Reading Smile
First conceived in 1966 but only completed in 2004, Brian Wilson Presents Smile has been called "the best-known unreleased album in pop music history" and "an American Sergeant Pepper." Reading Smile offers a close analysis of the recording in its social, cultural and historical contexts.
It focuses in particular on the finished work’s subject matter as embodied in Van Dyke Parks’ contentious yet l...
First conceived in 1966 but only completed in 2004, Brian Wilson Presents Smile has been called "the best-known unreleased album in pop music history" and "an American Sergeant Pepper." Reading Smile offers a close analysis of the recording in its social, cultural and historical contexts.
It focuses in particular on the finished work’s subject matter as embodied in Van Dyke Parks’ contentious yet l...
