Rolling Stone (6/14/69, p.35) - "...The bass and drums sound so easy and sure....Such very fine vocals. The tune, the rhythm, are more of a delight with each verse..."
Rolling Stone (p.82) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Underneath its genteel English whimsy lurk some of Davies' most gorgeous songs, as well as his most astute observations and character studies."
Spin (p.123) - "[I]ts back-to-the-English-garden pop, full of harpsichords and faintly ironic la-la-las, is rife with more shiny hooks than a Home Depot hardware aisle."
Q (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 - "It deserves a place alongside the decade's best."
Uncut (p.112) - 5 stars out of 5 - "The songs are informed not by cozy nostalgia but fear and anomie and a plea for safe haven and sanctuary."
Magnet (p.93) - "Escapist, pastoral and psychedelic, Davies' vision has never been stronger."
Mojo (Publisher) (pp.114-15) - 5 stars out of 5 - "The Kinks could, and did, do it all: as their last, late flowering, VGPS uncannily predates today's nostalgia-saturated pop culture at the same time as it transcends it through its charm, generosity and psychological depth."