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Smiley Smile (Music)

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Smiley Smile is the twelfth studio album by The Beach Boys, released in 1967. It was recorded and released after the collapse of SMiLE. The band tried a minimalist approach for the majority of this album, contrasting significantly from the grand productions of the "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes and Villains" singles (which were both belatedly given an LP release on this album).Upon release, the album did very well in places like the UK but was a commercial flop in the US. Receiving generally mixed reviews, it has since been Vindicated by History, becoming a cult and critical favourite, and is now credited as an early example of Lo-Fi music.A forum dedicated to The Beach Boys was named after this album.
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Darker and Edgier
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Darker and Edgier: At least musically, especially "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)".
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Theremin
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Theremin: "Good Vibrations" very famously uses an Electro-Theremin.
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Alliterative Title
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Alliterative Title: "Smiley Smile"
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Fake-Out Fade-Out
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Fake-Out Fade-Out: "Heroes and Villains", which had so many false endings that one British DJ called it "the disc-jockeys' nightmare".
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Pep-Talk Song
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Pep-Talk Song: "Good Vibrations".
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The Power of Love
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The Power of Love: "Good Vibrations"
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Instrumentals
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Instrumentals: "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)", which was a reworking of the Smile track "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow".
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Den of Iniquity
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Den of Iniquity: "Heroes and Villains"
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Jump Scare
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Jump Scare: "Wind Chimes" and its unexpected and loud melodica will surely catch you off-guard on a first listen.
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Genre Mashup
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Genre Mashup: "Heroes and Villains", a nearly indescribable mix of faux-opera, symphonic arrangements, Gershwin, Spector, Americana folk, comedy songs, doo-wop, scatting and many others contextualized in an old-timey cowboys and indians setting.
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One-Word Title
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One-Word Title: "Vegetables", "Wonderful".
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Heroes and Villains" is a catchy and tuneful song — about gang warfare, particularly the protagonist's wife's accidental death in same.
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Single Stanza Song
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Single Stanza Song: "Whistle In". Supposedly based on an idea that occurred to Brian that kept on repeating in his head:
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