Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 (31 reviews)
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B+
Drowned in Sound	8/10
The Guardian
The Independent
The New York Times	Favourable
NME	8/10
The Observer
Pitchfork Media	8/10
PopMatters	8/10
The Skinny
Slant Magazine
Uncut	Favourable
Allmusic

Lux is the twenty-fourth solo studio album from Brian Eno, released through Warp on 13 November 2012. The album is a collection of ambient soundscapes that have been installed in art galleries and airport terminals. Critical reception has positively compared it with Eno's previous ambient work and noted that it is both relaxing as well as challenging music for those who engage it critically. In 2013, Brian Eno created a number of limited edition prints featuring the cover artwork from Lux made available only from his website.

The music was originally commissioned alongside work in the Great Gallery of the Palace of Venaria in Turin, Italy. To promote the album, Eno attended listening parties in London, New York City, and Sydney. Following in the tradition of Music for Airports, the album was previewed in Tokyo's Haneda Airport for four days prior to the album's commercial release. On 17 November, Eno curated a "Day of Light" promotion on his website where users were encouraged to submit digital photographs under the theme of "play of light" and he chose which photos to display to accompany a live stream of Lux.

Lux has received largely positive reviews from critics; review aggregator Metacritic has given the album a normalised score of 78 indicating that it is "generally favorable." Mark Shukla of The Skinny gave the album four out of five stars saying Lux is a return to Eno's ambient roots, concluding "remind us that whilst so called 'ambient music' has mutated in countless ways during the last quarter of a century, Eno's singular ability to elicit its most nourishing qualities remains undiminished." Mark Richardson of Pitchfork Media considers the album a strong continuation of Eno's ambient work, saying that it is "squarely in the tradition of music that can be ignored but holds up (sometimes just barely) to closer scrutiny."

Several reviewers make explicit reference to Eno's previous ambient work. Drowned in Sound's Marcus J. Moore also compares this album favourably to Eno's Discreet Music, calling him a "master of the ethos" of ambient music. Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian compares it favourably to Music for Airports. Andy Gill of The Independent proclaims that "Lux never bores because it's never making foreground demands on your attention." Writing for Uncut, John Mulvey writes that his ambient efforts are perhaps "the best kind of Eno album", noting the textures of the music are compelling and complicated.

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