Paired with "L.A. (Light Album)", "M.I.U. Album" was reissued on CD in 2002. Upon the album's re-release, The A.V. Club stated, ""M.I.U." is competent enough, but it's also the sound of a group buying into its own mythology, a retrograde salute to the pinstripes and sunshine image it had abandoned years before." AllMusic issued a more negative review, stating, "The mainstream late-'70s production techniques are predictable and frequently cloying. "M.I.U. Album" also included several of the worst Beach Boys songs ever to make it to vinyl. [...] Compared with what had come before, "M.I.U. Album" was a pathetic attempt at music making; compared with what was to come however, this was a highlight."