The title of the album comes from a thread Mann read about 20 years ago on a newsgroup called alt.bitter where someone was complaining about the "fucking smilers" who would approach him at work when he was in a bad mood and try to cheer him up.
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In addition to the standard CD package, Smilers is available in a limited-edition package with a book-bound cover, a die-cut 32-page book with illustrations by renowned artist Gary Taxali, and held together with metal screw binding.
It's a live album with songs from the concert "Tele2 Go Live 2005", where also other Estonian artists performed: Genialistid, Cool D, DJ Critikal, Ines, Tanel Padar & the Sun, Toe Tag, Blacky, Smilers, Slobodan River.
The cover is a reference to the song "Smilers'i planeet" and features a Mir.