« Marlon Brando 1924-2004 | Main | Being Green in 2001 » SMiLE Brian Wilson invaded my brain with Pet Sounds in 1966, and never left. I'd been dismissive of the Beach Boys before then, but something pushed me to buy the album, and I was carried away by its ethereal beauty. When the album SMiLE was in the works, I was one of many Brian Wilson fans waiting for a world-changing aesthetic masterpiece, only to be disappointed when Brian abandoned the project, reportedly because he believed the Fire piece within his symphonic tribute to the elements caused a studio fire nearby. Whatever the case, the album was never finished or released as a whole, but in bits and pieces on albums like Smiley Smile, 20/20, and Surf's Up. There's a bootleg version or two, but no one's ever heard the complete album because Brian never put it together... until now. Malcolm Jones writes in Newsweek how Wilson is completing SMiLE and taking it on the road. The new, finally complete recording of SMiLE will be released by Nonesuch Records September 28. (There's also a just-released all-new Brian Wilson album, Gettin' In Over My Head.) Link to Newsweek's article. (Nearly forgot to mention the great Van Dyke Parks, who wrote the lyrics for the songs on SMiLE. He helped Wilson pull the album back together. jon posted this at 5:23 PM |
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