"crimson cord" met with positive reception from music critics. timothy monger of allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, indicating how propaganda "aims to inspire by simply producing good art." at jesus freak hideout, michael weaver gave the album four out of five stars, while mark rice and scott fryberger gave it four-and-a-half stars. weaver stated that ""crimson cord" is a deep and thought-provoking experience," and rice wrote that ""crimson cord" features some equally mind-bending raps and spoken work pieces". fryberger said that the album contains "the same quality fans have come to expect" because it "takes you through a fair dosage of beat-driven tracks as well as poetry-with-beats".