Brian Wilson Brings Smiles (also referred to as Smile or the abbreviation BWPS ) is the sixth studio album by Brian Wilson, released in September 2004. Production began as a series of concert performances that were later adapted for studio albums, as well as a 2005 direct-to-film concert of the same title. The album received a remarkable reception and earned its first Wilson Grammy Award, which was later featured on some of the "greatest albums" list. Once released, it peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart.
The project was originally conceived in 1966 as Smile , a concept album recorded by Beach Boys written in collaboration between Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks. It was meant to replace the group's 11th studio album Pet Sounds and was based on the technical method of their single "Good Vibrations". Years after the project was suspended due to personal and technical difficulties with the recording, Wilson chose to review the material with the Park as a specially arranged live concert performance. Motivated by unexpected positive reception, the studio recording version was later released by Wilson as a solo album.
Recorded from scratch, Brian Wilson Presents Smile keeps the Beach Boys Smile sessions by displaying all new instrumental and vocal performances. The recording of the original Beach Boys sessions was later released as The Smile Sessions in 2011. It featured the reconstruction of Smarthys Beach's loose "Smile" album which loosely follows the track list templates. has never been established before the release of Brian Wilson Presents Smile .
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The Smile album as will be recorded by Beach Boys was done for a year before being sealed indefinitely. The original failure to resolve the Smile has been attributed to several factors: internal resistance to the project, legal battles with Capitol Records, technical difficulties with recording, draft draft of Carl Wilson, and increased use of Brian Wilson drugs, mental health problems , and creative dissatisfaction with the project.
Following the recording of the album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 (1996), the group discusses finishing Smile , but Carl rejects the idea, fearing that it will cause Brian another nervous breakdown. After Carl's death in 1998, Brian started reappearing with a series of solo albums and his first solo live tour. In 2000 and 2002, Wilson performed the entire Sound Votes in several places as part of a world tour. A recording of the 2002 Wilson concert was released for Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds Live .
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Awakening
After years of being asked about the possibility of completing Smile - or even performing one of his songs - for the most part a negative response, Wilson reluctantly began integrating several album tracks into his touring list after being urged by his friends. In March 2001, it took Wilson to do "Heroes and Criminals" for the first time in decades at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for "A Tribute to Brian Wilson". Filmed as TV broadcasts, various artists cover other Wilson compositions including Smile including "Our Prayer" by Boys Choir of Harlem and "Surf's Up" by Vince Gill, Jimmy Webb and David Crosby with the band's support of an accompaniment. Performance "Cabinessence" is considered, but decreases because of its complexity. When Wilson band members suggested performing the majority of Smile at the concert as a follow-up to Pet Sounds Live, they were surprised to find Wilson agreeing on the idea. Beginning in 2003, he went on to complete the unfinished album structure with the help of the original band and lyricist Van Dyke Parks. New versions of the album and its performance were made intact with the addition of lost or newly compiled lyrics by Parks filling the gap left open by the unfinished Beach Boys session of 1966-67. On May 22, 2003, it was officially announced that Wilson and his band reinterpreted Smile at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Darian Sahanaja of the Wilson band is an integral part of the completion of the album. He has said that he acted as secretary and facilitator for Wilson and Park ideas, and helped test the idea for the duo by ordering individual song parts using Pro Tools as a digital audio workstation. He explains: "I gave him everything we could find as a Multitrack Pro Tool file, so that [Parks] and Brian could listen to the tracks as much as possible, learn and teach sections to the band, and work on sounds." With Brian's stuff from that period, if you try to dissect it from the finished product, especially where you have vocals on the instrument, you will not get it all. "To free Wilson from the burden of deconstructing and reconstructing his own music, Sahanaja handles the task for him by copying as many records as possible, then presenting his work return to him for any necessary adjustments. Not all material originating from Smile " Smile Beach session is used by Wilson. According to Sahanaja, the songs "He Gives Speeches" and "You're With Me Tonight" were played for Wilson, but were refused to be used. Sahanaja reasoned: "I imagine that it's like when you make a movie - you film a lot of scenes, and then it's impossible to fit everything in. You're most likely going to leave the tape in the cutoff room. Overall, this writing session lasted for about two weeks in the fall of 2003. Wilson explicitly stated that he can remember very little Smile before reviewing the recording with Parks, reminding Wilson of the initial theme of the Americana project..
The park was initially not involved in the project. It was reported that during the exercises between Wilson and Sahanaja for the unfinished song "Do You Like Worms?", Wilson was able to remember the original melody of the song, but not the lyrics. Faced with this dilemma, he called Parks for help. The park immediately appeared in front of Wilson's door, and both extended their collaboration on some of the settings and lyrics of other songs. For these new versions, Wilson, Parks, Sahanaja, and woodwind/string arranger player Paul Mertens base their arrangements on unreleased Beach Island original tapes to provide updated and outdated sound.
