Smiley Smile
| The Beach Boys
Smiley Smile
Smiley Smile is the 12th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on September 18, 1967. The album reached number 9 on UK record charts, but sold poorly in the US, peaking at number 41 the band's lowest chart placement to that point. Critics and fans generally received the album with confusion and disappointment. Only one single was issued from Smiley Smile: "Heroes and Villains". "Good Vibrations" and "Gettin' Hungry" were also released, but the former was issued a year earlier, while the latter was not credited to the band. -WIKIPEDIA
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Pitchfork
2001 - Smiley Smile is a near-masterpiece.
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sputnik music
2010 - Bizarrely brilliant.
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ALL MUSIC
it's a rather nifty, if rather slight, effort that's plenty weird -- in fact, it's often downright goofy.
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blogcritics
2008 - It is one of the most unpredictable albums in the Beach Boys catalogue as it evokes different thoughts and feelings during each listening.
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Classic Rick Review
Smiley Smile is easily the single weirdest thing the Beach Boys have ever released.
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The Rising Storm
2007 - Of all the Boys records, this is by far the most psychedelic.
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Adrian Denning
'Smiley Smile' is in-fact a highly regarded and influential album in it's own right.
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Mark Prindle
This is where Brian's paranoid schizophrenia unfortunately began to take over his life.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Review
A strange hodgepodge of a record, but Brian's songwriting was so otherworldly at this point that it's still one of the group's best efforts.
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Don Ignacio
Smiley Smile is a bizarre and poorly produced album with merely whispers of that genius.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
Smiley Smile is a waste of potential, despite how bizarrely charming it is in places.
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Starling Rinet
Well worth a listen, though as I said not as enjoyable as it is interesting.
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Culture Sonar
2017 - Opened the Gates to a New Era.
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