Wilson's remembrance of good old days forgettable
http://www.ohio.com/entertainment/28363884.html

Wilson's latest fails to shine
http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2008/09/09/Arts/Wilsons.Latest.Fails.To.Shine-3420521.shtml

Brian Wilson's new epic failure
http://media.www.universitychronicle.com/media/storage/paper231/news/2008/09/12/Intermission/Brian.Wilsons.New.Epic.Failure-3426144.shtml

Brian Wilson's 'Lucky Old Sun' long on nostalgia, short on inspiration
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/09/brian-wilsons-l.html

Wilson overreaches with beach opera
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=842c9b01-d6e1-4d1e-a6d9-d59c5d57b349

But while Wilson's new opus, "That Lucky Old Sun," has high points, it's another instance where fans will give him far more credit for past triumphs than what he's delivered now.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/sep/07/mahal-shines-wilson-less-so/

So says Brian Wilson’s PR. The new album tells a different story – a pop pastiche of past glories packed with lazy rhyme and little reason. In trying to recreate his California youth, Wilson has slipped into parody.
http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/pop-music-news/cd-reviews/2008/09/04/brian-wilson-that-lucky-old-sun-66331-21672718/

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Wilson wants to convey his jubilant vision of the City of Angels. What he gives us, though, is a shiny, shiny, oddly naive tourist’s guide to the Greater Los Angeles Area. Despite their awesome efforts to uplift, Wilson’s songs here — unlike so many of his past best — never become greater than the sum of their parts. They remain queasy melanges of blues and mariachi and barbershop quartet, all with vocal arrangements that sound like truck drivers doing the Beach Boys. L.A. never escapes Wilson’s no doubt fascinating mind.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/24971

Technical difficulties marred the first-ever complete live performance of Wilson's latest record, "That Lucky Old Sun," held in the U.S. That was a shame, especially since "Sun" ranks as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's finest solo offerings to date. The biggest disappointment of the night, however, was told by the amazing number of empty seats in the house.

The former Beach Boy, a man who is responsible for so many of pop music's best-loved songs, was only able to sell some 500 seats at the 3,000-plus capacity venue. Promoters didn't even open the balcony and the main floor was about as crowded as a "McCain for president" rally would be in downtown Berkeley.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10395402?source=rss