Smile
by Brian Wilson
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 September 2004
- Label: Nonesuch
- Country: United States
- Length: 51:35
- Community rating: 4.09/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Decades after shelving the original Beach Boys sessions, Brian Wilson finally completed his masterpiece. 'Smile' is a teenage symphony to God, full of complex harmonies, whimsical lyrics, and modular composition. It is a triumphant, joyous realization of a lost classic.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, melodic, wall-of-sound, ambitious, orchestral
Tracklist
- Our Prayer / Gee (02:09)
- Heroes and Villains (04:52)
- Roll Plymouth Rock (03:48)
- Barnyard (00:58)
- Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine (01:03)
- Cabin Essence (03:27)
- Wonderful (02:06)
- Song for Children (02:16)
- Child Is Father of the Man (02:17)
- Surf's Up (04:07)
- I'm in Great Shape / I Wanna Be Around / Workshop (01:56)
- Vega-Tables (02:19)
- On a Holiday (02:36)
- Wind Chimes (02:53)
- Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (02:27)
- In Blue Hawaii (02:59)
- Good Vibrations (04:36)
- Heroes and Villains - Instrumental (04:46)
Credits
- Dave Stone - acoustic bass
- Bob Lizik - bass guitar, other [beret]
- Collective Music Ltd. - consultant [project & marketing (international)]
- Gary Imhoff - consultant [project & marketing (international)]
- Phillip Hardy - consultant [project & marketing (international)]
- Jay Krugman - consultant [project & marketing (u.s.)]
- Mark London - design [package], artwork
- Jim Hines - drums, percussion [mallets], saw, effects [sound fx]
- Daniel S. McCoy - engineer [assistant]
- Kevin Dean - engineer [assistant]
- Pete Magdaleno - engineer [assistant]
- Dennis Loren - layout [graphic layout]
- David Leaf - liner notes
- Jean Sievers - management
- Ronnie Lippen - management
- SOOP LLC - management
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Brian Wilson - music by, vocals, keyboards
- Guy Webster - photography by
- Jasper Dailey - photography by
- Melinda Wilson - photography by
- Darian Sahanaja - producer [mix produced by]
- Mark Linett - recorded by, mixed by
- Stockholm Strings 'N' Horns - strings, horns
- Staffan Findin - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], bass trombone
- Anna Landberg - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], cello
- Markus Sandlund - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], cello
- Viktor Sand - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Bj枚rn Samuelsson - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], trombone
- Andreas Forsman - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], viola
- Erik Holm - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], viola
- Malin My Nilsson - strings, horns [stockholm strings 'n' horns], violin
- Probyn Gregory - vocals, guitar, brass, theremin [tannerin], whistle
- Nick Walusko - vocals, guitar, other [eye-patch, carrots]
- Jeffrey Foskett - vocals, guitar, percussion [hammer]
- Scott Bennett - vocals, keyboards, percussion [mallets], guitar
- Taylor Mills - vocals, other [power drill], body percussion [leg-slap]
- Nelson Bragg - vocals, percussion, whistle, other [celery]
- Paul Mertens - woodwind, saxophone, harmonica, conductor [semi-conductor]
- Van Dyke Parks - words by