History Music / SMiLE

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition - In addition to the "basic" 2-LP and 2-CD editions, ''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions'' was also released as a box set with 5 [=CD=]s, 2 [=LP=]s, 2 45rpm singles, a 60-page book, a poster, and a 3-D cover.
** And if you wanted something even more elaborate and had a spare $6,000 laying around, there was an extra-limited, extra-special edition of the box with a cover that lit up ''and'' an autographed surfboard.

''[=SMiLE=]'' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]". Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's gradual CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]], he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing re-imagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

* Al Jardine - vocals, sound effects
* Bruce Johnston - vocals
* Mike Love - vocals
* Music/BrianWilson - vocals, piano, organ, harpsichord
* Carl Wilson - vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
* Music/DennisWilson - vocals, drums, organ

!! Bonus Tracks (Vinyl Edition Of ''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''):

!! Look (Tropes For Children):

# "Heroes And Villains" (4:52)

# "I'm In Great Shape" (0:28)

# "Look (Song For Children)" (2:31)
# "Child Is Father Of The Man" (2:10)

# "Love To Say Dada" (2:32)

# "Heroes And Villains" (4:53)

# "Song For Children" (2:16)
# "Child Is Father Of The Man" (2:18)

# "I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop" (1:56)

# "On A Holiday" (2:36)

# "Heroes And Villains (Instrumental)" (4:46)

# "On A Holiday (Instrumental)" (2:36)

* Al Jardine - backing and lead vocals, sound effects

* Mike Love - backing and lead vocals
* Music/BrianWilson - lead vocals, piano, organ, harpsichord
* Carl Wilson - backing and lead vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
* Music/DennisWilson - backing and lead vocals, drums, organ

->''"[[TheWildWest Heroes And Villains]]\\

''[=SMiLE=]'' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]". Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's gradual CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Music/TheBeatles, he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing re-imagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

It was listed at nr. #381 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]" is the sixth studio album by Music/BrianWilson, released in 2004. It is an all-new re-imagining of the original project by Wilson, his touring band, and original lyricist Van Dyke Parks (who finally supplied the words to songs that had been known for years as instrumentals). In 2011, this was followed by ''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions'', which was derived from the original 1966-67 recordings. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smile_Sessions describes]] it as "an approximation of what the completed ''[=SMiLE=]'' album might have sounded like based on the template established in 2004 for ''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''", and it's as close to what the 1967 release would have been as we're ever likely to get.

''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]'''is the sixth studio album by Music/BrianWilson, released in 2004. It is an all-new re-imagining of the original project by Wilson, his touring band, and original lyricist Van Dyke Parks (who finally supplied the words to songs that had been known for years as instrumentals). In 2011, this was followed by ''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions'', which was derived from the original 1966-67 recordings. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smile_Sessions describes]] it as "an approximation of what the completed ''[=SMiLE=]'' album might have sounded like based on the template established in 2004 for ''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''", and it's as close to what the 1967 release would have been as we're ever likely to get.

'''''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BrianWilson, released in 2004. It is an all-new re-imagining of the original project by Wilson, his touring band, and original lyricist Van Dyke Parks (who finally supplied the words to songs that had been known for years as instrumentals). In 2011, this was followed by '''''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions''''', which was derived from the original 1966-67 recordings. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smile_Sessions describes]] it as "an approximation of what the completed ''[=SMiLE=]'' album might have sounded like based on the template established in 2004 for ''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''", and it's as close to what the 1967 release would have been as we're ever likely to get.

'''''[=SMiLE=]''''' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]". Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's gradual CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Music/TheBeatles, he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing re-imagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

* UsefulNotes/ManifestDestiny: One of its most prominent themes - the nuclear narrative thread is a linear, if disruptive, portrayal of Westward Expansion from Plymouth to Hawaii as experienced by a passing bicycle rider.

* ManifestDestiny: One of its most prominent themes - the nuclear narrative thread is a linear, if disruptive, portrayal of Westward Expansion from Plymouth to Hawaii as experienced by a passing bicycle rider.

'''''[=SMiLE=]''''' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]." Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's gradual CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Music/TheBeatles, he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing re-imagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

!!Principle Members (''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions''):

!!Principal Members (''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions''):

->''"[[TheWildWest Heroes and Villains]]\\

** However, the final result ends up sounding little like Bach and more akin to a barrage of americana, neo-classical, pop and musique concrète seen by a kaleidosope doo-wop filter.

* OneWordTitle: "Smile", "Gee", "Wonderful" and "Holidays".
* RecurringRiff: A harpsichord rendition of the chorus of "Heroes and Villains" appears at several points in the first "movement." The harpsichord riff from "Wonderful" also reappears, usually on piano, throughout the second movement.

