with this album is Brian's voice, if he had that classic falsetto, it would be perfection. But I'd only drop the album 0.1 of a point for that, so I'd give the album 10 out of 10. L&M
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WJFlywheelSep 30, 2004Good stuff for the Mike Love Fanclub.
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JindrichHJan 15, 2005Beautiful....
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ArielNJan 18, 2005Smile Brian, You Did It Again.
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MurielB.Jan 20, 2005Look ! Listen ! Vibrate ! Smile !
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jimsJan 2, 2005Pop symphony, have never heard anything like it
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joejJan 4, 2005Brilliant!
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MartyMJan 7, 2005Brilliant. Smile is finally released and I was not disappointed at all. The hype was definitely deserved.
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bobbycJan 7, 2005
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stevepApr 12, 2005A true Classic ! ! !
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ErickC.Jun 27, 2005
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DriRSep 7, 2005Wonderful! Brilliant!
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AndrewFOct 3, 2006One of the top 5 albums of all time. His voice is a little different, but certainly not bad, and the backing band is better musically than the beach boys. The only thing it is missing, is Carl, Mikes, Brian (in his 20s) voices. Only albums ahead of it are Pet Sounds, Revolver, Highway 61, and Sgt. Peppers.
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RogFeb 12, 2007Outstanding music - for any era.
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TedGMay 21, 2007What's so impressive about this album is how ahead of it's time it is today, 40 years since it's conception. The Polarized reviews speak to this. The album beautifully details American mass culture, with both ideas deep and adult, as well as childlike and innocent.
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ScottW.Aug 20, 2007Now here as an album that should put a smile on your face. Not just because of its fun and catchy songs, but because your hearing what would have been classic Beach Boy tunes. This was a lost album for almost forty years, from one of the best rock bands. Brian Wilson gives us a true classic and a must have.
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TerryApr 8, 2008A masterpiece. Good for you, Brian.
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patf.Jan 30, 2009Best thing i have heard in years! surfs up, h&v, cabinessence the list of great songs is very impressive.
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LuisIFeb 10, 2010Pop orchestra, brilliant sound, brian wilson and a legendary record.
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ChrisLFeb 9, 2010Pristine.
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Awards & Rankings
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Smile is quite simply the greatest triumph in the history of pop music.
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Smile's post-adolescent utopia isn't disfigured by Brian's thickened, soured 62-year-old voice. It's ennobled--the material limitations of its sunny artifice and pretentious tomfoolery acknowledged and joyfully engaged.
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Los Angeles Times"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]