The Beach Boys - Smile Sessions

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The Smile Sessions is a compilation album and box set recorded by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on October 31, 2011 by Capitol Records. The set is the follow-up to The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997), this time focusing on the abandoned recordings from the band's unfinished 1966–1967 album Smile. It features comprehensive session highlights and outtakes, with the first 19 tracks comprising a hypothetical version of the completed Smile album. The compilation is the first and only package devoted to the 1960s Smile recordings originally produced by Brian Wilson, arriving after decades of public anticipation and numerous false starts. The project was led primarily by audio engineers Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, and Capitol A&R director Dennis Wolfe, with Wilson acting as a remote supervisor, assisting the engineers with some mixing decisions. Previously, Wilson had completed a solo album based on Smile in 2004, which Boyd, Linett, and Wolfe used as a blueprint for The Smile Sessions. Wilson later stated that, while the compilation is "not a far cry" from his original vision, he prefers his 2004 version. The Smile Sessions received virtually unanimous critical acclaim upon release. It was ranked number 381 in Rolling Stone's 2012 list of the greatest albums of all time and won the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards. A spiritual successor, 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow, followed in 2017.

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Smile Sessions (The Beach Boys) Album Songs

NoSong TitleTime
D1-1Our Prayer 1:04
D1-2Gee 0:51
D1-3Heroes And Villains 4:52
D1-4Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Ro... 3:34
D1-5I'm In Great Shape 0:27
D1-6Barnyard 0:47
D1-7My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Pa... 1:55
D1-8Cabin Essence 3:30
D1-9Wonderful 2:03
D1-10Look (Song For Children) 2:30
D1-11Child Is Father Of The Man 2:09
D1-12Surf's Up 4:12
D1-13I Wanna Be Around / Workshop 1:23
D1-14Vega-Tables 3:48
D1-15Holidays 2:32
D1-16Wind Chimes 3:05
D1-17The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's ... 2:34
D1-18Love To Say Dada 2:32
D1-19Good Vibrations 4:15
D1-20You're Welcome 1:07
D1-21Heroes And Villains (Stereo Mix) 4:52
D1-22Heroes And Villains Sections (Stere... 7:16
D1-23Vega-Tables (Demo) 1:48
D1-24He Gives Speeches 1:12
D1-25Smile Backing Vocals Montage 8:29
D1-26Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version) 3:47
D1-27Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into... 1:30
D2-1Our Prayer (Dialog) 3:02
D2-2Heroes And Villains, Pt. 1 3:08
D2-3Heroes And Villains, Pt. 2 4:19
D2-4Heroes And Villains: Children Were ... 2:07
D2-5Heroes And Villains: Prelude To Fad... 3:41
D2-6My Only Sunshine, Pt. 1 & 2 6:50
D2-7Cabin Essence (Session Highlights A... 5:17
D2-8Surf's Up (1st Movement) 4:55
D2-9Surf's Up: Piano Demo (Master Take) 3:54
D2-10Vegetables: Fade 5:25
D2-11The Elements: Fire 8:21
D2-12Cool, Cool Water (Version 2) 3:35
D2-13Good Vibrations: Session Highlights 8:19

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- Thank You, Brian Wilson

We will never know what this album could have been if it was released in 1967. Regardless, it was a long time coming for this to release. Brian put a lot of thought and effort bigger than Pet Sounds to make Smile a reality. It's in the same levels of Sgt Pepper; both of them have equally impacted music forever and still today now that Smile's original recording are offically out to the public; giving fans interperate their version of Smile if it was released in 67, and that gave Brian Wilson the motivation to complete his vision after nearly 40 years avoiding it. All I can say is....thank you, Brian. Truley a genius.

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- Perfect in Every Way

A kaleidoscope of soundscapes blended together by the theme of Manifest Destiny and love of America transcends your ears, taking you to a state of mind not even fathomable by the human mind. SMiLE Sessions will go down in the history of music as one of the high points of both the evolution of Rock and the capabilities of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys.

- Mad Genius

I'm not one for hyperbole, but this album kind of blew my mind. It's so strange, scattered and beautiful.

- The last great 67 Masterpiece finally released

I really wish this would have came out in 1967 when it was supposed to, I think it really would have made a larger impact sitting next to Sgt Pepper (The Beatles), Are You Experienced (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) and Her Satanic Majesties Request (the Rolling Stones). Everyone was competing with each other for the best psychedelic experimental album. Nobody knew Brian Wilson had already beaten them all, if it would came out then it probably would have divided ppl like Pet Sounds did but the impact on music perhaps would have been larger. Instead we look at it now and appreciate it in retrospect. Perhaps its better that way...who knows how things would have been, but at least we all got a chance to finally hear it, better late than never.

- Thank you Brian Wilson

What a great album!!!! If it would have came out in full in the 60's it would have been the greatest album of all time. Every person that loves music or ever wants to create music should buy this album. Thank you Brian for the soundtrack of my life!!!!!

- One of the Greatest Albums (N)ever Made

Brian Wilson was an absolute genius. There’s really no arguing that fact. Had this album been finished it would have been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential of all time, right up there with Pet Sounds. This album is incredibly unique, I’ve never heard anything quite like it, and this is as close to Wilson’s original vision for the album as we’re ever going to hear. So buy it already! The only bad thing about getting into Beach Boys albums like SMiLE and Pet Sounds is that after you really get into them nothing else ever sounds quite as good. This is a masterpiece.

- So good it hurts

Eons ahead of his time. Truly out of this world

- No words can describe it

If you could name 3 albums that have affected music it is this, Pet Sounds, and Sgt. Pepper's. All equally brilliant this is just one of the best pieces of music ever. Brian Wilson you are a genius and this by far is one of Rock n' Roll's finest creations. No album except the other two I mentioned reaches the impact and the amount of brilliance Smile has achieved. Even though it is at a point to which this is what we can work with it, it still is magnificent. God bless Mr. Wilson

- The Voice of God

Brian said that one day he'd write music that people pray to, and he wasn't exaggerating. This is the closest he came to achieving his goal, and it is truly breathtaking. Although it is unfinished, there is enough material here to grip your soul and fundamentally change your perception of music. Brash claims, I know, but really there aren't words to describe this music. Please buy it! If not for the love of The Beach Boys, then for the betterment of your soul.

- Brian Wilson

Have to agree I think Brian was a genius but to say this one of the greatest albums of all time and to say it was better than Sgt.Peppers You are sick I don't know what drugs you are on but you got taken. The only good song on this album is good vibrations thank god the sold 45's in the 60's so I didn't have to spend $5.00 for this garbage

- The Greatest Album of All Time

Yes I think this is the greatest album of all time, and then comes Sgt. Pepper by The Beatles. Why? Don't get me started. Keep one thing in mind - This album was not finished in 1967, when it would have come out. If you want to get a close approximation as to what it would have been like in 1967, purchase tunes 1-19. But I think Surf's Up would have been the last song and Good Vibrations would have been somewhere in the middle. Hey - get into the spirit - Make your own list of songs, in the order that makes sense to you. In that sense, this is the first interactive album. It's a lot of fun. Much lighter than Pet Sounds. A very light and happy album. Enjoy!!

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