Brian Wilson Presents Smile
by Brian Wilson
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Brian Wilson Presents Smile is ranked as the best album by Brian Wilson.
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Brian Wilson Presents Smile track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Brian Wilson Presents Smile rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 11/100 | 87 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 29 Music Albums of 2004 | 9/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 2004 | 45/54 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 61/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 383 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,359 | |||
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Brian Wilson Presents Smile ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 19:57 |  JR | 1,122 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 01:48 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 08:05 | traistboar | 1,769 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5372): By gregthealien BestEverAlbums 12/01/2025 17:03 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 11/01/2025 16:03 in Monthly overall chart movementsBrian Wilson Presents Smile comments
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The original Smile album and it's subsequent collapse is a very sad story, not only for the potential it had to be the best record ever made but most importantly the effect it had on Brian's health afterwards. But we did in the end manage to get a complete version of what it may have sounded like and I actually prefer this version than the one compiled with the original tapes that was released a few years afterwards. This is because it is complete, it sounds more cohesive, the tracks flow better together and as a result feels more like an album than a compilation of previously unreleased outtakes. (Edited)
Extremely under-rated eas ily the most album-like and my favorite "Smile"
When an album is accompanied by such a background story, there is a tendency that the story dominates the actual music. Not here, though, not even close. Ambitious and sophisticated, yet poppy and entertaining, it combines the best of both worlds. (Edited)
planetneutral 01/24/2021 18:26 | #265007
I recognize the significance and the achievement that this represents, but don't love these songs and can't help wonder what might have been.
LebowskiRams 08/05/2019 18:09 | #240779
Brian's vision and little else. A pure, wholesome, and long-awaited album that's a happy ending to one of music's greatest lost albums
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