THE BEACH BOYS
Smile (1967)
Beach Boys songwriting overlord Brian Wilson intended Smile to be a ''teenage symphony to God.'' Expectations were certainly high when Wilson began work in 1966 on the band's follow-up to their classic Pet Sounds collection. Alas, the troubled Wilson would not actually complete the album until 2004. By that time material from the original sessions had long been available, both officially and on bootlegs, including a little ditty called ''Good Vibrations.'' —Clark Collis
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