title: Listening to Pictures
text: # Listening to Pictures
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 84/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | All About Jazz | |
  | Exclaim! | 8/10 |
  | The Guardian | |
  | The Independent | |
  | Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
  | Resident Advisor | 4.0/5 |
  | Vice (Expert Witness) | A− |
  
  Listening to Pictures is a studio album by Jon Hassell. It was released on his own record label, Ndeya, on June 8, 2018. It peaked at number 34 on the UK Dance Albums Chart, as well as number 34 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84% based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
  
  John Lewis of The Guardian gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Hassell's electronic soundscapes recall the work of Oneohtrix Point Never, Boards of Canada or Aphex Twin." He added, "Hassell is into exploring the multiple layers that exist in his sound, what he calls 'vertical listening' – and this is certainly dense, endlessly mutating music that rewards multiple listenings." Dave Beech of The Independent gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "it's not an album that strives for immediacy, but is best soaked in over multiple listens." Robert Ham of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10, saying: "Its eight tracks are teeming with strands of melody and unbound rhythms that have been meticulously constructed into groaning towers of sound."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Jon Hassell.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Credits adapted from liner notes.
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | UK Dance Albums (OCC) | 34 |
  | UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 34 |
  