▁The ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁UK ▁release ▁featured ▁a ▁fut ur istic ▁blue ▁cover ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁European ▁art work . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁Upon ▁release , ▁Peter ▁King horn ▁of ▁New castle ▁Even ing ▁Chron icle ▁commented : ▁" Al though ▁there ' s ▁nothing ▁with ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁C ock ney ▁Reb el ▁days , ▁Har ley ▁can ▁still ▁put ▁over ▁a ▁ly ric ▁and ▁the ▁compos itions ▁bear ▁the ▁hall mark ▁of ▁quality ." ▁Neil ▁McK ay ▁of ▁Sunday ▁Life ▁commented : ▁" Har ley ' s ▁first ▁album ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁de cade ▁is ▁solid ▁rather ▁than ▁spect ac ular . ▁Everything ▁is ▁just ▁where ▁it ▁should ▁be , ▁in ▁a ▁modern ▁A OR - ish ▁sort ▁of ▁way , ▁and ▁it ▁c ries ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁inspired ▁weird ness ▁that ▁made ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁C ock ney ▁Reb el ▁material ▁so ▁good ." ▁ ▁Andrew ▁Bo yd ▁of ▁the ▁Reading ▁Even ing ▁Post ▁felt ▁Yes ▁You ▁Can ▁was ▁a ▁" d amp ▁squ ib ▁of ▁an ▁album " ▁and ▁a ▁" d re ary , ▁cl ich ed ▁collection , ▁unlikely ▁to ▁push ▁Har ley ▁far ▁into ▁the ▁charts ". ▁Dave ▁Thompson ▁of ▁All Music ▁ret ros pect ively ▁review ed ▁the ▁album , ▁writing : ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁sad ▁state ▁of ▁affairs , ▁but ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁Yes ▁You ▁Can ▁was ▁never ▁going ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁onto ▁a ▁studio ▁recording . ▁R ather , ▁it ▁res ides ▁in ▁the ▁live