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Title: Smile suffers from plaque buildup
Review: Some legends are a Pandora's box; better left uynopened than released, and SMILE is that kind of semi-stinker. As I ran through it for a third time, my wife stopped in and said, "It isn't very good, is it?" No kidding; Wilson trying to recreate the Beach Boy sound is both disappointing and a near-beer experience.I've been waiting for SMILE for a few decades, and finding pieces of it on SMILEY SMILE and SURF'S UP as well as other Beach Boy lps should keep Beach Boys fans happier than listening to the new Brian Wilson version. Is it me or does Brian Wilson sound like Bill Murray in Caddyshack? Alas, this long-awaited holy grail is more like a filled spitoon.The album was not, and never will be a SGT. PEPPER, and rock revisionists want this to be something greater than it is. Heck, so do I, but after all of the legendary status that SMILE has carried for around forty years, the final project is, sadly, more destined for the cut-out bins.Save your $15 bucks.
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