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4 days ago · Brian Wilson Presents Smile (also referred to as Smile or the abbreviation BWPS) is the fifth studio album by American musician Brian Wilson, released on September 28, 2004 on Nonesuch. It features all-new recordings of music that he had originally created for Smile, an unfinished album by the Beach Boys that he abandoned in 1967.
3 days ago · Although Pet Sounds would end up preceding Smiley Smile instead, Wilson was determined to one day revisit the original project, a desire he quenched in 2004 with the release of Brian Wilson Presents Smile. Featuring recordings Wilson had planned for the original Smile, Presents Smile may have forced the musician to revisit a particularly ...
4 days ago · Live albums and Brian Wilson Presents Smile. Early in 2000, Wilson released his first live album, Live at the Roxy Theatre. Later in the year, he embarked on a series of U.S. concert dates that included the first full live performances of Pet Sounds, with Wilson backed by a 55-piece orchestra.
2 days ago · In 2004, Wilson recorded and released his solo album Brian Wilson Presents Smile, a reinterpretation of the unfinished Smile project. That September, Wilson issued a free CD through the Mail On Sunday that included Beach Boys songs he had recently rerecorded, five of which he co-authored with Love.
3 days ago · 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the world premiere of Brian Wilson Presents Smile at London's Royal Festival Hall. Next autumn, timed to celebrate the anniversary release of the 2004 album, Omnibus Books will be publishing a 20th anniversary BWPS history/appreciation/celebration that I’m writing.
2 days ago · “Heroes And Villains” is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks and was the first song written for the Smile project in 1966. The song was released on The Beach Boys’ album, “SMiLE” in 2004. The inspiration for the song came from Wilson’s fascination with the Spanish and Indian history of California.
4 days ago · Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys was never particularly fond of rock that was much heavier than Chuck Berry or his biggest rival, The Beatles.
