Smiley Smile was the little LP that never was. The sound of Brian going
away. The sound of contractual fulfillment. After months of articles, it
seemed as if SMiLE would be incredible. Unfortunately, the watered down
version was especially disappointing, due to the pre-furor over SMiLE. And
to
Yes, I agree! Although means of distributing music info was limited to
pretty much to the New Musical Express, I clearly remember keenly waiting
for the promised SMiLE. As news broke that SMiLE would not be released and
buying Smiley Smile, I found it a messy album of half promises and some
I was talking about that initial first time hearing it back in the early
fall of '67. And I quote..."WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!? The group that gave us Pet
Sounds and Good Vibrations and Heroes and Villains just put out this
odd-ball collection of turds?"
Some found that to be a touch too
