One Thing at a Time
by Morgan Wallen
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. AllMusic
    Mar 10, 2023
    50
    All this radio-ready variety suggested that Wallen wanted to appeal to every audience everywhere, but in the wake of his scandal, this multi-purpose crowd-pleasing suggests an artist who wants to provide the perpetual jukebox within a walled garden.
  2. The New York Times
    Mar 6, 2023
    50
    Its 36 songs — yes, 36 — show abundant craftsmanship and barely a hint of new ambition or risk. ... But over the lengthy course of the album, the songs tend to cycle through just a handful of approaches. Eventually, the nasal grain of Wallen’s singing starts to feel like Auto-Tune or another studio effect.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Mar 6, 2023
    50
    This megadose of Wallen doesn’t only ensure that One Thing at a Time will be lodged at the top of the charts for a while — alongside Dangerous, which is currently at Number Five on the Billboard 200 — it also reveals his preferred musical and lyrical tropes, as well as his fondness for simple, slippery vocal melodies that easily stick in listeners’ brains.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Mar 6, 2023
    50
    A wildly uneven follow-up to 2021’s already overburdened Dangerous: The Double Album. Listening to the album in one sitting is akin to binging a seven-course meal: While there are some memorable bits, it all blurs into a comatose-inducing fog.
  6. Pitchfork
    Mar 6, 2023
    41
    Thirty-six songs is too many. ... He seems to have lost a great deal of energy as a singer and performer, leading to a ton of uninspired retreads and some truly generic filler.
  7. Sputnikmusic
    Jun 7, 2023
    30
    The album’s music is a similar story, theoretically well-equipped with its slick production and generous emphasis on slide guitar, yet so heartlessly procedural in its composition and homogenous in its tempo that its encapsulation of the country Experience misses the elation and dynamism of wind-in-your-hair and ends up for more cholesterol-in-your-burger.

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4.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 17 out of 29
  1. someonewhocares
    Mar 8, 2023
    2
    His second double album (his third album in general), Wallen seems to have lost his edge and standout star quality throughout this 36-trackHis second double album (his third album in general), Wallen seems to have lost his edge and standout star quality throughout this 36-track album. Almost none of these songs standout as revolutionary country music that'll break chart records, and it just feels excessively and desperately too long. At this point, it just feels like another attempt at becoming another blockbuster hit.… Full Review »
  2. Gleison-
    Mar 21, 2023
    0
    Nem tudo o que reluz é ouro, achei que o álbum seria incrível por estar hitando, mas só perdi 111 minutos da minha vida, 36 musicas e nenhumaNem tudo o que reluz é ouro, achei que o álbum seria incrível por estar hitando, mas só perdi 111 minutos da minha vida, 36 musicas e nenhuma consegue ser boa..… Full Review »
  3. Sross1239
    Mar 14, 2023
    2
    Wallet has made a repetitive and dull new album with many songs covering your typical ground in country. It’s quite impossible to make it allWallet has made a repetitive and dull new album with many songs covering your typical ground in country. It’s quite impossible to make it all the way through in one sitting as every song just sounds so dang similar. Honestly one of the worst projects I’ve listened to.… Full Review »
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