SMiLE (2004) Album Review
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Rolling Stone
It's looser and messier than Sgt. Pepper and, one suspects, always would have been. But its sui generis Americanism counterbalances its paucity of classic pop songs. Read more about SMiLE on Rolling Stone
Entertainment Weekly
It's a gorgeous trip back to a time when anything seemed possible
All Music Guide
Infectious and hummable, to be sure, and a remarkably unified, irresistible piece of pop music, but no musical watershed on par with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or Wilson's masterpiece, Pet Sounds. Read more about SMiLE on All Music Guide
All Music Guide
The white whale of '60s record-making,the Beach Boys' abortedSMiLEalbum gradually gained a legend that not only inflated its rumored importance and complexity, but gave credence to an odd notion -- that completing it, then or ever, was impossible. Read more about SMiLE on All Music Guide
PopMatters
The most obvious aspect that takes away from Smile's luster however, is an uncomfortable sense that the album has morphed into a quaint piece of nostalgia rather than the masterwork it was expected to be. Read more about SMiLE on PopMatters
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