MCID

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MCID
Highly Suspect MCID 2019.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
Genre
Length58:19
Label
Highly Suspect chronology
The Boy Who Died Wolf
(2016)
MCID
(2019)
The Midnight Demon Club
(2022)
Singles from MCID
  1. "16 / Upperdrugs"
    Released: August 16, 2019
  2. "Tokyo Ghoul"
    Released: October 4, 2019
  3. "Canals"
    Released: October 25, 2019
  4. "These Days"
    Released: February 25, 2020

MCID (initialism for "My Crew Is Dope") is the third studio album by American rock band Highly Suspect, released on November 1, 2019. [2] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. [3]

Contents

History

On August 16, 2019, Highly Suspect announced their third album, along with the release of two singles, "16" and "Upperdrugs"; the former track reached No. 1 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock chart. [4] [5]

On October 4, a third single "Tokyo Ghoul" featuring Young Thug was released. [6]

On October 25, a fourth single "Canals" was released. [7]

On February 25, 2020, "These Days" was released as the fifth single from the album.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fly"4:28
2."16"4:38
3."Freakstreet"3:49
4."Canals"4:33
5."Upperdrugs"5:16
6."Tetsuo's Bike"1:20
7."Tokyo Ghoul" (featuring Young Thug)4:28
8."SOS" (featuring Gojira)3:23
9."@tddybear" (featuring Conor Mason of Nothing but Thieves)4:59
10."Arizona"3:34
11."Juzo"1:26
12."The Silk Road" (featuring Tee Grizzley)3:52
13."Taking Off"3:29
14."These Days"3:02
15."Snow White"3:53
16."Nairobi (Outro)"2:09
Total length:58:19

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [8] 48
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 20
US Billboard 200 [10] 79
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [11] 4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [12] 10

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