Beach Boys, The - Capitol Records '1967 [2015]

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Smiley Smile is the 12th studio album released by the Beach Boys. The record was
a simplified version of their original project SMiLE, which never came to be
after Brian Wilson discarded a large portion of the music intended for the
album. Here is the Stereo version.

After the much-discussed, uncompleted Smile project – which was supposed
to take the innovations of Pet Sounds to even grander heights –
collapsed, the Beach Boys released Smiley Smile in its place. (To clarify much
confusion: Smiley Smile is an entirely different piece of work than Smile would
have been, although some material that ended up on Smiley Smile would have most
likely been used on Smile. Also, much of Smiley Smile was in fact recorded after
the Smile sessions had ceased.) For fans expecting something along the lines of
Sgt. Pepper (and there were many of them), Smiley Smile was a major
disappointment, replacing psychedelic experimentation with spare, eccentric
miniatures. Heard now, outside of such unrealistic expectations, its a rather
nifty, if rather slight, effort thats plenty weird – in fact, often
downright goofy – despite Brian Wilsons retreat from both avant pop and
active leadership of the group. Wind Chimes, Wonderful, Vegetables, and much of
the rest is low-key psychedelic quirkiness, with abundant fine harmonies and
unusual arrangements. The standouts, nonetheless, were two recent hit singles in
which Brian Wilsons ambitions were still intact: the inscrutable mini-opera
Heroes and Villains, and the number one hit Good Vibrations, one of the few
occasions where the group managed to be recklessly experimental and massively
commercial at the same time.

Tracks:

01 - Heroes And Villains
02 - Vegetables
03 - Fall Breaks And Back To Winter (Woody Woodpecker Symphony)
04 - Shes Goin Bald
05 - Little Pad
06 - Good Vibrations
07 - With Me Tonight
08 - Wind Chimes
09 - Gettin Hungry
10 - Wonderful
11 - Whistle In

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