Luminal (album)

Luminal
Studio album by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno
Released	June 6, 2025
Genre	Avant-pop ambient art rock ambient pop electronic experimental rock
Length	45:56
Label	Verve
Producer	Brian Eno Beatie Wolfe
Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno chronology
Lateral (2025) Luminal (2025)

Luminal is a 2025 collaborative studio album by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. ^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Luminal

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Times	[4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spill	[7]
Pitchfork	[8]
Prog	[9]
Uncut	[10]
Mojo	[11]
Classic Pop	[12]

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Beatie Wolfe, Brian Eno.

Luminal track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

• Beatie Wolfe
• Brian Eno

Technical personnel

• Produced by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe
• Mastered by Dean Martin Hovey
• Vinyl Lacquer Cut by Jeff Powell

Artwork and packaging

Design by Nick Robertson, Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno, using the original art 'Dimidium' by Brian Eno.

Charts

Chart performance for Luminal

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13]	33

References

1. Monroe, Jazz (11 April 2025). "Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe Announce New Albums, Share Videos: Watch". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
2. Skinner, Tom (11 April 2025). "Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe announce collaborative albums 'Luminal' and 'Lateral'". NME .
3. "Luminal by Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe". Metacritic . Retrieved 18 August 2025.
4. Hodgkinson, Will. "The Best Albums of 2025 So Far". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
5. Stubbs, David. "Out now: Out now: Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Luminal & Lateral". Classic Rock . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
6. Jürgen, Ziemer (6 June 2025). "The ambient inventor hasn't been this good in a long time". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
7. Aaron, Badgley (6 June 2025). "Spill Album Review: Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno – Luminal". Spill Magazine. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
8. Vanessa, Ague. "Through the practice of listening, the feelings reveal themselves". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
9. Marszalek, Julian (20 June 2025). ""No one else does this with such a lightness of touch yet such a definitive sense of purpose – a double victory": Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe's Luminal and Lateral". Prog . Future plc . Retrieved 21 June 2025.
10. Wallace, Wyndham (1 July 2025). "New Albums A to Z This Month... Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe Luminal 8/10". Music. Vol. Page 27, no. July 2025. Uncut Magazine. Uncut Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
11. Haver Currin, Grayson (1 July 2025). "Album Review" (Print). No. July 2025. Great Magazines. MOJO. p. 83. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
12. Wallace, Wyndham (17 July 2025). "4/5 Classic Pop give Luminal & Lateral". No. August 2025. Classic Pop. Classic Pop. p. 84.
13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

External links

• Luminal at Discogs (list of releases)