Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2019 Ratings: #241 / 816
User Score
Based on 107 ratings
2019 Ratings: #235
October 18, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
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Critic Reviews

amelietur
93

Reasons to listen to this album:
1. This is Patrick Watson
2. Critics have been comparing it to Steven’s Carrie and Lowell
3. This is Patrick Watson

Now, for those who don’t know him, Patrick Watson was born in the province of Québec (Canada), in Montreal to be exact. He is in my opinion our provincial treasure. Artists and bands in the likes of Céline Dion, Arcade Fire or Leonard Cohen might be better known and more obvious choices to represent our beautiful ... read more

ferb
40

Thought the album was damn near perfect
I listened to it a second time and I suddenly felt nothing

EdFruscley
95

And here we go, maybe my most emotional shitty review

I must admit that this album has not something very different or revolutionary at least in a strict musical way, in fact I have to write that first. The album is sustented by a chamber pop in songwriter way. The production is correct, balanced, clean, details and arragements interested but nothing very amazing. At this point the album is an 8 and no more.
But, here it is. The atmosphere, the concept, the lyrics is everything in somekind of ... read more

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ferb
40

Thought the album was damn near perfect
I listened to it a second time and I suddenly felt nothing

Dangus
100

I am currently in a spiral, about Patrick, I keep listening to his music, and keep liking it better, listening to his other album, and immediately falling in love with them also. This is just as amazing as his other albums, truly an amazing experience, the album as a whole makes you feel loved, which I once felt, but not anymore, this gives me a feeling of love, Wave, Plage Coquillage and Je te laisserai des mots are the three primary songs which I would say if I had to describe love. Just an ... read more

Felix_96
70

7/10

good

Fav tracks: Dream for Dreaming, The Wave, Melody Noir, Broken, Turn Out The Lights, Drive

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Track List

1Dream For Dreaming
3:39
91
2The Wave
4:16
97
3Strange Rain
2:58
82
4Melody Noir
3:15
84
5Broken
4:37
94
6Turn Out The Lights
4:14
83
7Wild Flower
3:39
82
8Look At You
3:12
91
9Drive
3:27
86
10Here Comes The River
4:13
94
Total Length: 37 minutes
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