Smile

Orpheus Listening Challenge 2026: #42 An unofficial release (bootleg). (35th Album)

For the record, I listened to SonicLoveNoize's version (or imagination) of what Smile would've sounded if it was released in 1967.

I don't know what's the deal with this album. It's decent, sure, but not nearly the unequaled masterpiece everyone is making it out to be. That's probably due to the fact that this is, sadly, an unfinished project that has holes in it that makes for an uneven experience. There is some great moments, Surf's Up and Good Vibrations being two of them. The rest? An understandable question mark.