Sealed 2015 Gatefold Original. 4 1/2 Stars All Music Guide. “Songwriter Gretchen Peters Is A Go-To For Artists Seeking Material Whose Lyric Depth Matches Its Hooks. She Continually Goes Into The Marrow, Revealing Secrets That Result In Defining Decisions And Cathartic Actions. This Is Especially True Of Her Own Recordings And Blackbirds Takes These To An Entirely New Level, One Shared With Peers Like Mickey Newbury (It Looks Like Rain) And Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska). Here She Explores Mortality With An Unflinching Gaze Through A Variety Of Unique Character Perspectives And Musical Styles... Blackbirds Is Unsettling, But Far From Depressing. It Is A Profound, Poetic, Career-Defining Album From This Recent Member Of Nashville Songwriter's Hall Of Fame.“ Thom Jurek, AMG.