The Smile Sessions is a compilation album and box set released by Americanrock band the Beach Boys on October 31, 2011 that focuses on abandoned recording sessions which – if completed – would have followed the Beach Boys' eleventh studio album Pet Sounds. It features comprehensive session highlights and outtakes, while the first 19 tracks comprise an approximation of what the completed Smile album might have sounded like based on a template established in 2004 for the rerecorded Brian Wilson Presents Smile.
The compilation is the first and only package devoted to the 1960s Smile recordings originally produced by Brian Wilson, arriving after decades of public anticipation and numerous false starts. The project was led primarily by audio engineers Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, and CapitolA&R director Dennis Wolfe, with Wilson acting as a remote supervisor, assisting the engineers with some mixing decisions. Wilson later stated that while the compilation is "not a far cry" from his original vision, he prefers his 2004 solo version. It is preceded by the similar box set The Pet Sounds Sessions (1997).
(feat. Sarah Brightman) There is a smile A smile upon your face I wonder why Why you´re full of grace There is a time My feeling was replaced I wanna hide
- Rank all-time. #276- Rank in decade. #33- Rank in year. #3- Year. 2011Fifty years after their formation, The Beach Boys proved they could still deliver the goods. "The SmileSessions," released in 2011, was a box set centered around ....
