"[3] On its release, Music & Media praised Creeping Up on Jesus for having "one of the best titles of the year", but felt the material was "too much of a pale imitation of their debut album to cause any great fuss".

"[7] Barry Young of The Press and Journal considered the album to contain "a series of thoughtful, gentle and appealing tracks, none of which would be out of place in the singles chart".

"[5] George Bryne of the Irish Independent praised the album for being "chock-full of highly-melodic hooks and memorable choruses" which "improves on the seamless pop of their debut".

"[9] Paul Wagner of the Santa Cruz Sentinel commented, "Scottish pop offering mid-tempo rhythms, clear lyrics, lots of songwriting craft, but an as-yet-undistinguished sound and feel.

"[10] In a retrospective review, Richard Foss of AllMusic considered the album's material to contain "some good, catchy, intelligent songs here", but felt they were "buried under several layers of studio gloss", with Lindsay's vocals "competing with too much atmosphere".