Produced by Steve Levine, the album is the band's first after the drowning of founding member Dennis Wilson.

[12] Writing in Rolling Stone, Parke Puterbaugh called the album 'pretty entertaining', adding 'though not a world-beating act of artistic reassertion, the LP does serve to showcase those amazing voices, and to remind the world that nobody does it better—still.

'[13] Levine reflected that he had remained "immensely proud" of the album and lamented its poor sales.

[12] Eugene Landy originally received co-writer's credit for all Brian Wilson compositions.

[14] Credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington.