The Things We Can't Stop

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The Things We Can't Stop
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2019
Recorded2017–2019
Genre
Length45:50
Label Napalm
Producer Jeremy Parker
Cold chronology
Superfiction
(2011)
The Things We Can't Stop
(2019)
Singles from The Things We Can't Stop
  1. "Shine"
    Released: June 27, 2019
  2. "Without You"
    Released: July 19, 2019
  3. "The Devil We Know"
    Released: August 22, 2019
  4. "Run"
    Released: September 12, 2019
  5. "We All Love"
    Released: December 31, 2019
  6. "Quiet Now"
    Released: April 2, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cryptic RockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

The Things We Can't Stop is the sixth album by American rock band Cold. It was released on September 13, 2019 in the US through Napalm Records. The album was produced by Jeremy Parker, who produced the previous album. This is Cold's first album since 2011's Superfiction . This is Cold's only album to include guitarist Nick Coyle, the first to feature bassist Lindsay Manfredi, and their first album not to feature bassist Jeremy Marshall and drummer Sam McCandless. Aaron Fulton was credited as the drummer.

Contents

The first single "Shine" was released on June 27, 2019, along with an accompanying lyric video on the same date. [3] [4]

Release and promotion

The album was released on September 13, 2019 on CD, vinyl and digital platforms. To promote the album, the band began the Broken Human tour in selected areas in the United States in fall 2019. [5]

The music video for "Without You" was released on September 18, 2019 [6] [7]

Critical reception

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic called the album "commercial-grade active rock angst made with great care and sincerity" that "resonates, but on a mostly superficial/ripped-from-the-headlines level". [8]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Loudwire 50 Best Rock Albums of 2019 [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Scooter Ward, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:51
2."Shine"4:40
3."Snowblind"5:11
4."The Devil We Know" (Ward / Coyle)2:58
5."Run" (Snow Patrol cover)4:21
6."Better Human" (Ward / Manfredi)4:21
7."Without You"3:16
8."Quiet Now"4:14
9."The One That Got Away" (Ward / Gilbert)3:13
10."Systems Fail"4:24
11."Beautiful Life"4:43
12."We All Love" (Ward / Coyle)3:36
Total length:45:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes, Discogs and Allmusic. [10]

Cold

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [11] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 11
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [13] 34
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [14] 11
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 15

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