Offering (Cults album)

Offering
Studio album by Cults
Released	October 6, 2017
Studio	Outland Thunderdome Stockholm Syndrome Sound Thrill Me The Cave Lone Palm [1]
Genre	Synth-pop [2] electropop indie pop indie rock new wave dream pop [3]
Length	41:36
Label	Sinderlyn
Producer	Cults Shane Stoneback
Cults chronology
Static (2013) Offering (2017) Host (2020)

Offering is the third studio album by American indie pop band Cults, released on October 6, 2017, by Sinderlyn.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [6]
Pitchfork	6.6/10 [7]
Under the Radar	[3]

Offering received generally favorable reviews from critics. From Metacritic (which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics) the album received an average score of 71 out of 100, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews. ^[4]

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion

Offering track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Offering"	4:16
2.	"I Took Your Picture"	3:21
3.	"With My Eyes Closed"	3:45
4.	"Recovery"	4:15
5.	"Right Words"	3:10
6.	"Good Religion"	4:03
7.	"Natural State"	3:51
8.	"Nothing Is Written"	3:39
9.	"Talk in Circles"	3:56
10.	"Clear from Far Away"	3:48
11.	"Gilded Lily"	3:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[1]

Cults

• Madeline Follin – vocals, drums, pianos, keyboards, production
• Brian Oblivion – keyboards, electronics, guitar, bass, percussion, drum programming, production

Additional contributors

• Shane Stoneback – production, engineering, mixing
• Max Kamins – engineering assistance (all tracks), bass (tracks 5, 10)
• Ian Sefchick – mastering
• Gabriel Rodriguez – additional guitar (4, 6, 7, 11)
• Marc Deriso – drums (2–7, 11)
• Loren Humphrey – drums (9, 10)
• Will McLaren – additional guitar (3, 10)
• Scarlett Connolly – photography
• Mortis Studio – art design, layout
• Mike Sniper – art direction

Charts

Chart performance for Offering

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [8]	61

References

1. Offering (Media notes). Cults. Sinderlyn. October 6, 2017.
2. Phares, Heather. "Host – Cults". AllMusic . Retrieved May 22, 2024.
3. Matt the Raven (November 14, 2017). "Cults: Offering". Under the Radar . Retrieved May 22, 2024.
4. "Static Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
5. Phares, Heather. "Offering – Cults". AllMusic . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
6. Neale, Matthew (October 12, 2017). "Cults – Offering". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
7. Horn, Olivia (October 14, 2017). "Cults: Offering". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 30, 2019.
8. "2022 46-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.