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." | 
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