The Greatest Album That Never Was finally is. The Beach Boys´ uncompleted 1967 album Smile has remained the elusive touchstone of Brian Wilson´s brilliant, star-crossed career for decades. Artistic Holy Grail and troubling professional Waterloo for Wilson, a tantalizing prism of unfulfilled promise to his loyal cadre of fans, its story has become pop music´s Rashomon. Finally completed via spring 2004 recordings with his stellar, longtime touring band (none of the original ´60s sessions were used, though they´ve been recreated here with often stunning authenticity), it´s arguably as alien to contemporary pop as it might have seemed in its intended ´67 context--even to ears freshly primed by the glories of Pet Sounds.