The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

Published: June 15, 2015, 4 a.m.

b'Brian flies solo this week to talk about one of rock\'s most misunderstood albums, Smiley Smile (1967, Brother) by The Beach Boys. \\xa0He\\xa0attempts to recontextualize the album\'s importance in music\'s "back to basics" movement of the late 60s as The Boys transition\\xa0from their signature lush, orchestral pop into something more primal. \\xa0And somewhere in there, Brian realizes, quite aggressively, that Sgt. Pepper\'s might not be quite as good as the rest of the world thinks\\xa0it is. This and more as he talks about what makes the album great, one track at a time.'