** "Song for Children" gets a very brief reprise at the end of "Good Vibrations".

* TheWildWest: "Heroes and Villains" goes from romanticized visions of the Old West to acknowledgement that real life back then [[{{Deconstruction}} was pretty shit]].

'''''[=SMiLE=]''''' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]." Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's slow CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Music/TheBeatles, he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing re-imagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

* Dennis Wilson - backing and lead vocals, drums, organ

*** Heck, most of the album can be seen as a varying scale of simple to obscure variations on the bycicle rider theme.

* RecycledLyrics: The bridge in "Vega-Tables" would eventually become its own song: "Mama Says" on the album ''Wild Honey''.

# "Our Prayer" - 1:05
# "Gee" - 0:51
# "Heroes And Villains" - 4:52
# "Do You Like Worms? (Roll Plymouth Rock)" - 3:35
# "I'm In Great Shape" - 0:28
# "Barnyard" - 0:48
# "My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine)" - 1:55
# "Cabin Essence" - 3:30
# "Wonderful" - 2:04
# "Look (Song For Children)" - 2:31
# "Child Is Father Of The Man" - 2:10
# "Surf's Up" - 4:12
# "I Wanna Be Around/Workshop" - 1:23
# "Vega-Tables" - 3:49
# "Holidays" - 2:32
# "Wind Chimes" - 3:06
# "The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)" - 2:35
# "Love To Say Dada" - 2:32
# "Good Vibrations" - 4:15

# "Our Prayer/Gee"
# "Heroes And Villains"
# "Roll Plymouth Rock"
# "Barnyard"
# "Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine"
# "Cabin Essence"
# "Wonderful"
# "Song For Children"
# "Child Is Father Of The Man"
# "Surf's Up"
# "I'm In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop"
# "Vega-Tables"
# "On A Holiday"
# "Wind Chimes"
# "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"
# "In Blue Hawaii"
# "Good Vibrations"

# "Heroes And Villains (Instrumental)"
# "Cabin Essence (Instrumental)"
# "On A Holiday (Instrumental)
# "Wind Chimes (Instrumental)"

** To give further examples of this roulette of influences: Cabinessece sounds like an americana pocket pop symphony, Vega-tables like a comedic DIY Doo-wop "sketch" that takes the idea of musique concrète literally, The Elements:Fire resembles a repetitive acid Disney nightmare, the second movement a minimalist baroque song-cycle, etc...

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition - In addition to the "basic" 2-LP and 2-CD editions, ''The SMiLE Sessions'' was also released as a box set with 5 [=CD=]s, 2 [=LP=]s, 2 45rpm singles, a 60-page book, a poster, and a 3-D cover.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition - In addition to the "basic" 2-LP and 2-CD editions, the 2011 ''[[Music/SMiLE The SMiLE Sessions]]'' set was also released as a box set with 5 [=CD=]s, 2 [=LP=]s, 2 45rpm singles, a 60-page book, a poster, and a 3-D cover.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE-]''.]]

'''''[=SMiLE=]''''' is Music/TheBeachBoys' legendary "[[VaporWare lost album]]." Planned for a 1967 release, it was going to be a ConceptAlbum to follow up on ''Music/PetSounds'', conceptualized as [[FlipFlopOfGod either]] a "teenage symphony to God," a musical journey through Americana, or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]. But due to Music/BrianWilson's slow CreatorBreakdown, which culminated after listening to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by Music/TheBeatles, he abandoned the project. In its place, the deliberately sparsely produced ''Music/SmileySmile'' was released, containing reimagined songs and ideas from ''[=SMiLE=]''; several following albums would also contain such material. Through the following decades, session material was extensively bootlegged, building the album's legend as the "greatest unreleased album of all time". It wasn't until the 21st century that the public got not one, but two versions of the legendary lost album.

'''''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''''' is the sixth studio album by Music/BrianWilson, released in 2004. It is an all-new reimagining of the original project by Wilson, his touring band, and original lyricist Van Dyke Parks (who finally supplied the words to songs that had been known for years as instrumentals). In 2011, this was followed by '''''The [=SMiLE=] Sessions''''', which was derived from the original 1966-67 recordings. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smile_Sessions describes]] it as "an approximation of what the completed ''[=SMiLE=]'' album might have sounded like based on the template established in 2004 for ''Brian Wilson Presents [=SMiLE=]''", and it's as close to what the 1967 release would have been as we're ever likely to get.

!! Tracklist (''The [=SMiLE-]] Sessions''):

!!Principal Members (''The [=SMiLE-] Sessions''):