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The Beach Boys: Smiley Smile (Brother)

Paul Nelson, Hullabaloo, February 1968

THE BEACH Boys' Smiley Smile is the long-awaited new Beach Boys album and the sequel to Pet Sounds, the latter being one of the classic American rock LPs and the Beach Boys' first real attempt at New Music profundity (if, indeed, profundity is the right word here).

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