Noonday Dream
by Ben Howard
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jun 1, 2018
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 48
  3. Negative: 5 out of 48
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PopMatters
    Aug 2, 2018
    60
    For all the times where Noonday Dream gets, well, a little too dreamy, "Nica Libres at Dusk" demonstrates further possibility for Howard's songwriting. If he's able to marry his chops with acoustic instruments to his penchant for electronic and ambient music, without letting one take precedence over the other, he'd be on his way to a masterpiece that, at their best, each of his three records thus far has hinted at.
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  2. Mojo
    Jun 28, 2018
    80
    The result is a meditative set full pf surprises, and songs that haunt. [Aug 2018, p.90]
  3. Uncut
    Jun 15, 2018
    80
    Each track comes shrouded in glitchy systems noise and Eno-esque ambient drones. The best moments maintain Howard's way with a melody. [Aug 2018, p.28]
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