During professional reviews, "Tracy" received mostly positive reception. Lee Harvey of "Vox" praised to the song's quiet dynamics and soft timbre, stating that it "stoutly to rock out and accordingly [retains a helium-light touch." John Mulvey of "NME" noted praised the presence of "a long phone conversation . . . in the background of "Tracy"'s dreamy atmospherics." Bryan Adair of Prog Archives praised the song's individuality from the rest of the album, describing it as "slow but utterly gorgeous . . . on a very different tone than the rest of the album" also comparing it to a film score, noting that it "[bore resemblance to music from a sad movie scene."