Critical Reaction
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The A.V. Club | positive |
| Blender | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.9/10 |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Rolling Stone | |
Despite not being the commercial hit it was expected to be in the US, Sunflower received considerable critical acclaim upon release and in subsequent years. Pitchfork Media has called the album "perhaps the strongest album they released post-Pet Sounds", while some had even hailed it as the Beach Boys' Sgt. Pepper. Rolling Stone magazine gave the album four stars, saying it is one of the Beach Boys' best albums. Music critic Robert Christgau gave it an A-. The album has gained more popularity since its release. In 2003, Rolling Stone named it the 380th Best Album of All Time in its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Johnston's "Deirdre" was sampled on the 1995 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, EarthBound.
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