lets ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁" dis app oint ed " ▁with ▁the ▁album ' s ▁direction , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁denied ▁much ▁song writing ▁input ▁by ▁an ▁un named ▁third ▁party . ▁" I ▁was ▁hoping ▁to ▁get ▁together ▁with ▁Brian ▁on ▁That ' s ▁Why ▁God ▁Made ▁the ▁Radio , ▁but ▁a ▁gu y ▁who ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁that ▁album ▁engine ered ▁it ▁otherwise ," ▁Love ▁explains , ▁" I ▁talked ▁to ▁Brian ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁we ▁even ▁started ▁doing ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁recording ▁for ▁[ the ▁album ]. ▁He ▁and ▁I ▁talked ▁about ▁doing ▁a ▁project ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁excited ▁about ▁doing ▁it , ▁but ▁it ▁never ▁came ▁to ▁f ru ition ▁at ▁all . ▁It ▁was ▁given ▁another ▁direction — not ▁by ▁me ▁and ▁not ▁by ▁Brian ▁but ▁by ▁others . ▁We ▁were ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁get ▁together ▁to ▁write ▁songs ▁from ▁scratch ▁like ▁we ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁' 6 0 s , ▁but ▁that ▁was ▁never ▁to ▁be ." ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁It ▁deb uted ▁at ▁No . ▁ 3 ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁group ' s ▁highest ▁chart ing ▁album ▁in ▁ 3 7 ▁years — since ▁ 1 9 7 4 ' s ▁compilation ▁End less ▁Summer ▁and ▁highest ▁chart ing ▁studio ▁album ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 5 ' s ▁Summer ▁Days ▁( And ▁Summer ▁N ights !! ). ▁It ▁also ▁became ▁the ▁band ' s ▁first ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁studio ▁album ▁since ▁ 1 9