Smile (The Beach Boys album)
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Smile is an unfinished album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, conceived as the follow-up to their 1966 album Pet Sounds. The project—a concept album involving themes of Americana, humor, yout
From left: Bruce Johnston, Terry Melcher, Tony Asher, and Brian Wilson at a Pet Sounds recording session in early 1966.
The Smile recording period coincided with the late 1966 Sunset Strip riots (pictured).
According to Van Dyke Parks, Smile was partly intended to reclaim popular music from the influence of British acts like the Beatles (pictured in 1964).
Wilson stated that his understanding of ego and humor drew on the writings of Arthur Koestler (pictured)
Pet Sounds
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Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. It was produced, arranged, and primarily composed by Brian Wilson with g
Smile (The Beach Boys album)
…Smile (stylized as SMiLE) is an unfinished album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, conceived as the follow-up to their 1966 album Pet Sounds. The project—a concept album involving themes of Americana, humor, youth, innocence, and the natural world—was planned as a twelve-track LP assembled…
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys in February 1965. From left: Carl Wilson, Al Jardine, Brian and Dennis Wilson, and Mike Love
Asher and Wilson modeled Pet Sounds after Tin Pan Alley's songwriting craftmanship (pictured in 1948; Rodgers and Hammerstein with Irving Berlin)