Thursday, February 12, 2009

No. 12 - SMiLE (a reconstruction)


SMiLE. Brian Wilson's "teenage symphony to god" - a journey across America, starting in the Northeast and ending on the beaches of California - the notoriously unreleased Beach Boys response to Sgt. Pepper. After getting un-crazy, Brian Wilson rerecorded the entire album in 2003. But it lacks Carl, Dennis, Mike, and Al. THIS is a 'reconstruction' of SMiLE from the original Beach Boys studio takes, brought to you by the audio-engineering magic of the 21st century. To put it more urgently, this is an album that shouldn't exist but it does exist and it's hauntingly perfect.

just SMiLE

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