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The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

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Released: Oct 2011
Label: Capitol Records
The five-disc Smile Sessions works better than any of Brian Wilson's stabs at finishing this lost masterpiece (particularly the 2004 version). This mainly has to do with how experimental pop unfolded over the past five decades. Though unintentional, the music's skeletal nature turned out to be wildly prescient in how it predated the psychedelic deconstruction central to modern lo-fi, electronic pop and ambient-based rock. It's a crazy thought, but had Wilson actually completed Smile in '67, it might have aged about as well as its counterpart Sgt. Pepper, which sounds awfully dated nowadays.
- Justin Farrar
The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions 2011-11-28
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    Our Prayer
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    Gee
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    Heroes and Villains
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    Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock)
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    I'm In Great Shape
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    Barnyard
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    My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunsh...
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    Cabin Essence
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    Wonderful
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    Look (Song for Children)
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    Child is Father of the Man
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    Surf's Up
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    I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
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    Vega-Tables
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    Holidays
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    Wind Chimes
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    The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)
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    Love to Say Dada
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    Good Vibrations
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    You're Welcome
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    Heroes and Villains (Stereo Mix)
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    Heroes and Villains Sections (Stereo Mix)
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    Vega-Tables (Demo)
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    He Gives Speeches
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    Smile Backing Vocals Montage
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    Surf's Up 1967 (Solo Version)
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    Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into a Piano
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    Our Prayer (Dialog)
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    Heroes and Villains: Part 1
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    Heroes and Villains: Part 2
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    Heroes and Villains: Children Were Raised
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    Heroes and Villains: Prelude to Fade
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    My Only Sunshine (Parts 1 & 2)
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    Cabin Essence (Session Highlights and Stereo Backing Track)
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    Surf's Up (1st Movement)
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    Surf's Up: Piano Demo (Master Take)
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    Vegetables: Fade
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    The Elements: Fire
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    Cool, Cool Water (Version 2)
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    Good Vibrations: Session Highlights
    Good Vibrations: Session Highlights
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