The music of "Are You Ready" is a variation of the music of the album's hit single "
Dance to the Music".
Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald felt that the song is a precursor to the
disco music of the 1970s. Greenwald noted the song's "relentless, 4/4
backbeat and overall sense of funk.">ref mame=allmusic/>
The Guardian critic Angus Batey said that "2min 48sec of strident, direct, raw musical intensity, and foreshadows the sound and style [the group] would make their own at the close of the 1960." ==Reception==