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Title: Do not believe the hype, this is a stinker.
Review: The only thing that can explain why Brian Wilson's Smile has garnered as much favorable press and hype is how bad the music industry has gotten and how we consumers long for period of musical creativity that was the late 60's. Unfortunately, had this album been released then it would have been relegated to the bargain bin pretty quickly and long forgotten by now. This is not a good album, period. It's a mediocre album that Wilson wisely shelved in the 60's. Putting it out now smacks of crass commercialism.Vocally, Wilson has lost quite a bit from his Beach Boys days and musically this album sounds like a bad Broadway musical. I can actually imagine the actors running around on stage while listening to it. I suppose if you are a Beach Boys fanatic or Broadway musical fan this might be a good buy, but otherwise avoid it.
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