1988 interview, "Brian and I did that [album] together." Jardine later reported that the group were unsure if Brian possessed the competence to produce an album. Carlin writes that the band had quickly realized that Brian "no longer had the energy or desire to get anything right [in the studio]." Carl Wilson explained, "I believe that Brian was consciously under-producing the album and that was his choice – we deferred to him. But when we voted to do it that way with those particular songs, I left the studio right there on the spot because I was very disenchanted." Without Brian's knowledge, members of the band later touched up the recordings in opposition to his desire for a "dry" sound. A Newsweek journalist reported that Jardine and Mike Love were "all for letting Brian take full charge, even though Love makes no secret of resenting him." Mankey remembered that "[a]ll of the people in the studio" felt sorry for Brian and tried to help him improve his work, with the exception of Love and Jardine, who "just thought it was crap. They'd show up and say it was terrible." Stephen said, "Carl was dragging his feet, saying, 'This is a shitty record. This isn't anywhere near as good as it should be.'" Carl said, "Thing is, then I came back and worked my ass off because I support my brother Brian professionally and personally." Stephen noted, "They really had mixed feelings about [Brian's comeback] because they knew it would frustrate their own designs for their own music. But they probably liked it economically, because they knew it was going to get them a bigger record deal." Dennis later complained, "I was unhappy with the oldies – absolutely. The album should have been 100% original. We had enough Brian Wilson material to do it. ... Steve Love, Mike Love and Alan Jardine were pushing to get it out – it was just a big push. They'd rather just get it out there than take time with it and develop it. Carl and I were really upset." Steve countered that "the hard truth is that you don't have forever to tinker around with this stuff. The pressing demands of business sometimes interfere with artistic indulgence. Business-wise you want to get the goddamn album out when things are gelling." Mike did not believe that time constraints was to blame for the album's "rough