Performance
On February 20, 2004, the live performance of the newly released Smile version was completed by Wilson along with his backing band, which included former Beach Boys back-up guitarist Jeff Foskett, member of Wondermints and Nelson's percussion Bragg at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Among those who attended that first night were Paul McCartney and George Martin. Other attendees include Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and Paul Weller. It is presented in the form of three movements, with a half-hour interval between two and three movements. Upon completion, Wilson received a long applause and invited the Garden to cry onstage. Before the show, Wilson was so anxious about the premiere of the album that he acknowledged himself in the hospital, and after the show Sahanaja reported that Wilson swayed behind the scenes - out of relief that he finally conquered his fear of Smile "Dance! Dance! We made it! We did it!" The show was then repeated at the Royal Festival Hall five times more for the next five nights, with each played recorded for posterity in the movie and 48-track Genex hard disk recorder.
smile has been ordered by Wilson's two setlist of regular Beach Boys hits such as "Sloop John B" and "God Only Knows" along with the vagueness of "You're Welcome" and "Time to Get Alone". Reported after Parks appeared on stage on the first night, she played a shaker during "Do It Again".
Music critic Jim DeRogatis categorized Smile as a pop orchestra album. Mikael Wood from Slate magazine calls it a psychedelic pop album. Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune referred to it as "the unique orchestra-pop song cycle". Wilson himself says that Smile is a pop album. Smile is meant to be explicitly American-style and subject matter, which is especially motivated by the dominance of the fabulous British pop culture during the initial time of the album. It follows the musical journey in America from east to west, beginning at Plymouth Rock and ending in Hawaii, as well as traversing some of the great themes of American history and culture. It seems chronological, moving from the beginning of America through the Victorian era and ending with Hawaii, which in terms of American statehood is still a very new country for 1966. In subsequent interviews to promote the album, Brian has concentrated on the happy, humorous, musical quality of the clear. Lyricist Parks says that Brian has "cartoon awareness."
Move one and two
According to Beach Boys archiving, Peter Reum, the first episode represents "Americana", while the second is named "Cycle of Life". The presentation begins with Wilson's composition "Our Prayer" plus a 1950s doo-wop song "Gee". This segues to "Heroes and Villains" followed by "Roll Plymouth Rock", "Barnyard", a medley of "You Are My Sunshine" and "The Old Master Painter", and finally "Cabinessence".
Some of the themes of "Life Cycle" are childhood and fatherhood. After the opening of "Wonderful", the next one is "Song for Children", "Child Is Father of the Man", and the closer "Surf's Up".
Movement of three
The third movement refers to "The Elements", or alternatively, "Spiritual Rebirth - Elements". It begins with an introductory section involving "I'm in Extraordinary Shapes", "I Want To Be", and "Workshop", which then leads to "Vega-Tables". The following are "On a Holiday", "Wind Chimes," "Mrs O'Leary's Cow", and "In Blue Hawaii".
"The Elements" is represented by "Vega-Tables" (Earth), "Wind Chimes" (Water), "Mrs O'Leary's Cow" (Fire), and "In Blue Hawaii" (Water). The last song of Smile ', "Good Vibration", replaces the famous lyric Mike Love with the previous line written by Pet Sounds lyricist Tony Asher. However, since Asher never wrote the lyrics for the finished version, still need to use some Love lyrics, and praise him with Asher and Wilson. This also includes the " humm-be-dumm " section of harmony extracted from the 1966 alternative song edit. "Good Tremors" extensively passes through three distinct phases, as the album does, and displays the Electro-Theremin tailor made.
Studio recording
Inspired by this success, Wilson began to consider a studio recording version of his appearance Smile . After two weeks, it was decided to go ahead, and so Brian Wilson Presents Smile became a complete studio album. Recording started in April 2004 with a ten-piece tour band, coupled with a ten piece piece piece and an acoustic bassist. The basic tracks were recorded on the Sunset Sound Recorders in four days, with overdubbing and mixing continuing through July with a few stops at Mark Lin's Studio or Mark Mine's Mine. Wilson embarked on a Smile tour during this recording session.
When played directly, digital keyboards are used to mimic the sounds of various instruments such as harpsichord and tack pianos, and electric drums are used instead of tympanic. This digital keyboard is stored for recording albums, although real upright and tympanic pianos are used. Some changes were also made to the track's special settings, as they have been set up with audience in mind, along with logistics having only ten players on stage. Linett elaborates: "For the studio version of Smile , Brian and the band eliminate a growing portion that is designed only for live performances and substantially processing instrumental arrangements." Most of the techniques for the album were modeled after general practice during the 1960s, and the tracks were recorded and sorted in the same separate sections as the original Smile . Vocals were recorded using a tube console identical to that used by Beach Boys at United Western Recorders in the 1960s.
