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In a review upon the album's release, Rolling Stone writer Ed Leimacher called " Bell Bottom Blues " ( as well as " Have You Ever Loved a Woman ") filler.

A retrospective of the album in Rolling Stone praised the song as an epic that " feels as if it's going to shatter from the heat of its romantic agony.

" Bill Janovitz of Allmusic praised both Clapton's guitar playing and his anguished vocal performance.

In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, J. D. Considine cites the song as an example of how Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is " about the transformation of the blues, a process Clapton and his band mates manage through a variety of means ", writing that the song " distills the pop-blues approach of Blind Faith and Cream into a memorable chorus and exquisite metaphor ".