Pitchfork: Arab Strap - The Red Thread
- Camilo Arturo Leslie's review: "Moffat's gift for both eulogy and bile, and for making the unpalatable much less so is striking, repetition be damned." Rated 6.9.
- http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15024

NME: Arab Strap - The Red Thread
- Piers Martin's review: "a frequently beautiful record, as dark and twisted and funny as anything the band have ever produced." Rated 7 out of 10.
- http://www.nme.com/reviews/7032.htm

Metacritic: The Red Thread
- Links to several reviews of the album.
- http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/arabstrap/redthread

Splendid E-zine: Arab Strap - The Red Thread
- Theodore Defosse's review: "I am certain that the songs on The Red Thread could have been better if the group had bypassed its trademark vocal style and actually played along with the lyrics".
- http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/apr-30-01/arab.html

Dot Music: Arab Strap - The Red Thread
- Stephen Jelbert's review: "the Falkirk miserabilists' fifth album is really more of the same" Rated 3.5.
- http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/February2001/reviews18216.asp

Flak Magazine: Arab Strap - The Red Thread
- Eric Wittmershaus' review: "a collection of tunes worthy of owning for the presence of more than two or three good songs and a bunch of run-of-the-mill musical soup."
- http://www.flakmag.com/music/thread.html