SMiLE

>>71247563
They're both great, but I'd go with the Sessions. Brian Wilson Presents... is more a rerecording of it whereas the Sessions is a recreation from the recorded bits.

>>71247563
The Smile Sessions, my friend. Tracks 1-19 are the album itself, everything else is bonus material.

>>71247595
niggort

OP here, Bonus question: I always loved Pet Sounds. If I dig Smile as well what else of their catalogue (including Solo projects) is worth listening to? Apart from Pet Sounds I only the the "Greatest Hits" like California Girls etc

>>71247563
Smile Sessions. Anything to piss off Mike Love.

>>71247695
Holland is a great album in terms on poetry and has some really great songs.

Surfs Up is a bit darker album A day in the life of a tree comes up to mind. Incredible album. Has a different version of Smile surfs up with carl lead vocal throughout the beginning.

Smiley Smile which came out instead of smile is bassicly a LO-FI shorter version of smile. Wonderful is asmr level .

Friends is another LO-FI type album but a little less Lo-fi Its an album you can fall asleep to. Very chill

There are others but i have no time to mention the others

ok I'm pretty new to The Beach Boys and I've been hearing about SMiLE since forever
what's so special about it?

>>71247695
all of their albums up to Love You

>>71247936
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(The_Beach_Boys_album)

tl;dr Brian Wilson wanted to try something new. Mike Love didn't.

>>71247695

Surf's up the album and title track is better than Pet Sounds desu

>>71247563
brian wilson presents, it's especially better on the middle section

>>71247579
if it's a teenage symphony to god, what's wrong with a rerecording? it's better than having just part of the symphony

>>71247695
smiley smile, wild honey, friends, sunflower

>>71248212
surfs up is the most overrated song in their whole catalog
solo version lives up to the hype but both versions by the boys are lacking

What do you think of Brians Solo stuff? I'm a few tracks into his 1988 selftitled and digging it but I'm a sucker for 80s pop production values anyway.