Sunflower

Sunflower is the sixteenth studio album by American rock group The Beach Boys, their first on Reprise Records. The album reached a respectable no. 29 in the UK, but only achieved no. 151 on the US albums chart during a four week stay, becoming the lowest charting Beach Boys album until 1978's M.I.U. Album equalled it. The album's critical reputation has grown since its original appearance; notable for the emergence of significant songwriting contributions by all members of the band. In 2003, the album was ranked number 380 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. After their last album, 20/20, Dennis Wilson was the first Beach Boy to head back into the recording studio, producing five tracks in the first two months of 1969: "Forever", "San Miguel", "Got to Know the Woman", "What Can the Matter Be?", and "Celebrate The News". Bruce Johnston's "Deirdre" was also recorded during these sessions. In early March the entire band went into the studio to record "Loop de Loop" and "All I Wanna Do", and also finish up Dennis's "Forever". On April 12, The Beach Boys sued Capitol Records for unpaid royalties and unpaid production fees in the amount of two mill…