Monovision (album)

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MONOVISION
Monovision Album Cover, Ray LaMontagne, June 2020.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 26, 2020 (2020-06-26)
StudioThe Big Room
Genre Folk rock
Length45:04
Label RCA
Producer Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Part of the Light
(2018)
MONOVISION
(2020)
Long Way Home
(2024)

Monovision (stylized MONOVISION) is the eighth studio album by Ray LaMontagne, released on June 26, 2020, via RCA Records. "Strong Enough" was released as the lead single. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 7/10 [5]

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it has an average score of 80 based on six reviews. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ray LaMontagne

No.TitleLength
1."Roll Me Mama, Roll Me"4:05
2."I Was Born to Love You"4:12
3."Strong Enough"3:35
4."Summer Clouds"4:25
5."We’ll Make It Through"6:01
6."Misty Morning Rain"5:40
7."Rocky Mountain Healin’"4:16
8."Weeping Willow"3:23
9."Morning Comes Wearing Diamonds"3:58
10."Highway to the Sun"5:31

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Monovision
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 50
US Billboard 200 [9] 163

References

  1. Kahn, Andy (May 29, 2020). "Ray LaMontagne Announces New Album 'Monovision' & Shares Single". JamBase . Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Monovision by Ray LaMontage Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Monovision - Ray LaMontagne". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. Horowitz, Hal (June 22, 2020). "The Solo 'Monovision' Returns Ray LaMontagne to His Organic Roots". American Songwriter . Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. Ritchie, Matthew (June 23, 2020). "Ray LaMontagne Celebrates Simple Pleasures on Intimate 'Monovision'". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. Beviglia, Jim (June 23, 2020). "Ray LaMontagne Develops 'Monovision' On Powerful New Album". American Songwriter . Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  7. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  8. "Swisscharts.com – Ray LaMontagne – Monovision". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  9. "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2020.