Smile by The Beach Boys

Smile

The Beach Boys

1983

Smile is a Rock album by The Beach Boys, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 45 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Psych Rock
  • layered
  • whimsical
  • psychedelic

About

<i>Smile</i> is firmly entrenched as a great album that never was; 35 years after the fact, historians and archeologists were still trying to put the pieces together. It was intended as the follow-up to the landmark <i>Pet Sounds</i> and was meant to further establish Brian Wilson as the creative better to Lennon and McCartney. But Wilson lost his way; he became obsessed with the process and couldn't finalize his magnum opus. (Dissent within The Beach Boys didn’t help.) While there's no way to know what the “final” version of this album would be, this exhaustive collection—which features work spread over 80 sessions in nine months—gives us a chance to eavesdrop on the process. Wilson’s ambitions come closest to fruition on what constitutes the first “disc.” But the purpose of this release is to satisfy the hardcore Beach Boys fan, who'll thrill to the 34 pieces of “Heroes and Villains,” the five parts of “Do You Like Worms,” the eight-plus minutes of the “Smile Backing Vocals Montage,” and the 24 parts of “Good Vibrations” that not only provide fantastic music but incredible insights into Wilson’s artistic process.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Our Prayer1:04
  2. 2Gee0:51
  3. 3Heroes and Villains4:52
  4. 4Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)3:34
  5. 5I'm in Great Shape0:27
  6. 6Barnyard0:47
  7. 7My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine)1:55
  8. 8Cabin Essence3:30
  9. 9Wonderful2:03
  10. 10Look (Song for Children)2:30
  11. 11Child Is Father of the Man2:09
  12. 12Surf's Up4:12
  13. 13I Wanna Be Around / Workshop1:23
  14. 14Vega-Tables3:48
  15. 15Holidays2:32
  16. 16Wind Chimes3:05
  17. 17The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)2:34
  18. 18Love to Say Dada2:32
  19. 19Good Vibrations4:15
  20. 20You're Welcome1:07
  21. 21Heroes and Villains (Stereo Mix)4:52
  22. 22Heroes and Villains Sections (Stereo Mix)7:16
  23. 23Vega-Tables (Demo)1:48
  24. 24He Gives Speeches1:12
  25. 25Smile Backing Vocals Montage8:29
  26. 26Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version)3:47
  27. 27Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into a Piano1:30
  28. 2.1Our Prayer (Dialog)3:02
  29. 2.2Heroes and Villains, Pt. 13:08
  30. 2.3Heroes and Villains, Pt. 24:19
  31. 2.4Heroes and Villains: Children Were Raised2:07
  32. 2.5Heroes and Villains: Prelude to Fade3:41
  33. 2.6My Only Sunshine, Pt. 1 & 26:50
  34. 2.7Cabin Essence (Session Highlights and Stereo Backing Track)5:17
  35. 2.8Surf's Up (1st Movement)4:55
  36. 2.9Surf's Up: Piano Demo (Master Take)3:54
  37. 2.10Vegetables: Fade5:25
  38. 2.11The Elements: Fire8:21
  39. 2.12Cool, Cool Water (Version 2)3:35
  40. 2.13Good Vibrations: Session Highlights8:19

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 45 pressings tracked on Gatefold