on 9/29/04 1:11 AM, Popdude@aol.com at Popdude@aol.com wrote:

> OK, so all the pop boys over on Audities are going gaga over this new Brian
> Wilson SMilE deal, with one poor guy being so over the top effusive in his
> unending praise that I swear he must have come all over his copy by now
> (thereby 
> giving a new meaning to the term "stuck in my CD player").
> 
> My question is this: is this shit any good?   I mean, I may be in the
> minority, but I never even "got" Pet Sounds (except for the singles).  So,
> will I 
> like this?  I'm looking for a non-biased, someone who doesn't have all the
> sMiLe 
> outtakes of Brian Wilson farting on 35 bootlegs kind of answer....
> 
> John B.

John,

The album has at least 3 to 5 really good songs on it. Some of the songs are
more filler-like but it's all interesting with regard to its arrangements,
especially the backing vocal stuff.

To me, Brian sounds better than he has in a while. All in all, it's worth
the buy. I buy a lot of CDs I'm not thrilled with all the way through but
this one is definitely worth my two cents. Just my two cents.

Mike V.