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Title: The Mystery Finally Realized
Review: I've been a Beach Boys fan for a long time. Having said that, I was ecstatic aboout hearing the now finished "Smile" project. In my humble opinion, the album was disappointing. I don't feel like it's the masterpiece that rock critics thought it was going to be. This is probably due to the fact that it was recorded a few years too late. I'd like to hear what the album would've souonded like in '67, with the original Beach Boys line-up. However, Brian can no longer hit the high notes like he used to. Brian now devotes over 1/3 of his live performance to the Smile album, playing the album in perfect sequence, which is something very rare. The audience reaction to Smile (i.e. yelling out "SMiLE" early in the show) demonstrates that somebody liked what they heard when they bought the album.
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