well, i just gave "smile" a listen.

[Dole]

I think its an amazing album. I have never enjoyed listening to a record for the first time as much as I did this.
I knew Good Vibrations couldnt top the original, but its still a credible version. The way it all seques together is just amazing, and to hear some of the finished songs (such as Holiday) blew me away. I wasn't disappointed in the least.
Surfs Up is indeed bloody good, a LOT better than I thought it would be, his vocals arent as good on the end section but musically its beautiful.
And it may sound really well produced Mitchell, but he did aal the vocals through an old tube desk like the Beach Boys used, and recorded all the instruments as live, in the actual studio where he did a lot fo the good vibrations and heroes and villains sessions.