 Critics at "The New York Times" overwhelmingly praised the album.Peter Watrous felt it stayed honest to her "country, working-class constituency" and Greg Kot praised its "contemporary snap", while Joe Nick Patoski hailed "Amor Prohibido" as a "watershed" recording from a supergroup at the top of its game.Others, such as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine and James Perone, panned the album initially before coming to view "Amor Prohibido" positively.