Brian Wilson - Smile (CD 2004)

There is so much that has been wrote about the history of the legendary Beach Boys album that never was; that of "Smile". I'm not going to go on about that, but some 30 years later Brian got it together; did what once seemed impossible. Beat his demons and we have a great CD at the end of it. The songs, some of which are familier; the "Smile" material filtering down to many of the final Capitol recordings the Boys did, not to mention their later records. But here, in "Smile" is the way everything was meant to sound. And it works. It fits together brilliantly, not a dud track anywhere. Even tracks which may have jarred in their original incarnation, such as "Vegetables" on Smiley Smile, sound right here; the re-working. The time spent polishing and perfecting the vision.
It is not time that was wasted.
This is a CD that should be in everyone's collection. Both for the triumph it represents, and for the quality of songs contained upon it. Not to mention, that Brian was right. That smiles are powerful things. And the music does much, not least of which is leave you smiling. Just as Brian believed it would.

(mbl) Es wäre vermutlich die Überraschung des Jahres 1966 gewesen. Allerorts war die neue Langspielplatte der großen Konkurrenz zu den Beatles in der Musik-Fachpresse angekündigt. Stattdessen wurden am Ende einzelne Titel, keinem Konzept folgend, bei anderen Alben der Beach Boys untergebracht. Nun endlich hat der Altmeister des Beat, das "Gehirn" der Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, sein Werk vollendet. Er ist dabei seinen eigenen Weg gegangen, hat sich nicht beeinflussen lassen und die neuen Mittel der Technik genutzt. Dass der Produzent ehemals bei den Beach Boys mitgewirkt hat, leugnet er bei dieser CD-Produktion keinesfalls. Im neuen Gewand stellt Wilson sein Konzeptalbum "Smile" vor und wartet mit einigen Überraschungen auf. "Good Vibrations" runden das Bild ab. Ein perfektes Werk.

this album has multiple layers of sound and production which sound exellent especially when listened to loud or on headphones, the harmonies and melodies are heavenly, if only it would of came out when it should of had. a deffinite 10 out of 10.
Buy now.

having been egar to buy the album for ages my wait finally ended all those years brian wilson took to make smile has paid off this truly is one of the finest albums he has ever made the only downside is he redid good vibrations which if you listen to the old one it dosent better it

this is a classic album for any die hard music fans to buy i bought on a off chance and its great and also if you like the beach boys get dennis wilson cd as well