Reward (album)
# Reward (album)

Reward is the fifth studio album by Welsh musician Cate Le Bon, released on 24 May 2019 by Mexican Summer.

## Composition

Reward dives into "revelatory" art pop and is a "lurid rush" of avant-pop music.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.2/10 |
| Metacritic | 87/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| Financial Times | |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Times | |
| Uncut | 9/10 |

Reward was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 18 reviews.

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Reward liner notes.

Musicians

* Cate Le Bon – vocals, guitars & synths (all tracks), Mellotron (2), piano (2, 4-6, 10), percussion (3, 5, 7, 8), bass (7, 9)
* Stephen Black – bass (2-6, 8, 9), saxophone (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), clarinet (10)
* Stella Mozgawa – drums (2-5, 7-10), percussion (3-6)
* H. Hawkline – percussive guitar (1), slide guitar (6), guitar (9)
* Samur Khouja – guitar (9)
* Josh Klinghoffer – guitar (3, 4, 8), synth (8)
* Josiah Steinbrick – percussion (4, 6, 8), synths (4, 8, 9)
* Kurt Vile – vocals (8)

Technical

* Cate Le Bon – production (all tracks)
* Samur Khouja – production (all tracks), engineering
* Josiah Steinbrick – production (2-10)
* Stephen Black – additional engineering
* Noah Georgeson – mixing
* Heba Kadry – mastering

Artwork and design

* Phil Collins / Shady Lane Productions – art direction
* Ivana Kličković – photography & styling
* Andrea Bennett, Lisa Breitfeld, and Christian Fritzenwanker – hair & makeup
* H. Hawkline – design and layout

## Charts

| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 32 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 86 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) | 8 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 32 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 35 |
