Silver Ladders (album)

Silver Ladders is the fourth studio album by American harpist Mary Lattimore. It was released on October 9, 2020 under the Ghostly International label. Produced by Slowdive's Neil Halstead, it has been described as the album where Lattimore "sets herself apart as a bright innovator who pushes expectation."[1]

Silver Ladders
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
Length40:18
LabelGhostly International
Mary Lattimore chronology
New Rain Duets
(2019)
Silver Ladders
(2020)
Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
(2023)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[1]
musicOMH     [4]
Pitchfork7.7/10[5]

Silver Ladders was met with favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 85, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[2]

Accolades

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The album was included in 13 best-albums-of-2020 lists, including those by The New Yorker, Drowned in Sound, NPR Music, The Quietus, The Wire, BrooklynVegan, Gorilla vs. Bear, Pitchfork, AllMusic and XLR8R.[6]

Track listing

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Silver Ladders track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pine Trees"3:20
2."Silver Ladders"3:45
3."Til a Mermaid Drags You Under"10:26
4."Sometimes He's in My Dreams"3:46
5."Chop on the Climbout"5:57
6."Don't Look"8:03
7."Thirty Tulips"4:58

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Line of Best Fit Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "musicOMH Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Lozano, Kevin (October 9, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders - Critic Lists". Album of The Year. Retrieved 2021-08-22.