L.A. was "a big improvement over M.I.U.. ... the album's strength came largely from its diversity of voices". Critic Richard Williams referred to "Angel Come Home" as "the most beautifully textured and exquisitely pain-racked white soul music ever made". Angel Come Home was later covered by Mick Fleetwood's Zoo on their 1983 album I'm Not Me. Track listing Personnel Credits from Craig Slowinski The Beach Boys Al Jardine - lead and backing vocals; 12-string guitar on “Lady Lynda” Bruce Johnston - backing vocals; Fender Rhodes on “Good Timin’”, “Shortenin’ Bread” & possibly “Lady Lynda” Mike Love - lead and backing vocals Brian Wilson - backing vocals; piano on “Good Timin’” & “Shortenin’ Bread”; harpsichord & organ on “Good Timin’”; Moog synthesizer on “Shortenin’ Bread” Carl Wilson - lead and backing vocals; guitars on “Good Timin’”, “Angel Come Home” & possibly “Shortenin’ Bread”; Fender Rhodes on “Full Sail” & “Goin’ South”; Wurlitzer electric piano on “Angel Come Home” Dennis Wilson - lead and backing vocals; Oberheim synthesizers on “Love Surrounds Me” & “Baby Blue”; Fender Rhodes & Moog synthesizer on “Love Surrounds Me”; piano on “Baby Blue”; drums on “Good Timin’” & “Shortenin’ Bread”; additional drums & timpani on “Love Surrounds Me” Additional musicians Robert Adcock - cello on “Baby Blue” Murray Adler - violin on “Lady Lynda”, “Full Sail”, “Sumahama”, “Here Comes The Night” & “Goin’ South” Michael Andreas - saxophone on “Shortenin’ Bread” Mike Baird - drums & percussion on “Here Comes The Night” Roberleigh Barnhart - cello on “Sumahama” & “Goin’ South” Myer Bello - viola on “Sumahama”, “Here Comes The Night” & “Goin’ South” Arnold Belnick - violin on “Lady Lynda” & “Full Sail” Curt Boettcher - guitars on “Here Comes The Night” Samuel Boghossian - viola on “Lady Lynda” & “Full Sail” Jimmy Bond - double bass on “Lady Lynda” & “Full Sail” Alfred Breuning - violin on “Sumahama” & “Goin’ South” Verlye Mills Brilhart - harp on “Lady Lynda” & “Full Sail” Ed Carter - guitars on “Lady Lynda” & “Love Surrounds Me”; bass guitar on “Lady Lynda” Joe Chemay - bass guitar on “Love Surrounds Me” & “Here Comes The Night”; additional bass guitar on “Baby Blue” & “Shortenin’ Bread” Ronald Cooper - cello on “Angel Come Home” Geoffrey Cushing-Murray - backing vocals on “Full Sail” Isabelle Daskoff - violin on “Lady Lynda”, “Full Sail”, “Sumahama”, “Baby Blue” & “Goin’ South” Jim Decker -