▁album ▁Sun flow er . ▁It ▁received ▁generally ▁favor able ▁reviews , ▁and ▁review ers ▁un anim ously ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁album ' s ▁four - song ▁closing ▁suite ▁as ▁its ▁crow ning ▁moment , ▁which ▁Conse quence ▁of ▁Sound ▁called ▁" a ▁fun eral ▁dir ge ▁full ▁of ▁maj esty " ▁and ▁The ▁Guardian ▁tout ed ▁" the ▁best ▁thing ▁Brian ▁Wilson ▁has ▁put ▁his ▁name ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 3 0 ▁years ." ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁were ▁dispar aging ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁more ▁up be at ▁and ▁light heart ed ▁tracks ▁in ▁comparison , ▁and ▁one ▁rev iewer ▁accused ▁the ▁band ▁of ▁using ▁Auto - T une . ▁O thers ▁acc red ited ▁the ▁album ' s ▁low ▁points ▁specifically ▁to ▁Mike ▁Love ' s ▁contributions , ▁as ▁N OW ▁Magazine ▁wrote ▁" Since ▁' R on ald ▁Re agan - l ite ▁Love ' ▁thinks ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys ’ ▁best ▁period ▁was ▁their ▁most ▁prof itable , ▁we ▁get ▁bank able ▁early ▁ 6 0 s ▁simplicity ▁and ▁zero ▁evidence ▁that ▁these ▁guys ▁were ▁once ▁the ▁cool est , ▁fun ni est , ▁str ang est ▁guys ▁in ▁music ." ▁Be ats ▁Per ▁Min ute ▁summar ized , ▁" The ▁album ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁isn ' t ▁f law less , ▁yet ▁by ▁sound ing ▁utter ly ▁en chant ing ▁during ▁its ▁clim ax ▁it ▁leaves ▁a ▁listener ▁feeling ▁genu in ely ▁touched ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Mike ▁Love ▁expressed ▁to ▁various ▁news ▁out