Smile Sessions

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archival compilation album box set reissue remix album

Smile Sessions is an archival compilation album by the Beach Boys that reconstructs and presents the long-unreleased material from their legendary, unfinished Smile project.

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Label	Occurrences
The Smile Sessions	6
Smile Sessions canonical	1
Smile sessions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3503406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Smile Sessions
Context triple: [The Beach Boys, notableWork, Smile Sessions]

A. Smile Please
"Smile Please" is a song from Stevie Wonder’s acclaimed 1974 soul and R&B album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
B. Smile
"Smile" is a 2020 pop album by American singer Katy Perry that explores themes of resilience, self-acceptance, and personal growth.
C. Smile Away
"Smile Away" is a rock song by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its upbeat tempo and playful lyrics.
D. The Smile
The Smile is an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with drummer Tom Skinner, known for its experimental, guitar-driven sound.
E. Smiles
Smiles is a Brazilian frequent-flyer and loyalty program that allows members to earn and redeem miles across flights, partner airlines, and various retail and service partners.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Smile Sessions
Target entity description: Smile Sessions is an archival compilation album by the Beach Boys that reconstructs and presents the long-unreleased material from their legendary, unfinished Smile project.

A. Smile Please
"Smile Please" is a song from Stevie Wonder’s acclaimed 1974 soul and R&B album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
B. Smile
"Smile" is a 2020 pop album by American singer Katy Perry that explores themes of resilience, self-acceptance, and personal growth.
C. Smile Away
"Smile Away" is a rock song by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its upbeat tempo and playful lyrics.
D. The Smile
The Smile is an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with drummer Tom Skinner, known for its experimental, guitar-driven sound.
E. Smiles
Smiles is a Brazilian frequent-flyer and loyalty program that allows members to earn and redeem miles across flights, partner airlines, and various retail and service partners.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archival compilation album ⓘ box set ⓘ reissue ⓘ remix album ⓘ
artist	The Beach Boys ⓘ
award	Grammy Award for Best Historical Album ⓘ
basedOn	Smile (unreleased Beach Boys project) ⓘ surface form: Smile (unreleased album by The Beach Boys)
compiler	Alan Boyd ⓘ Mark Linett ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widespread acclaim ⓘ
follows	Pet Sounds ⓘ surface form: The Pet Sounds Sessions
format	CD ⓘ digital download ⓘ vinyl ⓘ
genre	art pop ⓘ baroque pop ⓘ progressive pop ⓘ psychedelic pop ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ
grammyYear	2013 ⓘ
hasCoverArt	The Smile Sessions cover image ⓘ
includes	Cabin Essence ⓘ surface form: Cabin Essence (sessions) Do You Like Worms (Session) ⓘ surface form: Do You Like Worms (sessions) Good Vibrations ⓘ surface form: Good Vibrations (sessions) Heroes and Villains ⓘ surface form: Heroes and Villains (sessions) Love to Say Dada (sessions) ⓘ Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Session) ⓘ surface form: Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire) (sessions) Surf's Up ⓘ surface form: Surf's Up (sessions) Vega-Tables (sessions) ⓘ Wind Chimes (sessions) ⓘ Wonderful (Early Takes) ⓘ surface form: Wonderful (sessions) alternate mixes ⓘ instrumental tracks ⓘ reconstructed Smile album sequence ⓘ session outtakes ⓘ studio chatter ⓘ vocal-only mixes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
narrativeFocus	reconstruction of the Beach Boys' Smile project ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Best Recording Package ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
notableFor	extensive archival documentation of Smile sessions ⓘ first official release of the Beach Boys' Smile in album form ⓘ
originalMaterialRecorded	1966 ⓘ 1967 ⓘ
partOfSeries	Beach Boys archival box sets ⓘ
producer	Alan Boyd ⓘ Brian Wilson ⓘ Mark Linett ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ EMI ⓘ
releaseDate	2011-10-31 ⓘ 2011-11-01 ⓘ

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