Group

Tim Bowness / Samuel Smiles

From: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Since: 1989–present
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 3

About

Samuel Smiles (frequently known as Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, the name to which all of their albums were attributed) were an intermittently active English ambient-folk band. Their best-known lineup featured singer Tim Bowness of the band No-Man.

From Samuel Smiles (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Tim Bowness now
Peter Chilvers now

Discography

Albums 1

World of Bright Futures 1999

Live 2

Live Archive One 2000
Live Archive 2 / The Way We Used to Live 2000

Also known as

Samuel Smiles · Tim Bowness & Samuel Smiles · Tim Bowness and Samuel Smiles

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: cdb3f760-b014-4909-b724-85699abfac03

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.