Smiley Smile is the twelfth studio album by The Beach Boys.
It was released in 1967 instead of the planned and much-discussed Smile (which was eventually released later), as the follow-up to the acclaimed Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson, the leader of the band, had gotten into drug problems, and so he cacelled the Smile project. Smiley Smile was a critical and commercial failure. The album has gained some popularity over the years though (it notably contains the hit singles Heroes and Villains and Good Vibrations).
Tracklisting[]
| Side one | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Heroes and Villains" | Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks | B. Wilson/Al Jardine | 3:37 | |||||
| 2. | "Vegetables" | B. Wilson/Parks | Jardine/B. Wilson/Mike Love | 2:07 | |||||
| 3. | "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)" | B. Wilson | instrumental | 2:15 | |||||
| 4. | "She's Goin' Bald" | B. Wilson/Love/Parks | B. Wilson/Love/Dennis Wilson/Jardine | 2:15 | |||||
| 5. | "Little Pad" | B. Wilson | Love/Carl Wilson/B. Wilson | 2:30 | |||||
| Side two | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Good Vibrations" | B. Wilson/Love | C. Wilson/B. Wilson/Love | 3:36 | |||||
| 2. | "With Me Tonight" | B. Wilson | C. Wilson | 2:17 | |||||
| 3. | "Wind Chimes" | B. Wilson | Love/B. Wilson/C. Wilson/D. Wilson | 2:36 | |||||
| 4. | "Gettin' Hungry" | B. Wilson/Love | Love/B. Wilson | 2:27 | |||||
| 5. | "Wonderful" | B. Wilson/Parks | C. Wilson | 2:21 | |||||
| 6. | "Whistle In" | B. Wilson | C. Wilson/Love | 1:04 | |||||