Album Info
| Artist: | The Beach Boys |
| Album: | The Smile Sessions |
| Released: | USA, 2011 |
Tracklist:
| The Smile Sessions | ||
| A1 | Our Prayer | 1:05 |
| A2 | Gee | 0:51 |
| A3 | Heroes And Villains | 4:52 |
| A4 | Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) | 3:35 |
| A5 | I'm In Great Shape | 0:29 |
| A6 | Barnyard | 0:48 |
| My Only Sunshine | ||
| A8 | Cabin Essence | 3:30 |
| B1 | Wonderful | 2:04 |
| B2 | Look (Song For Children) | 2:31 |
| B3 | Child Is Father Of The Man | 2:10 |
| B4 | Surf's Up | 4:12 |
| C1 | I Wanna Be Around / Workshop | 1:23 |
| C2 | Vega-Tables | 3:49 |
| C3 | Holidays | 2:33 |
| C4 | Wind Chimes | 3:06 |
| C5 | The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) | 2:35 |
| C6 | Love To Say Dada | 2:32 |
| C7 | Good Vibrations | 4:15 |
| Bonus Tracks | ||
| D1 | You're Welcome (Stereo Mix) | 1:08 |
| D2 | Vega-Tables (Stereo Mix) | 3:49 |
| D3 | Wind Chimes (Stereo Mix) | 3:06 |
| D4 | Cabin Essence (Session Highlights And Stereo Backing Track) | 5:17 |
| D5 | Surf's Up (Session Excerpt And Stereo Mix) | 4:46 |
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Description
Abandoned in 1967 and pieced together from Brian Wilson’s modular sessions with Van Dyke Parks, The Beach Boys’ The Smile Sessions (2LP) is the closest we get to the fabled album built at Western and Columbia. The prismatic jump-cuts of Heroes and Villains snap into place, the wordless coda of Surf’s Up hangs in midair, and the train‑whistle vocal round in Cabin Essence still stops a room.
This pressing spreads the reconstruction across two discs with welcome breathing room; space opens around the stacked harmonies and imaging is more precise, so small percussive flickers and bass moves land cleanly. Sleeve art at full size also feels right for this one.
It sits comfortably next to late-60s baroque pop like The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, while staying uniquely Californian and a touch stranger at the edges.
If you’d rather order online, you can buy The Beach Boys records online with us.
This isn’t a hits package so much as a world you live in for 45 minutes, and it rewards front-to-back listening. Long-time fans will appreciate how the sequencing finally breathes and the ideas thread together without studio chatter tripping the flow. Pressed as a 2LP, it’s a patient listen that keeps yielding tiny details on each pass. File it alongside your most-played reissues; it holds its ground. Available to order online or in our Melbourne record store, your crate needs this one.
