 Dave Simpson of "The Guardian" called "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" the band's "most accomplished album", praising the composition and saying that "Gil Norton's stunning production can't disguise the raw humanity beneath the sheen".A few critics considered the album not as inspired as the band's previous work.Kyle Anderson of "Spin" wrote that "two-thirds of these tracks sound a lot like songs Grohl has done before", considering that album's strengths came from "the handful of songs that deviate from the wallop'n'wail template".