Moth (album)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.1/10[7]
Metacritic	73/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Exclaim!	8/10[10]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[11]
Spin	8/10[12]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[13]

Before being released, Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork, Stereogum, and Billboard included Moth in their lists of most anticipated albums of 2016, and it has received generally favorable reviews.[14][15][16][17] Brooklyn Magazine named the album its "Album of the Month" for January 2016.[18]

Moth received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 21 reviews,which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[19] Writing for Allmusic, Tim Sendra characterized Moth as "an album that amplifies the pop aspects of Something and blows it out into a sometimes brilliant listening experience."[9] In a positive review for Exclaim!, Stephen Carlick wrote that "with Moth, Chairlift make a strong claim to being one of pop music's best songwriting teams, with the production and vocal chops to bring their compositions fully and vibrantly to life."[10] Rolling Stone praised the album as "a record where love, music and love for music come together beautifully."[20]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

Chairlift

• Caroline Polachek – vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (1–3, 5–10), bass (2, 4, 5, 7), bongos (2, 7), drums (2, 4, 7); horn, shaker (2); castanets, violin (6); engineering, percussion (7); piano (8), oboe, snare drum (9)
• Patrick Wimberly – engineering (all tracks); drums (1–4, 8, 10), guitar (1, 2, 5, 8, 9), marimba (1), horn (2, 4, 10), percussion (2, 7–9), synthesizer (2–10), vocals (2–4), acoustic guitar (3), bass (4–6, 9); autoharp, cymbals (7); programming (7, 8, 10)

Additional musicians

• Danny Meyer – saxophone (1, 2, 4, 8, 10)
• David Ginyard – bass (2, 8, 10)
• Joey Postiglione – guitar (2, 5), synthesizer (10)
• Kurt Feldman – guitar (2, 10)
• John Lake – trumpet (2)
• Miles B.A. Robinson – speaker (3)
• Robin Hannibal – bass (4), drums (4, 7, 8); keyboards, percussion (4, 8)
• Juri Onuki – speaker (6)
• Emily Holden – violin (6)
• Joel Van Dijk – guitar (7, 8)
• Dustin Schletzer – snare drum (9)

Technical

• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
• Mick Guzauski – mixing (2, 7, 9, 10)
• Tom Elmhirst – mixing (5)
• Jake Aron – engineering
• Miles B.A. Robinson – engineering
• Yale Yng-Wong – engineering
• Rob Cohen – engineering (4, 7, 8)
• Maddox Chhim – engineering assistance (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
• Ryan Kaul – engineering assistance (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
• Chad Wilson – engineering assistance (4, 8)
• Joe Visciano – engineering assistance (5)