DiFranco was inspired to write the music on Revolutionary Love by the political turmoil in the United States at the time and a book written by her friend, activist Valarie Kaur.

[6] Editors at AllMusic Guide rated this album 4.5 out of five stars and labeling it one of the best albums of 2021, with critic Thom Jurek characterizing the music as "economical and smooth", with music that "challenges notions of personal and collective responsibility and elucidates the hope for inner and outer change, in illustrating exactly what it means to live and love in a ravaged, suffering world".

[1] A brief review in The New Yorker notes how DiFranco's resistance to the politics at the time are not filled with anger, but calmer emotions, calling this release an album that has "robust melodies, padded with streaks of soul and jazz that represent some of DiFranco’s fullest productions yet, prop up a challenging attempt at peace and healing".

[7] Writing for musicOMH, John Murphy gave this album four out of five stars, opining that "shame not to hear her frantic finger-picking guitar in action", but "there’s still much to admire in the more modern version of DiFranco" and praising several tracks in particular but noting "there are times when it becomes rather too shapeless and meandering".

Additional musicians Technical personnel Revolutionary Love peaked number 65 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart.