Dust Lane

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Consequence of Sound	[6]
SPIN	[7]

James Allen for AllMusic called the album "a rich, moody, multi-layered work that finds Tiersen showing off his instrumental prowess", noting Tiersen's diverse influences.[5] Ryan Burleson of Consequence similarly noted the wide range of styles: "fortunately, Tiersen’s colorful education [...] doesn’t come together awkwardly or in a way that feels contrived. Rather, he’s acutely attuned to his strengths, emphasizing his classical, experimental, and pop writing capabilities at just the right moments, sometimes distinct from one another and others in tandem", while also critiquing the "talk/sing method" Tiersen employs at various points on the album, saying "the composer is at his best when he allows his music to speak for itself".[6] David Sheppard noted in a review for BBC that while the lyrics have, "an understandably ruminative quality, much of the music is uplifting, nonetheless."[8]

All music composed by Yann Tiersen, all lyrics written by Tiersen except "Chapter Nineteen", which lyrics are an excerpt taken from Sexus, the first part of The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy by American writer and painter Henry Miller. The LP has the same track listing of the CD with the first four tracks on its side A, and the remaining four on the side B.[9][10]