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** He was amazed and excited at an album that was "all good stuff!" To be fair, very few pop artists had even attempted such a thing at the time (1965), although the Beatles had arguably already managed one with ''A Hard Day's Night''.

* [[All Drummers Are Animals]] - Dennis Wilson was known affectionately as a "clubber". During a performance of "I Get Around" at the ''T.A.M.I. Show'', Dennis even shattered a drumstick mid-song.

* [[Ascended Extra]] - Bruce Johnston went from being a fill-in on tours to session musician to full-fledged band member.

** While he joined the group in 1965, preexisting record-label contracts delayed his [[Promotion to Opening Titles|Promotion to Album Covers]] until 1968's ''Friends''.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]] - Mike Love has one of the most vibrant bass voices you'll ever hear in your life.

* [[Executive Meddling]] - At least half of the hardships Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys faced could've been avoided if Capitol Records would've been better team players.

** Also "Heroes and Villains", which had so many false endings that one British DJ called it "the disc-jockeys' nightmare".

** Additionally, "The Little Girl I Once Knew" has sudden stops and patches of silence between its verses, limiting its radio play, and robbing the song of hit-status.

** Before that, Brian Wilson contributed harmony vocals to the Jan and Dean record "Surf City" (which he wrote).

* [[Having a Gay Old Time]]: The thongs in "All Summer Long" refer to sandals.

* [[I Am the Band]] - Brian was this during the ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile'' era, while Mike Love has had this role since roughly 1978.

* [[In the Style Of]] - "Girl Don't Tell Me" sounds very much like [[The Beatles]]' song "Ticket to Ride." It's possible that "Girl Don't Tell Me" was influenced by "Ticket to Ride," as the the former was recorded on April 30, 1965 and the latter had been released on April 9 of that year.

** Even on their first two albums, the nominal producer, Nick Venet, has been open about the fact that his role was pretty much just to tell the engineer to do what Brian Wilson wanted.

* [[Saved From Development Hell]] - ''Smile'', after 37 years.

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]] - Dennis Wilson, full tilt.

* [[Signature Song]] - "Surfin' USA" and "Good Vibrations".