Offering (Cults album)

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Offering
Cover Art for "Offering" Cults.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2017
Genre
Length41:36
Label Sinderlyn
Producer Cults
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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [6]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

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. [3]

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion

Offering track listing
No.TitleLength
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

Cults

Charts

Chart performance for Offering
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [7] 61

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References

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