Host (Cults album)

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Host
Cults - Host.png
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2020
Studio
  • Lone Palm
  • Sonora
  • Diamond Mine
  • Thunderdome
  • Bertram's Bedroom
  • Rehab
Length41:17
Label Sinderlyn
Producer
  • Cults
  • Shane Stoneback
Cults chronology
Offering
(2017)
Host
(2020)
To the Ghosts
(2024)

Host is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Cults, released on September 18, 2020, by Sinderlyn. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [5]

Host received generally favorable reviews from several mainstream critic websites. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75 out of 100, which indicates "Generally Favorable Reviews," based on 7 reviews. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion.

No.TitleLength
1."Trials"3:24
2."8th Avenue"3:21
3."Spit You Out"3:52
4."A Low"4:03
5."No Risk"2:33
6."Working It Over"4:36
7."A Purgatory"3:17
8."Like I Do"3:43
9."Masquerading"2:47
10."Honest Love"2:23
11."Shoulders to My Feet"3:35
12."Monolithic"3:39

Personnel

Cults

Additional contributors

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References

  1. Raven, Matt the. "Host". Under the Radar . Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  2. "Cults – Host – Review". DIY . September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Host Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  4. Phares, Heather. "Host – Cults". AllMusic . Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  5. Gordon, Arielle (September 22, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 4, 2022.