In many interviews he gave around the album's release, Wilson disparaged the Beach Boys, calling them inferior to his current band. Beach Boy Mike Love answered his thoughts on the album in a November 2004 interview: "I guess it's a good thing for Brian to do. A friend sent me a copy, but I haven't had time to hear it yet because we've been on tour." In an earlier interview, he said he had no interest in listening to the album, and while citing "corporate opportunity", mentioned that it had possibly infringed on the Beach Boys' intellectual property rights. He argued that since the group had paid for the 1960s recording sessions and worked on the original tracks, "I would have thought it would have been more honorable to put it together as the Beach Boys."