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Smile (sometimes stylized as SMiLE) [1] is an unfinished album by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was intended to follow their 1966 album Pet Sounds.It was to be an LP of twelve tracks assembled from modular fragments, the same editing process used for their "Good Vibrations" single.
Reported to have existed by Stanley Shapiro, a friend of the Beach Boys that had written songs with Dennis. Dennis had asked engineer Stephen Desper to set up the tape on a reel-to-reel before Brian ripped it off the playback and yelled "Don't you ever touch that again!
The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6. Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2. Heylin, Clinton (2010). Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording ...
While Smile may have divided the Beach Boys' fans had it been released, Smiley Smile merely baffled them." [ 119 ] The group was virtually blacklisted by the music press, to the extent that reviews of the group's records were either withheld from publication or published long after the release dates. [ 137 ]
The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6. Elliott, Brad (November 2003). Surf's Up! The Beach Boys on Record, 1961-1981. Surf's Up Books. ISBN 978-0-9727686-1-0.
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The Beach Boys' catalogue has been released on reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, CD, MiniDisc, digital downloads, and various streaming services. The group has released 29 studio albums , 11 live albums , 56 compilation albums , 1 remix album , and 75 singles .
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