Awarding the album four and a half stars from Worship Leader, Jeremy Armstrong states, "Kings & Queens is filled with gut-wrenching poetry and subtle musical acumen".[3] Doug Holland, rating the album a seven out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "all of these tracks are competently composed and performed with aplomb."[1] Giving the album four stars at Indie Vision Music, Jonathan Andre says, "an album with no dull points!"[2] Joshua Andre, indicating in a 4.25 out of five review by Christian Music Zine, describes, "With such a musically diverse debut, Eddie Kirkland has done Northpoint Community Church proud, and he has stared in the face of the concept of a debut album, and arisen from the ordeal a more accomplished singer and writer."[4]
