Shake the Spirit

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Shake the Spirit
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 2018 (2018-10-19)
Length50:28
Label RCA
Producer
Elle King chronology
Love Stuff
(2015)
Shake the Spirit
(2018)
Come Get Your Wife
(2023)
Singles from Shake the Spirit
  1. "Shame"
    Released: August 10, 2018
  2. "Baby Outlaw"
    Released: December 4, 2018

Shake the Spirit is the second studio album by American singer Elle King, released on October 19, 2018 by RCA Records. [1] It was recorded in Denton, Texas. [2]

Contents

Commercially, Shake the Spirit peaked at No. 9 on the US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) and No. 6 on the US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard).

Upon the album's release it received critical acclaim from music critics. Many stated since King's global success with "Ex's and Oh's" it proves that she has much more to offer, stating it is infused with "divorce, self-doubt, medicinal drinking, and PTSD," all of which King suffered in her personal life after being in the spotlight.

Music

Variety described Shake the Spirit as "confessional rock and roll". [1] Billboard said it is "a cathartic, rough-edged diary entry of a project that couldn't be more personal". [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Paste 6.5/10 [5]

Chris Willman of Variety called the album "a first-rate second album that deals frankly with a rough year or two the singer has had since "Ex's and Oh's" took her big-time. It's infused with divorce, self-doubt, medicinal drinking, PTSD and, well, more divorce." [1] Eric R. Danton of Paste said the album "plays like a kind of musical revue, with nods at muscular rock, old-school spy movie songs, vintage soul, '60s girl groups and tunes that blend elements of all four", but that they do not "hang together as a group, which gives Shake the Spirit a scattershot feel. It's an Elle King album, to be sure—her voice is what stitches these songs together, though what is probably supposed to be evidence of her range often feels like she's trying on musical costumes. The result is a lack of cohesion that turns Shake the Spirit into a series of genre exercises." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Talk of the Town"
  • King
  • DeVincenzo
3:36
2."Baby Outlaw"Kurstin3:19
3."Shame"
  • Pagnotta
  • Brian Phillips (co.)
2:39
4."Man's Man"
  • King
  • Rebecca Lovell
  • Megan Lovell
2:48
5."Naturally Pretty Girls"
  • King
  • Ben Gibbard
King3:13
6."Told You So"KingKing2:39
7."Good Thing Gone"
  • King
  • McClellan
  • DeVincenzo
  • Scalia
  • Jesse Gibbon
  • King
  • Pence
4:52
8."Runaway"
  • King
  • Kurstin
Kurstin4:26
9."It Girl"
  • King
  • McClellan
  • DeVincenzo
  • Scalia
  • Neal
  • Gibbon
  • Jason Frederick
  • King
  • Pence
3:42
10."Ram Jam"
  • King
  • McClellan
  • DeVincenzo
  • Scalia
  • King
  • Pence
4:06
11."Sober"
  • King
  • McClellan
  • DeVincenzo
  • Scalia
  • Neal
  • Gibbon
  • R. Lovell
  • M. Lovell
  • Elliott Jacobsen
  • King
  • Pence
4:25
12."Chained" (featuring Cameron Neal)
  • King
  • Neal
  • King
  • Pence
4:10
13."Little Bit of Lovin'"King
  • King
  • Pence
6:33
Total length:50:28

Personnel

Adapted credits from the liner notes of Shake the Spirit. [6]

Vocals
Instruments
Production
Imagery

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 67
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 47
US Billboard 200 [9] 68
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [10] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 9

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