Riddles (album)

Riddles is the third studio album by American rock duo Ed Schrader's Music Beat. The album features the single "Dunce".^[7] The album was produced and co-written by electronic-pop musician Dan Deacon.^[5]

Riddles
Studio album by Ed Schrader's Music Beat
Released	March 2, 2018
Genre	Post-punk
Length	39:22
Label	Carpark
Producer	Dan Deacon
Ed Schrader's Music Beat chronology
Party Jail (2014) Riddles (2018) Nightclub Daydreaming (2022)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7/10[1]
Metacritic	77/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	7.5/10[3]
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[5]
Under the Radar	8/10[6]

Reception

Riddles was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77 based on five reviews.^[2] Aggregate website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of five reviews.^[1]

Writing in Pitchfork's review of Riddles, Nina Corcoran described the collaboration between the band and producer Dan Deacon as "a new musical direction... By lacing arms with Dan Deacon, the duo throw themselves into an auspicious zone, creating an album that remains introspective even at its wildest moments."^[5]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Riddles

Critic/Publication	List	Rank	Ref
Loud and Quiet	Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018	23	[8]
Under the Radar	Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2018	46	[9]

Track listing

Riddles track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dunce"	3:54
2.	"Seagull"	5:18
3.	"Riddles"	4:38
4.	"Dizzy Devil"	5:12
5.	"Wave to the Water"	2:24
6.	"Rust"	2:27
7.	"Kid Radium"	3:26
8.	"Humbucker Blues"	2:32
9.	"Tom"	4:04
10.	"Culebra"	5:27