• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2020
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9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 17537 Ratings

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  1. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    best 2020 album....period !!!!!!!! there will be no further explanation.there will just be folklore
  2. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    O foco não é a criação de grandes refrões que fiquem presos na cabeça do ouvinte, mas sim a voz de Taylor, a instrumentação sublime e delicada e as histórias que a cantora nos apresenta.
  3. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing! She has outdone herself which I never thought was possible. She changed genres but still somehow managed to exceed expectations. This album makes me so emotional but so happy at the same time. It is one of her best, no doubt. All songs are masterpieces, the album doesn't have one skip. I'm in loveeeeeee.
  4. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    I really like this album. It has deeper meaning and the album is such a masterpiece!
  5. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    AOTY. No CAP. She truly outdid herself. The writer and not only, the artist of this century.
  6. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    one of my favorite albums released this year and my favorite by her. Every song feels so calm and well done. Epiphany, exile and Betty are definetly the best. Thank you Taylor for such an amazing album ♡
  7. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    amazing album! perfect in every way, incredible lyrics and sound, stream folklore✨
  8. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No offense but this album sounds heavily boring and overrated! I didn't expect it to be so lifeless, almost flat
  9. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Love it! The album has a very beautiful tone and vibe to it, and the lyrics and phenomenal. One of Swift's best work for sure.
  10. Aug 29, 2020
    5
    Um álbum com conceito muito interessante, letras impecável, melodia boa, porém a apesar do seu sucesso, será um dos poucos trabalho da Taylor " esquecível "
  11. Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Album too slow could do better. He could have written it much better at Cardigan.
  12. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    This album is such a masterpiece! Taylor again shocked us all with her new album folklore ❤️
  13. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    An absolute masterpiece! The lyrics! The storytelling! No other artist can do it like her!
  14. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    The album is so beautifully constructed, beautifully written. taylor’s best and the most mature work overall!!! In my opinion it's the best album released this year.
  15. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Top 5 in her discography. No, it's true, it's true. She really did that with this one. She mever disappoints. Expand
  16. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Truly a masterpiece. I don’t get how she can write so good lyrics. I want her to be a poet to be honest
  17. Jul 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a lyrical masterpiece. Sad yet beautiful. Easily the best work on Taylor Swift's career. Totally fallen in love with the first listen Expand
  18. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    I will not discuss the details any further because there have been so many decent reviews from different perspectives available. Outstanding work, Ms. Swift. Simply outstanding.
  19. Jul 24, 2020
    10
    It's very deep. Fantastic lyricism. Its not for everyone. You may not like it eventually but slowly you will start to fall in love with this album.
  20. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Simple the best album of the year, a great transition of "Lover". I hope that win" AOTY"!!!
  21. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    just a masterpiece, taylor is one of the best songwriters of our decade and it’s shown in the album, it’s just amazing and everybody should listen to it, at least once.
  22. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    definitely her best body of work since reputation, incredible storytelling, can’t wait to hear next music project
  23. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    this is an amazing, varied, heartfelt album that i really enjoyed and could listen to any day of the week. in my opinion “illicit affairs” and “august” are particularly good!
  24. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    The album is so enchanting and beautifully odd! it is such a different yet good experience! I honestly couldn't listen to other music because this kind of music is really just my taste! I hope Taylor does more music like this!
  25. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    This is her best work yet. Right from the imagery to the storytelling, everything was perfect.
  26. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Please stop making fanwar. Folklore, Chromatica, and Smile deserve to have 10/10 ❤️
  27. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing album from taylor. I loved it so much it’s new and exciting. The lyrics and sound transport you to a different world
  28. Jul 27, 2020
    10
    I like the way Taylor connects to her fans through music. I can't imagine my life without her and her music
  29. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Absolute masterpiece. Taylor at her best. Haven’t stopped listening since the release.
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Uncut
    Aug 13, 2020
    90
    It's a sharp turn to the left for Swift and a fine reminder that she is more than just a gleaming pop phenomenon, but a remarkable songwriter too. [Oct 2020, p.36]
  2. Aug 7, 2020
    90
    A modern-folk masterpiece which finds her moving from her previous pop bangers into stunningly simple yet sharp melodies, ‘folklore’ will be going down in Swiftie history as one of her most unexpected, and undoubtedly one of her best.
  3. 60
    These 16 tracks (17 on the deluxe version) play out quite pleasurably in their entirety, the joins between Swift, Dessner and Antonoff ultimately only of niche interest. But Swift’s powerful songs reach their climaxes with bittersweet orchestrations, rather than blows to the solar plexus or a ringing in the ears. Everything hovers; little truly lands.