1. Heroes and Villains
(3:38) [Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks]
2. Vegetables
(2:06) [Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks]
3. Fall Breaks and Back To Winter
(Woody Woodpecker Symphony)
(2:15) [Brian Wilson]
4. She's Goin' Bald
(2:14) [Wilson/Mike Love/Van Dyke Parks]
5. Little Pad
(2:29) [Brian Wilson]
6. Good Vibrations
(3:35) [Brian Wilson/Mike Love]
7. With Me Tonight
(2:17) [Brian Wilson]
8. Wind Chimes
(2:35) [Brian Wilson]
9. Gettin' Hungry
(2:27) [Brian Wilson/Mike Love]
10. Wonderful
(2:20) [Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks]
11. Whistle In
(1:04) [Brian Wilson]
Singles:
Good Vibrations b/w Let´s Go Away For Awhile (C 5676)
Heroes & Villains b/w You´re Welcome (Brother
1001)
Gettin´Hungry b/w Devoted To You (Brother 1002)
Production Infos:
Produced By The Beach Boys.
Songs Recorded At United Western Studios, Goldstar Studios,
CBS Studios And Brian Wilson's Home Studio.
Enginereed By Jim Lockert And Chuck Britz.
Album Infos:
When Brian said he wouldn´t go to the
studio, they built a studio in his living room.
When the BB arrived in London in November 1966, the reaction
was posively Beatlemaniacal. As one English newspaper headline
trumpted "The Beatles´ only real rivals come
to Britain and take London airport by surprise".
In 1966, predating the Beatles´ Apple Records by a
year, hotshot record industry executive David Anderle was
formulating Brother Records, the BB own label.
The album was tentatively titled "Dumb Angel"
and then renamed "Smile".
In December 1966, they edged out the Beatles as the top
vocal group in a year-end fan poll conducted by "New
Musical Express", a major British rock magazine.
In March 1967, the BB sued Capitol Records (a royalty dispute).
In May 1967, Brian abandoned Smile. The time of this decision
(only weeks before the released of the Beatles´ production
masterwork "Sgt. Pepper") was hardly coincidental.
Instinctively, Brian must have known that time had run out,
that he´d "lost" his elf-defined "production
race" with the Beatles - a battle that, prior to Christmas
1966, Brian seemed to have "in the bag".
The rock aristocracy who heard Smile at the time said it
was incredible.
Smile became the most famous unreleased album in rock history.
By the time Smiley Smile was released in September of 1967,
the BB had become cultural dinosaurs. And it happened almost
overnight.
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