NME - Ranked #40 in NME's 1996 critics' poll.
Alternative Press - 4 (out of 5) - "...full of 8-track fuzz and twelve-string jangle....The songs--simple, lively and organ-rich--ring with the sheen of an unmistakable grainy accent, but they also extend to interesting structural and lyrical ideas..."
NME - 8 (out of 10) - "...they've made an entire album of simple '60s anthems sound so incredibly difficult, yet marvellously accessible....delicious twists and delirious dreamstate ramblings....An unfeasibly fine record..."
Rovi
Another new record, another new sound: on Better Can't Make Your Life Better, the Lilys hop into the time machine and travel back to the mid-'60s, immersing themselves in the style of the British Invasion. And while tracks like "Cambridge California," "Shovel into Spade Kit," and "Can't Make Your Life Better" certainly bring to mind the timeless pleasures of early Kinks, Stones, and Who, the record's easy appropriation of a 30-year-old sound underscores the Lilys' big problem: Kurt Heasley is a gifted chameleon, but until he comes up with an original identity all his own, his music will remain merely a pale imitation of its superior source material. ~ Jason Ankeny|
Rovi