Purple Noon
by Washed Out
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Aug 7, 2020
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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  1. 94SupremePosse
    Aug 7, 2020
    5
    Probably would've been better suited a decade ago during peak-chillwave, and is a significant step back from Mister Mellow. It's both dreamy and dreary.

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#100 Most Discussed Album of 2020

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. No Ripcord
    Oct 23, 2020
    50
    Even if the album's sonic template doesn't stray too far from his 2011 breakthrough debut LP Within You Without You, Greene chooses to keep the mood so light that it's practically inert.
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  2. PopMatters
    Aug 14, 2020
    70
    Purple Noon isn't the mindless bliss of programmed Spotify algorithm music but the comfort of hanging out with an old friend.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Aug 13, 2020
    55
    The chillwave movement has always channeled nostalgia—warm echoes of a distant past, faded and warped into a new aesthetic. Purple Noon, though, mostly just elicits nostalgia for the glory days of chillwave itself.
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