Smile

<p>"Brian Wilson. SMILE: Excellent! The man is my hero. I love him. I weep when I hear his band, I hear him sing. I love him."&nbsp;&mdash;Paul McCartney</p>

<p>The story of the Brian Wilson's legendary&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;album from Beach Boys authority David Leaf. The story of&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;is a story without precedent, appropriate for music that was and remains groundbreaking.</p>

<p>"This is the first book to tell the full story of Brian Wilson and&nbsp;SMiLE, including the details of the original&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;recording sessions and their increasingly legendary status as well as the final release of the album, the accompanying concerts and film, and its afterlife.</p>

<p>With over two dozen new interviews as well as generous excerpts from his extended 2004 interviews with Brian Wilson and&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;collaborator Van Dyke Parks, the book tells the story of&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;by those who were there in 1966 and from the participants in its 2004 resurrection, including all the members of Brian Wilson&rsquo;s band. It also features fan memories of what it was like to see Brian Wilson Presents&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;and what it meant to them.</p>

<p>With a foreword by Melinda Wilson and an anthology of essays from&nbsp;SMiLE&nbsp;historians, devotees, and music professors, this book promises to be the definitive word on the subject.</p>

<p>&ldquo;If I had to select one living genius of popular music, I would choose Brian Wilson.&rdquo;&nbsp;&mdash;George Martin</p>

<p>"He's a modern-day Stravinsky, the way he constructs his music."&nbsp;&mdash;Questlove</p>

<p>"I don't think there is anyone his equal in pop music."&nbsp;&mdash;Linda Ronstadt</p>

<p>"[T]he only real pop genius in the world..."&nbsp;&mdash;Sir Elton John</p>