"Get Ready" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 24 reviews. David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" opined that New Order have "never sounded stronger or more vigorous", calling the album "A stunning and confident return to form". John Bush of AllMusic wrote "their first work in 15 years that's focused on songwriting and performance rather than grafted dance techniques". "Q" wrote "New Order have made better records than this, but not many with such an emotional charge and the expansive noise to carry it off... [...] "Get Ready" is the sound of a great band breaking free of their past before your ears."