Silver Ladders
by Mary Lattimore
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. musicOMH.com
    Oct 7, 2020
    100
    So much of the delight of listening to music comes from the lyrical, our tacit affiliation with the rage, wit or pathos an artist wishes to project. This record goes some way to appropriate the perception of being wordless, hushed by the beauty of the world we inhabit.
  2. AllMusic
    Oct 7, 2020
    90
    Silver Ladders doesn't require close listening to locate its emotional currents. It's a gorgeous immersion in loneliness, solitude, and perseverance that immediately sets a mood and could soundtrack the entirety of the colder seasons.
  3. Dusted Magazine
    Oct 13, 2020
    80
    It’s a wonderfully rich sound palette, and one that plays to the strengths of both musicians.
  5. Beats Per Minute
    Oct 12, 2020
    80
    While it isn’t horribly different from previous solo record Hundreds of Days, it does feel, overall, like her grasp on her tools is firmer, and her ideas feel a bit more refined and distilled here, like she’s reached a purer version of her vision.
  6. The Quietus
    Oct 9, 2020
    80
    In Silver Ladders, Mary Lattimore brings the harp back down to earth still covered in clouds, but also threaded with veins of gloom that marble its silvery glow.
  7. Mojo
    Oct 7, 2020
    80
    A lower case delight. [Nov 2020, p.88]
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  8. Uncut
    Oct 7, 2020
    80
    A mesmerising slowdive into the sonic depths. [Nov 2020, p.31]
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  9. Exclaim
    Oct 7, 2020
    80
    Low-end synth tones throughout the album provide a melancholy aura that at times is given additional weight from Halstead's dreamy, wistful notes. But together, it all paints an exquisite picture; dramatic worlds that in themselves can evoke vast seas of emotion. Like the sum of life moments, memories or feelings encapsulated in songs, every element with its own purpose.
  10. Pitchfork
    Oct 13, 2020
    77
    Silver Ladders is energetic yet also deeply calming.
  11. No Ripcord
    Oct 23, 2020
    70
    By the end of closer Thirsty Tulips, it should be no wonder that Mattimore is signed to Ghostly International, a traditionally electronic music label. She makes ambient music better than the music that most ambient musicians are putting out these days.

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. NWLondon
    Oct 17, 2020
    10
    Simply beautiful music that just seems to chime with the times and washes over you.
  2. wii
    Oct 12, 2020
    10
    mary is one of the best musicians of the actual generation, she is unique and her sound is always incredible, and silver ladders is of coursemary is one of the best musicians of the actual generation, she is unique and her sound is always incredible, and silver ladders is of course one of the best albums of the year… Full Review »
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