 British music journalist Neil McCormick gave the album a four-out-of-five-star rating in his review published in "The Daily Telegraph" and complimented the old-fashioned songs on the album.Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it a three-and-a-half-out-of-five rating.In a positive review he wrote that unlike Gaga's previous endeavors where she appeared as a "high-wire act", "Joanne" was more "earth-bound" and is a "record made by an artist determined to execute only the stunts she knows how to pull off ... Gaga's feet remain firmly planted in dance-pop even when she brings in a number of collaborators".