Rosegold (album)

Rosegold ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.9/10[2]
Metacritic	70/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Paste	7.6/10[5]
Pitchfork	5.7/10[6]
Slant	[7]
Under the Radar	[8]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Rosegold received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 70 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.[3] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, "Sometimes, Rosegold threatens to drift away yet it's never threadbare: It's a singular mood piece, one that suits a spell of twilight reflection."[4] Paste's Ellen Johnson wrote, "It's easy to sink into these 10 songs".[5] Pitchfork's Stephen M. Deusner wrote that Monroe "flattens out the twang and borrows from pop and hip-hop, to mixed results", and that "once you get past the gutsiness of an artist willing to jettison her comfort zone, what you're left with is muddled and unsatisfying."[6]

Under the Radar's Mark Moody wrote that "If more focused, and either working exclusively with [producer Mike] Reaves or someone outside the Nashville inner circle, Rosegold could have had more of a chance to shine as a unified release. As it is, there are a handful of worthwhile singles worth mining, but unlike Monroe's work to date, as a whole the album doesn't coalesce as it could have."[8] Slate's Jim Malec wrote that the album "once again finds the singer-songwriter traversing new ground, but it's an even sharper departure from her previous work", and that "it's an ambitious exercise in style that's ultimately lacking in substance."[7]