Noonday Dream

Noonday Dream is the third album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard, released on 1 June 2018.[2][3]

Noonday Dream
Studio album by
Ben Howard
Released1 June 2018
GenreIndie folk, Psychedelic folk[1]
Length50:25
LabelIsland
Ben Howard chronology
I Forget Where We Were
(2014)		 Noonday Dream
(2018)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
The Independent[6]
DIY[7]
Uncut
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[8]
Mojo8/10
The Line of Best Fit7/10[9]
NME6/10[10]
Q Magazine

"Noonday Dream" has received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80 based on 11 reviews.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Nica Libres at Dusk"6:34
2."Towing the Line"3:55
3."A Boat to an Island on the Wall"7:10
4."What the Moon Does"5:21
5."Someone in the Doorway"4:56
6."All Down the Mines (Interlude)"0:47
7."The Defeat"5:53
8."A Boat to an Island, Part II / Agatha's Song"4:54
9."There's Your Man"4:39
10."Murmurations"6:16
Total length:50:25
Vinyl extra tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Bird on a Wing"5:10
12."Interlude"1:16

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 23
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 100
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 61
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] 90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 39
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 4
US Billboard 200[24] 138
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[25] 5
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References
  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ben-howard/noonday-dream/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "ben howard on Twitter".
  3. "Noonday Dream - Standard CD". Ben Howard.
  4. "Reviews for Noonday Dream by Ben Howard". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. Monger, James. "Ben Howard – Noonday Dream". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. Hardy, Tony (30 May 2018). "Ben Howard – Noonday Dream". The Independent. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  7. Richards, Will. "Ben Howard - Noonday Dream". DIY Magazine. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. Hann, Michael. "Ben Howard - Noonday Dream". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. Peirson-Hagger, Ellen. "In Noonday Dream, Ben Howard has constructed us an oasis". Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  10. Mylrea, Hannah. "Ben Howard – 'Noonday Dream' review". NME. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  12. "Austriancharts.at – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  14. "Ultratop.be – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  15. "Ben Howard Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  16. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201823 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  17. "Dutchcharts.nl – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  18. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  19. "Irish Albums Chart: 8 June 2018". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  20. "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  21. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  22. "Swisscharts.com – Ben Howard – Noonday Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  23. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  24. "Ben Howard Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  25. "Ben Howard Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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