What is Smile (Beach Boys album)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album | name = Smile | type = studio | longtype = ([[unfinished creative work|unfinished]]) | artist = {{nowrap|[[the Beach Boys]]}} | cover = | border = yes | alt = A cartoon illustration of a shop that sells smiles. | caption = One of the covers prepared by Capitol's art department. Illustration by [[Frank J. Holmes|Frank Holmes]]. | recorded = February 17, 1966 – July 1971 | venue = Various California locales | studio = [[CBS Columbia Square|Columbia]], [[Gold Star Studios|Gold Star]], Sound Recorders, [[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound]], [[United Western Studios|Western]], Hollywood | genre = {{flat list| *[[Art pop]]<ref name=P4k>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=Mark|title=''The Smile Sessions'' review|website=Pitchfork|date=November 2, 2011|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16000-the-smile-sessions/|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lynskey|first1=Dorian|title=Brian Wilson Entrances Bristol on Eve of 'Pet Sounds' 50th Anniversary|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/brian-wilson-entrances-bristol-on-eve-of-pet-sounds-50th-anniversary-20160516|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 16, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=June 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617042508/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/brian-wilson-entrances-bristol-on-eve-of-pet-sounds-50th-anniversary-20160516|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[psychedelic rock]]<ref name=SMiLEversus>{{cite magazine|last1=Essner|first1=Dean|title=Brian Wilson's ''SMiLE'' vs. The Beach Boys' ''The Smile Sessions''|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/09/brian-wilsons-smile-vs-the-beach-boys-the-smile-sessions/|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>{{sfn|Hall|2014|p=63}} *{{nowrap|[[avant-pop]]{{sfn|Sellars|2015|p=106}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fusilli|first1=Jim|title=Beach Boy Bounces Back|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB898202521672981609|work=[[The Wall