"The Village Voice"s Michaelangelo Matos criticised the compositions, saying, "Calling the album "Get Ready" feels as if they're psyching themselves up for the task at hand—like they're raring to go but aren't exactly certain where they're going, or even necessarily why they're doing it. The songs carry this out—it's them, not the sonics, that make this the second disappointing New Order album in a row." "Mojo" was unconvinced by the album, finding it to be "less a call to arms than the sound of an old man wheezing out of a creaky armchair".