The "Associated Press" wrote, "Fall improves his batting average and should continue to extend, and maybe even expand, his long-running popularity." Brady Vercher of "Engine 145" gave the album three stars and wrote, "Fall, is a decent quality album with Clay Walker’s unique stamp all over it." "About.com" gave the album a positive review and wrote, the album "is solid from start to finish" and also said it is a, "great twelve-song collection from one of Country Music's finest talents." Editors at "The Irish Times" gave the album three stars and wrote, "All in all, Walker champions the average (there's even a song called Average Joe) in an average, unchallenging way." Nathalie Baret of the "Albuquerque Journal" gave the album three stars and wrote, "It offers up many hearty ballads that have a gentleman's "aw, shucks" clean country appeal as well as personal depth."