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Volume 24 • Number 3

Fall 2006


 

Multimedia Review


Brian Wilson Presents Smile. David Leaf, director. 2005. Rhino Home Video DVD R2 970415 (240 minutes; Picture format 1.85 anamorphic Wide screen; sound: dolby digital 5.1; region 1).

In the unofficial canon of rock albums, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is a constant presence, which goes some way to explain the intense speculation surrounding its aborted successor, Smile. After Brian Wilson abandoned the album in 1967, it passed into myth and legend as the "greatest album never released." And that is how it remained until suddenly, in 2004, it was released, followed in 2005 by Brian Wilson Presents smile—The DVD: a package comprising two discs and four hours of footage, featuring a two-hour documentary, a live performance of the album, and a wealth of bonus material.


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