Pageant (album)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10[4]
Metacritic	85/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Consequence of Sound	B+[7]
The Guardian	[8]
NME	[9]
Paste	8.6/10[10]
PopMatters	8/10[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]

On Metacritic, the album holds an average critic score of 85, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

With respect to the allegations of sexual abuse against band member Ben Hopkins, Sasha Geffen of Pitchfork commented on Pageant, saying, "What was a document of queer exuberance has now become a hollow sequence of songs, from a band whose sentiments were maybe always shallow."[13]

Pageant charted for one week at position 5 on the US Heatseekers Albums chart for the week of June 3, 2017.[14] It also charted for one week at position 31 on the US Independent Albums chart for the week of June 3, 2017.[15] In the UK, the album debuted on the Indie Chart on May 19, 2017 at position 46.[3]

Credits adapted from Pageant album liner notes.[16]

• Cameron West – arrangement, French horn
• Christopher Daly – production, arrangement (7)
• Rami Dahdal – arrangement
• Kiley Lotz – backing vocals
• Adele Stein – cello
• New Paltz BTTMs Choir – choir (5)
• Travis DeJong – engineering
• Isabel Gleicher – flute
• Jamal Ruhe – mastering, guitar
• Chris Hopkins – soprano vocals
• Nicolas Davis – trumpet
• Sarah Haines – viola
• Jennifer Hinkle – bass trombone