• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Jun 25, 2021
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Jul 16, 2021
    9
    Beautiful album, very underrated songwriter. Few artists have produced so many quality albums since 2010.
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Aug 4, 2021
    70
    Quietly Blowing It isn’t the album where Taylor introducing experimental electronics or dissects urban life. It’s the record where he brings together experienced Appalachian artfulness to provide just the right space to fulfill his vision.
  2. Jul 2, 2021
    80
    On Quietly Blowing It, M.C. Taylor reminds us he knows how we feel, and that he feels the same way; perhaps that helps only so much, but there's a lot to be said for a friendly voice during a hard time, and that's just what this album delivers.
  3. Jun 30, 2021
    55
    Taylor writes about big issues—income inequality, political corruption, a society fraying at its edges—but these complex matters are undermined by the rote uplift in his songs, an optimism assumed but never really earned.