SMiLE

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SMiLE is the legendary, long-unreleased Beach Boys album project conceived by Brian Wilson in the 1960s, renowned for its ambitious, experimental approach to pop music and mythic status in rock history.

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SMiLE canonical 1
SMiLE album 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album
experimental pop album
psychedelic pop album
studio album
unreleased album project
artist The Beach Boys
associatedWith 1960s counterculture
Los Angeles recording studios
modular songwriting approach
considered one of the most famous unreleased albums
coreMemberInvolved Al Jardine
Brian Wilson
Bruce Johnston
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Mike Love
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows Pet Sounds
genre art pop
baroque pop
experimental rock
progressive pop
psychedelic pop
sunshine pop
hasMythicReputation true
hasPart Bag of Tricks
Bag of Tricks (Early Takes)
Bag of Tricks
surface form: Bag of Tricks (Session)

Barnyard
Blue Hawaii
Blue Hawaii
surface form: Blue Hawaii (Early Takes)

Blue Hawaii
surface form: Blue Hawaii (Session)

Cabin Essence
Cabin Essence
surface form: Cabin Essence (Early Takes)

Cabin Essence
surface form: Cabin Essence (Session)

Can't Wait Too Long (early sections)
surface form: Can't Wait Too Long (Early Takes)

Can't Wait Too Long (early sections)
surface form: Can't Wait Too Long (Session)

Can't Wait Too Long (early sections)
Child Is Father of the Man
Child Is Father of the Man
surface form: Child Is Father of the Man (Early Takes)

Child Is Father of the Man
surface form: Child Is Father of the Man (Session)

Child Is Father of the Man (reprise)
Cool, Cool Water (early version)
surface form: Cool, Cool Water (Early Takes)

Cool, Cool Water (early version)
surface form: Cool, Cool Water (Session)

Cool, Cool Water (early version)
Do You Like Worms (Early Takes)
Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)
Do You Like Worms (Session)
Do a Lot
Do a Lot
surface form: Do a Lot (Early Takes)

Do a Lot
surface form: Do a Lot (Session)

George Fell into His French Horn
George Fell into His French Horn
surface form: George Fell into His French Horn (Early Takes)

George Fell into His French Horn
surface form: George Fell into His French Horn (Session)

Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (A Cappella)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Alternate Takes)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Early Takes)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Instrumental)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Session Highlights)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Stereo Mix)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (Various Sessions)

Good Vibrations
surface form: Good Vibrations (single version)

He Gives Speeches
He Gives Speeches (Early Takes)
He Gives Speeches (Session)
Heroes and Villains
Heroes and Villains (All Day)
Heroes and Villains (Barnyard)
Heroes and Villains (Bridge)
Heroes and Villains (Cantina)
Heroes and Villains
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Children Were Raised)

Heroes and Villains
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Early Takes)

Heroes and Villains (Barnyard)
surface form: Heroes and Villains (False Barnyard)

Heroes and Villains (Bridge)
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Intro Early Take)

Heroes and Villains
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Intro)

Heroes and Villains (My Only Sunshine)
Heroes and Villains (Sections Stereo)
Heroes and Villains
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Sections)

Heroes and Villains (Bridge)
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Stereo Track)

Heroes and Villains – lyrics
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Verse)

Heroes and Villains (Bridge)
surface form: Heroes and Villains (Whistling Bridge)

Heroes and Villains – lyrics
surface form: Heroes and Villains (single version)

Holidays
Holidays (Early Takes)
Holidays (Session)
I Don't Know
I Don't Know
surface form: I Don't Know (Early Takes)

I Don't Know
surface form: I Don't Know (Session)

Love to Say Dada
surface form: I Love to Say Da Da

I Ran
I Ran
surface form: I Ran (Early Takes)

I Ran
surface form: I Ran (Session)

I Wanna Be Around
I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
I Wanna Be Around
surface form: I Wanna Be Around / Workshop (Session)

I'm in Great Shape
Blue Hawaii
surface form: In Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaiian
surface form: In Blue Hawaii (Early Takes)

Blue Hawaii
surface form: In Blue Hawaii (Session)

Look (Early Takes)
Look (Session)
Look (Song for Children)
Love to Say Dada
Love to Say Dada
surface form: Love to Say Dada (Early Takes)

Love to Say Dada
surface form: Love to Say Dada (Session)

Mama Says
Mama Says
surface form: Mama Says (Early Takes)

Mama Says
surface form: Mama Says (Session)

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Session)
surface form: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Early Takes)

Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Session)
On a Holiday
On a Holiday
surface form: On a Holiday (Early Takes)

On a Holiday
surface form: On a Holiday (Session)

Our Prayer
Our Prayer (Session)
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock (Session)
surface form: Plymouth Rock (Early Takes)

Plymouth Rock (Session)
Prayer
Prayer (Early Takes)
Prayer (Session)
Psycodelic Sounds
Psycodelic Sounds
surface form: Psycodelic Sounds (Early Takes)

Psycodelic Sounds (Session)
Song for Children
Surf's Up
Surf's Up
surface form: Surf's Up (1966 Version)

Surf's Up
surface form: Surf's Up (1971 Version)

Surf's Up
surface form: Surf's Up (Early Takes)

Surf's Up
surface form: Surf's Up (Piano Demo)

Teeter Totter Love
Teeter Totter Love
surface form: Teeter Totter Love (Early Takes)

Teeter Totter Love
surface form: Teeter Totter Love (Session)

The Elements suite
surface form: The Elements (Early Takes)

The Elements suite
The Elements: Air
The Elements: Earth
The Elements: Fire
The Elements: Water
The Old Master Painter
The Old Master Painter
surface form: The Old Master Painter (Early Takes)

The Old Master Painter
surface form: The Old Master Painter (Session)

The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
surface form: Three Blind Mice (Early Takes)

Three Blind Mice
surface form: Three Blind Mice (Session)

Tones
Tones (Early Takes)
Tones
surface form: Tones (Session)

Vega-Tables
Vega-Tables
surface form: Vega-Tables (Early Takes)

Vega-Tables (Session)
Water Chant
Water Chant
surface form: Water Chant (Early Takes)

Water Chant
surface form: Water Chant (Session)

Wind Chimes
Wind Chimes (Early Takes)
Wind Chimes
surface form: Wind Chimes (Session)

With Me Tonight
With Me Tonight
surface form: With Me Tonight (Early Takes)

With Me Tonight (Session)
Wonderful
Wonderful (Early Takes)
Wonderful (Session)
Workshop
You're Welcome (single)
surface form: You're Welcome

You're Welcome (single)
surface form: You're Welcome (Early Takes)

You're Welcome (single)
surface form: You're Welcome (Session)

You're Welcome (single)
You're With Me Tonight (fragment)
surface form: You're With Me Tonight (Early Takes)

You're With Me Tonight (fragment)
surface form: You're With Me Tonight (Session)

You're With Me Tonight (fragment)
hasVersion Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
Smile Sessions
surface form: The Smile Sessions
inception 1966
influenced Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
Smile Sessions
surface form: The Smile Sessions
lyricist Van Dyke Parks
notableFor ambitious modular recording techniques
complex vocal harmonies
innovative studio experimentation
long period of non-release
mythic status in rock history
partOf The Beach Boys discography
primaryComposer Brian Wilson
producer Brian Wilson
recordingPeriod 1966–1967
recordLabel Capitol Records
status partially released through later compilations
unfinished
theme American history
American landscape
childhood and innocence
elements of nature
spirituality
workingTitle Dumb Angel

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