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In 1967, Brian Wilson was attempting to finish work on what would be his masterwork, an album called Smile. Ultimately, pressure from his fellow Beach Boys, Capitol Records executives, and his drug use, fears, and impulses led to the album’s abandonment, its scraps scattered over various albums. Wilson embarked on a self-destructive path of drug addiction, mental illness, and bedridden seclusion, while the Beach Boys lost their status as a popular rock band, never fully recovering their past momentum. But what if Smile had been released in 1967 as was intended? The Eyes That Smiled answers this question, setting forth events that not only alter the fate of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, but also the history of rock music. As the Beach Boys revel in the acclaim, the Beatles and others must respond to keep pace, or fall apart trying. But even Smile is not enough to save America’s Band from a series of troubles that may cost them everything they have worked so hard to achieve…