Reward (album)

Reward is the fifth studio album by Welsh musician Cate Le Bon, released on 24 May 2019 by Mexican Summer.[5]

Reward
Studio album by Cate Le Bon
Released	24 May 2019
Genre	Art pop[1]
Length	42:43
Producer	Josiah Steinbrick Samur Khouja
Cate Le Bon chronology
Crab Day (2016) Reward (2019)
Singles from Reward
"Daylight Matters" Released: 20 March 2019[2] "Home to You" Released: 16 April 2019[3] "The Light" Released: 2 May 2019[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.2/10[6]
Metacritic	87/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Exclaim!	8/10[9]
Financial Times	[10]
The Guardian	[11]
Mojo	[12]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[13]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[1]
The Times	[15]
Uncut	9/10[16]

Reward was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 18 reviews.[7]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Miami"	5:17
2.	"Daylight Matters"	4:18
3.	"Home to You"	5:27
4.	"Mother's Mother's Magazines"	4:17
5.	"Here It Comes Again"	3:24

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Sad Nudes"	3:08
7.	"The Light"	4:51
8.	"Magnificent Gestures"	5:00
9.	"You Don't Love Me"	3:06
10.	"Meet the Man"	3:55
Total length:		42:43

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]	32
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	86
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19]	8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20]	32
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21]	35

References

1. Martoccio, Angie (23 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon Turns Solitude Into Revelatory Art-Pop on 'Reward'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
2. Blais-Billie, Braudie (20 March 2019). "Cate Le Bon Announces New Album "Reward"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
3. "Home To You – Single by Cate Le Bon". iTunes Store. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
4. "The Light – Single by Cate Le Bon". iTunes Store. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
5. Vozick-Levinson, Simon (24 May 2019). "How Cate Le Bon Built Her Best Album Yet". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
6. "Reward by Cate Le Bon reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
7. "Reward by Cate Le Bon Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
8. Thomas, Fred. "Reward – Cate Le Bon". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
9. Mohammed, Jenna (21 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
10. Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (24 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward — square pegs and round holes". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
11. Petridis, Alexis (23 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward review – a mind unravelling in Cumbria". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
12. Segal, Victoria (June 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward". Mojo (307): 89.
13. Sodomsky, Sam (28 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
14. Catchpole, Chris (July 2019). "Only the Lonely". Q (399): 107.
15. Hodgkinson, Will (24 May 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward review". The Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
16. Martin, Piers (June 2019). "Cate Le Bon: Reward". Uncut (265): 30.
17. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
19. "Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
20. "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
21. "Tastemaker Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

External links

• Reward at Discogs (list of releases)