Luminal | ||||
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Released | June 6, 2025 | |||
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Length | 45:56 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
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Luminal is a 2025 collaborative studio album by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. [1] [2]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [3] |
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Luminal received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. [3]
The Times placed the combination of Luminal and Lateral amongst its list of "the best albums of 2025 so far", claiming Luminal is "deeply calming in its crystalline simplicity". [4] Prog singles out "Wolfe's honeyed and breathy vocals [that] carry verses, choruses and lyrics, with a number of the songs rooted in American vernacular music." [9]
All tracks are written by Beatie Wolfe, Brian Eno.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Milky Sleep" | 3:19 |
2. | "Hopelessly at Ease" | 3:41 |
3. | "My Lovely Days" | 4:44 |
4. | "Play On" | 5:55 |
5. | "Shhh" | 4:45 |
6. | "Suddenly" | 3:35 |
7. | "A Ceiling and a Lifeboat" | 3:13 |
8. | "And Live Again" | 4:18 |
9. | "Breath March" | 3:09 |
10. | "Never Was It Now" | 4:35 |
11. | "What We Are" | 4:45 |
Total length: | 45:56 |
Design by Nick Robertson, Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno, using the original art 'Dimidium' by Brian Eno.
Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] | 33 |