The Smile Sessions: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Though certain fragments of the original ''Smile'' recording sessions subsequently leaked from 1967–2011 via studio albums, compilations and bootlegs, a comprehensive and official package had not been compiled by [[Capitol Records]], largely due to the logistics in organizing the hundreds of convoluted song components and out of respect for Wilson who was once deeply disturbed by some of the recordings, believing them to be cursed.

Work on what would have been the original Beach Boys version of ''[[Smile (The Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' began in 1966, following the release of their album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', and based on the complex engineering methods of their single "[[Good Vibrations]]". After Wilson abandoned the project, sporadic attempts would be made over the next few decades to either finish or release the album as it was. During this time, recordings from the sessions would surface in underground trading circles and become a focal point for [[bootleg recording]] makers and collectors.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Smile Sessions'' review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/}}</ref> An official release of some archival ''Smile'' material was included in the ''[[Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys]]'' box set compilationin 1993. A few years later, Capitol Records issued ''[[The Pet Sounds Sessions]]'' box set, which featured an assortment of alternate mixes and highlights of the ''Pet Sounds'' recording sessions spread over four CDs.

Thirty-six years after the original album's conception and a period of mental rehabilitation, Wilson reconciled with the project and released a new interpretation of the source material via a solo album entitled ''[[Brian Wilson Presents Smile]]'' in 2004.

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Musicians including [[Henry Rollins]] have given enormous praise to the compiled recordings, calling it "even better than advertised ... Sonically, the album is one of the best things you are likely to hear in all of your life. There are moments on SMiLE that are so astonishingly good you might find yourself just staring at your speakers in unguarded wonder, as I have."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/12/henry_rollins_the_column_the_b.php|title = Henry Rollins: The Column! The Beach Boys' SMiLE: Even Better than Advertised|work = [[LA Weekly]]|author=Henry Rollins}}</ref>

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