Talk:Smiley Smile

Release date?

Not to quibble, but wasn't this album released on Tuesday 9/5/67 in the US, not Monday 9/11/67? As I recall, street day is usually on a Tuesday. I believe AllMusic may have it wrong. swinterich 2/20/06 11:30 am EST

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(From the response I gave to another editor who felt my edit was too drastic): Please take a look at the changes more carefully. What you call "the body of the article" is an extended, unsourced/unreferenced/unverifiable personal commentary that violates Wikipedia's core content policies of verifiability, NPOV, and no original research. Some sections of the article were unsalvageable.

Such phrases as "infamous album," "notoriously under-produced," "bizarre quality," "the turn of events were indeed puzzling," "albeit with a lack of ambition never seen before in him," "sticks out like a sore thumb in this over-simplified atmosphere," "Without a doubt the strangest album ever released by a major group," and "its enduring strangeness" are subjective statements, personal opinions at best, that have no place in an encyclopedic article. The extensive, completely unsourced and mostly if not entirely unverifiable about the motivations of Brian Wilson and other musicians are clear violations of Wikipedia content policies.

This is part of a set of running disputes between user:BGC and other editors (e.g., myself, Mel Etitis, Hapsiainen) over various matters related to popular music pages, and BGC has been warned by several admins that his conduct with respect to the articles is unacceptable. He has responded by removing the earnings from his talk page and describing the admins as vandals in his edit summaries.

I recommend taking a look at this page [1], particularly the early section, for some background to this dispute. Monicasdude 20:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I recommend looking at Monicasdude's TWO RfC pages Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Monicasdude and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Monicasdude 2 to get an understanding and background into his character, which is most evident on his editing practices on this page and MANY others. BGC 20:15, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Unprotecting

I'm unprotecting this article because there has been no discussion in ten days. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Nick Kent

Music journalist Nick Kent described the album as "do it yourself, acid casualty doo-wop music."

Is there a citation available for this? Presumably he didn't say it when the album was released - he'd only have been 14 or 15 then. BTLizard 10:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

On reflection, I think it's probably from the big article he wrote about Brian Wilson in the NME in the mid-1970s; the phraseology would seem to indicate in that direction. A version of the piece later appeared in his book "The Dark Stuff", but I can't confirm because I haven't access to either version. BTLizard 11:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Given that it was not a description contemporary to its release (Kent was not a published journalist till 1971/72 era) - but a comment from a writer long after the release - its significance is far less valuable. It might belong alongside a series of critical references to the album over the years. But it has no merit to the article in the prominent position it holds. Davidpatrick (talk) 01:43, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

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Opinions vs. Facts

There are several things in this article that seem to be just opinions, not facts. For example:

"Smiley Smile is an infamous album by The Beach Boys, issued in 1967. Released in the place of the much-touted Smile, and notoriously under-produced, the album was received with indifference and confusion upon its unveiling. However, Smiley Smile has managed to grow in stature over the years to become a cult favorite, in spite of its bizarre quality."

"the atmosphere is often perceived as eerie, disturbing or frightening, constrastive to earlier Beach Boys material which is most often experienced as warm and inviting."

This is an encyclopedia article, not a review. So I think those should be removed.

Roope 18:42, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I toned down some of the NPOV - some of which, by the way, was not written by me. BGC 20:28, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there a source for the "Paul McCartney plays the carrot" idea?

It says in the booklet to the album, by David Leaf perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.134.186.45 (talk) 23:22, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:SmileySmileCover.jpg

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I'd like to mention that I had this album at one time and the cover was completely different. It was a digital drawing of a smiling face (?) enlarged to the point that the individual square pixels were, eh, I don't know, a half an inch across? I acquired that record cover long ago and I suggest that it is the original cover. 173.174.85.204 (talk) 18:31, 16 June 2017 (UTC) Eric

Copy editing "Live Performances" section

PaintedCarpet (talk) 18:28, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Personnel

Have removed Glen Campbell, as he didn't play on any BB sessions post-PET SOUNDS. I'm assuming his inclusion was down to his claiming to have played on "Good Vibrations". He didn't: not listed on any AFM contracts.Andrew G. Doe (talk) 09:17, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

"Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" uses a similar bass line as that of "The Elements: Fire";

"Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" uses a similar bass line as that of "The Elements: Fire";"

I know this is what David Leaf wrote in his liner notes for the "Smiley Smile/Wild honey" twofer CD, but now that Brian Wilson's "Smile" has been released, it's apparent that "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" uses a similar *vocal* line as that which was to be used in "The Elements: Fire".

Done.--Ilovetopaint (talk) 03:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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Drive-by

A few things that should be fixed before any reviewer at FAC sees it, I imagine (it obviously didn't get too thorough a review for GA …)

• There are about 7 or 8 refs that don't carry a page number, even when other citations from the same source do.
• A few web citations don't include retrieval dates.
• A few of the refs that do show retrieval dates have them as dmy, whereas other dates are mdy.
• In the main text there are 4 types of dashes used: spaced ems, spaced ens, unspaced ems, and unspaced ens. It's either spaced ens or unspaced ems, according to the MoS, and only one type should be used throughout.
• The are some instances where MOS:LQ is not being followed, i.e. when quoted text doesn't amount to a full sentence.

I was going to add a couple more reviewer ratings, so I may well pick up the odd one of these as I go. JG66 (talk) 07:37, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Hidden content

Seems there is some hidden content that creates an additional link break above the "Notes" section. Can this content either be implemented or removed? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:08, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

There are two commented-out sections (Charts and Accolades) after the Personnel section with a line break between them. I've removed the line break. —Bruce1ee^talk 21:12, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Cover artwork

About : "The cover artwork featured a new illustration of Frank Holmes' Smile Shoppe, this time located in the middle of an overgrown jungle."

Well it doesn't seem to be true. There's no shop in the artwork, and according to this article Holmes wasn't involved anymore nor aware about it. Reminiscent of le Douanier Rousseau, the art style is very different from Holmes' anyway. According to this discussion, the real artist was someone named Honeya Thompson and looking at her other artworks, it certainly seems that way. Could someone fix that mistake ? Thank you. 2A01:CB00:773:2B00:58BB:2494:4869:46BC (talk) 15:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)