[2] Uncut stated that "the teenage tyrants of 'Girls From Mars' fame may now be chasing the tail-end of their forties, but they've lost little of that youthful vigour",[9] and Classic Rock wrote that "Ash still put out heart and reliable joy".

[2] Alice Clark of Louder found it to be "full of all the elements that have served them well since their formation back in 1992: crunching guitars, super-charged riffs, gorgeous pop smarts and lyrics for the most part that rejoice in being in a band and lost in music".

's James Hickie called the album a "sleeker and more adaptable vehicle" on which "there are heavy moments [...] but they differ wildly in their approach", concluding that Race the Night "deftly hit[s] all of the touchpoints that make Ash such a special band".

[1] John Walshe of Hot Press wrote that the "trio still know their way around a catchy hook" and "there's something wonderfully reassuring about the fact that 27 years after their debut album, Ash still sound like pissed-up teenagers crashing the party, and having an absolute blast".

[4] John Murphy of MusicOMH described it as "11 tracks of pacey, fuzzy guitar rock (with the odd ballad thrown in) but, sadly, the tunes aren't as memorable as of yore" and "weirdly dated".