Social Cues

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Social Cues
Cage the Elephant Social Cues.jpg
Studio album by
Cage the Elephant
ReleasedApril 19, 2019
Recorded2018
Studio
  • Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California [1]
Length44:35
Label RCA
Producer John Hill [1]
Cage the Elephant chronology
Unpeeled
(2017)		Social Cues
(2019)		 Neon Pill
(2024)
Singles from Social Cues
  1. "Ready to Let Go"
    Released: January 31, 2019
  2. "Social Cues"
    Released: July 6, 2019
  3. "Black Madonna"
    Released: January 14, 2020
  4. "Skin and Bones"
    Released: October 13, 2020

Social Cues is the fifth studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Announced on January 31, 2019, the album was released on April 19, 2019. [2] Social Cues won the award for Best Rock Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, making it the band's second album to win the award after Tell Me I'm Pretty .

Contents

Background

On November 26, 2018, the band announced on Twitter that their new album was "Done. Mixed. Mastered." [3] On January 31, 2019, the band officially released "Ready to Let Go", the first single from Social Cues. [1] On March 8, 2019, "House of Glass", the second advance track from the album was released. A collaboration with Beck, "Night Running" was released on March 28, 2019. The final song released in advance of the album was "Goodbye", released on April 8, 2019. Many of the songs (Such as "Goodbye", "Ready to Let Go", and "Love's the Only Way") were based on the divorce that Matt Shultz went through with his ex-wife, Juliette Buchs.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.7/10 [4]
Metacritic 75/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound B− [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Line of Best Fit 4.5/10 [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The New York Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]

Social Cues received generally positive reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating of reviews from mainstream publications, it received a 75 out of 100 - indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5] Social Cues has an average rating of 6.7 on AnyDecentMusic? [4] .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brad Shultz, Daniel Tichenor, Jared Champion, Matt Shultz, Matthan Minster & Nick Bockrath, except where noted

Social Cues track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Broken Boy"B. Shultz, Tichenor, Champion, M. Shultz, Minster, Bockrath, John Hill 2:43
2."Social Cues"B. Shultz, Tichenor, Champion, M. Shultz, Minster, Bockrath, Hill3:39
3."Black Madonna" 3:47
4."Night Running" (with Beck)B. Shultz, Tichenor, Champion, M. Shultz, Minster, Bockrath, Beck Hansen, Natalie Belle Bergman3:28
5."Skin and Bones" 3:16
6."Ready to Let Go" 3:08
7."House of Glass" 2:35
8."Love's the Only Way" 4:01
9."The War Is Over" 3:16
10."Dance Dance"B. Shultz, Tichenor, Champion, M. Shultz, Minster, Bockrath, Hill3:10
11."What I'm Becoming" 3:50
12."Tokyo Smoke" 3:26
13."Goodbye" 4:16
Total length:44:35

Personnel

Cage the Elephant

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Social Cues
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australia Albums (ARIA) [16] 77
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 72
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [19] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [20] 59
French Albums (SNEP) [21] 146
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [22] 36
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [23] 31
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 38
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 79
US Billboard 200 [27] 21

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