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Smiley Smile is the 12th studio album by the Beach Boys, an American rock band. Released on September 18, 1967, it reached number 9 on the UK Albums Chart, but sold poorly in the US, peaking at number 41. "Heroes and Villains" was the only original single issued from the album. Smiley Smile was conceived as a simplified version of the group's planned album Smile, which was never released. Most of Smiley Smile was recorded at Brian Wilson's makeshift home studio using radio broadcasting equipment, a detuned piano, electronic bass, melodica, found objects for percussion, and a Baldwin theater organ. These were played by the Beach Boys themselves, rather than the session musicians employed in much of their previous work. The unconventional recording process juxtaposed an experimental party-like atmosphere with short pieces of disjointed music. The resulting album combined the engineering methods of "Good Vibrations" (1966) with the loose feeling of Beach Boys' Party! (1965). (Full article...)
ILIL (and anyone else interested): thoughts and edits are welcome. This is the last batch of blurbs for older FACs for a while. - Dank (push to talk) 23:30, 23 December 2019 (UTC)