From Out of the Blue

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Chicago Tribune	[9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[10]
New York Daily News	[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[12]

The Washington Post called the album the group's best to date, writing: "Ted Mills's falsetto is still unearthly; his three bandmates are still super-smooth; and this is the most consistent collection of songs they've ever had. Great falsetto singers such as Mills, Russell Thompkins Jr. of the Stylistics and Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations take the high-pitched excitement of a man in ecstasy and transform it into a permanent state of grace."^[3] The Chicago Tribune deemed it "a fine comeback for one of R&B's most promising but unfulfilled groups."^[9] The Commercial Appeal determined that "the shimmering falsetto of lead singer Ted Mills hasn't lost any force over the years."^[13] The Observer labeled Blue Magic "as sweet and impervious to funk fashion as ever."^[14]