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
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