Album release
On September 28, 2004, Brian Wilson released a newly recorded studio version of Brian Wilson Presents Smile . This was followed by two US tours, with stops displayed at New York Carnegie Hall; a combination of two shows is broadcast in NPR Creators at Carnegie series. The concert series also goes to Australia and New Zealand, also Europe. Three singles released to promote the album:
- "Good Vibrations" was released on CD and 7 "vinyl before the release of the album and included live versions of" Our Prayer "and" Good Vibrations "from Smile's live debut recorded at Royal Festival Hall, in London on February 20, 2004.
- "Our Prayer" was released in the United Kingdom as a single "single-sided 10" on clear vinyl. The song was remixed as a Freeform Reformation Version by the Freeform London band.
- "Great" has a limited release of 5,000 on blue, green, and yellow vinyl backed with "Wind Chimes". The only vinyl release was charted at number 29 on the UK singles chart in the first week of release.
To promote Brian Wilson Presents Smile , Wilson, via The Mail on Sunday , released Good Vibrations , a free compilation featuring Beach Boys re-recorded. In response to this, Mike Love filed a lawsuit seeking compensation, on the grounds that free CDs had a negative impact on the demand for the original song. The lawsuit was dismissed after the court found no problem could be solved.
Reception
smile opens at # 13 in the US for a 17-week chart stay; reached # 7 in the UK, and got a gold certificate (100,000). It gained wide recognition from music critics. Robert Christgau, who was skeptical of this album in the 1960s, praised Park's lyrics and wrote in Rolling Stone, what brought them into something that approached the utopian vision was the Wilson orchestra: a short, light bridge melody harmony is more precise and uplifting now than it was when executed by the people who actually were there and a fascinating illusion of instrumental colors. "He went on to give the album a very rare grade. NME magazine says smile "stood with one of the great 20th century music. In her repeated and repeated melodic string, she echoes the Prokofiev Kije Suite In the appropriation of the American people, he stands there with the work of Gershwin and Copland, In his contemplative beauty, he rubs his shoulders with Miles Davis. Kind of Blue One of the greatest albums of the 21st century. " John Bush of AllMusic was less enthusiastic and believed that Smile was a "very united and unbearable piece of pop music," but decided that it was "no musical stream equivalent to Sergeant Catfish." Club Band or by Wilson, Pet Sounds ".
Smile received many nominations for the 2004 Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered, Non-Classic (for Mark Linett) Album. It won a Grammy, in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for "Mrs O'Leary's Cow". Smile is also finished in second place in Pazz & amp; Jop, annual poll by The Village Voice . Christgau, the poll creator, named it 2004's best album on his own list, The Beach Boys
When asked to think about the album, Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love commented in November 2004: "I think it's a good thing for Brian to do, a friend sent me a copy but I have not heard it yet because we've been on tour."
Co-founder Al Jardine admitted in 2013: "Honestly, I did not give it much thought: I did not want to go there at that time They were good enough to send me a copy So I dropped the needle, as they used to say, and listened some pieces, and it's very good. But nothing like the real thing.And remember the production value is quite unique for the time period in the recording process.We used good outboard teeth at the time - gear tubes, echo chamber and acoustic space and that makes it all sound very good.That's what I like about vintage stuff. "
Bruce Johnston, who joined the band in 1965, said about the album in 2008: "I think as an exercise to keep him busy [Brian], it's interesting. (...) I talk to him occasionally But I'll never say to him that I'm going to take Pet's Voice over what he's doing right now.The fate is not very cool Fate tells Brian and Mike, "I'm gonna screw your head up, and I will not give you a Grammy for anything You're hot. (...) Brian and Mike and the band deserve a Grammy in prime time, and it never happened. "
Documentaries and concerts
Showtime cable network released a documentary film titled Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and Story of Smile in October 2004.
A 2-disc DVD featuring concert performance Smile (directed by John Anderson and filming in Los Angeles studio with live viewers) was released in May 2005. Also titled Brian Wilson Presents Smile , The DVD includes the Beautiful Dreamer documentary.
Smile Sessions
Sorting Brian Wilson Presents Smile affects the 2011 compilation The Smile Sessions . It features a newly assembled reconstruction of the Beach Boys' Smile album that is loosely modeled after the song list for Brian Wilson Presents Smile . The project, supervised by Wilson, only uses surviving surviving recordings recorded by the group between the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Track list
All tracks are written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, unless they are mentioned.
Personnel
Per album liner notes.
- The Brian Wilson Band
- Stockholm Strings 'n' Horns
- Production and technical staff
Note
- References
Bibliography
External links
- Brian Wilson Brings Smiles on Discogs (release list)
- Brian Wilson Gives a Smile to IMDb
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