Part of the Light

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Part of the Light
RLaMontagne PartLight.jpg
Studio album by
Ray LaMontagne
ReleasedMay 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
StudioThe Big Room
Length46:04
Label RCA
Producer Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne chronology
Ouroboros
(2016)		Part of the Light
(2018)		 Monovision
(2020)

Part of the Light is the seventh studio album by Ray LaMontagne, released on May 18, 2018, via RCA Records. "Such a Simple Thing" was released as the lead single. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Part of the Light received generally favorable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on 7 reviews. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Ray LaMontagne.

  1. "To the Sea"
  2. "Paper Man"
  3. "Part of the Light"
  4. "It's Always Been You"
  5. "Let's Make It Last"
  6. "As Black as Blood Is Blue"
  7. "Such a Simple Thing"
  8. "No Answer Arrives"
  9. "Goodbye Blue Sky"

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 100
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] 44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 60
Irish Albums (IRMA) [11] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 28
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [13] 1
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [14] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 9
US Billboard 200 [16] 40
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [17] 2
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [18] 10
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [19] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 6
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [21] 8

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  2. 1 2 "Part of the Light by Ray LaMontage Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Part of the Light - Ray LaMontagne". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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