''Social Cues'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. Announced on January 31, 2019, the album was released on April 19, 2019. The album is the first by the band to feature a title track. Social Cues won the award for

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, making it the band's second album to win the award after ''

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Background

On November 26, 2018, the band announced on Twitter that their new album was "Done. Mixed. Mastered." On January 31, 2019, the band officially released "Ready to Let Go", the first single from ''Social Cues''. 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

''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". ''Social Cues'' has an average rating of 6.7 on AnyDecentMusic?.

Track listing

Personnel

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Cage the Elephant * Nick Bockrath – lead guitar,

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, keyboards, celeste, cello *

Jared Champion Jared Lloyd Champion (born February 27, 1983) is the drummer for American rock band Cage the Elephant. Early life and career Champion was born and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In high school, Champion, with current bandmate Matt Shultz, ...

– drums, percussion * Matthan Minster – piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar,

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, backing vocals *

Brad Shultz Donald Bradley Shultz Jr. (born May 15, 1982) is the rhythm guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Cage the Elephant, and is also a record producer. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wi ...

– rhythm guitar, keyboards *

Matt Shultz Matthew Ray Shultz (born October 23, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead singer and occasional guitarist for the American rock band Cage the Elephant. Early life Matthew Ray Shultz was born on 23 Octobe ...

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Daniel Tichenor – bass Additional musicians * Elliot Bergman – horn * Jacob Braun – cello * Charlie Bisharat – violin * David Campbell – string arrangements, conductor * Matt Combs – cello, violin, viola * Gina Corso – violin * Kyle Davis – percussion * Mario Deleon – violin * Lisa Dodlinger – violin * Andrew Duckles – viola *

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– vocals * John Hill – keyboards * Leah Katz – viola * Ginger Murphy – cello * Sara Parkins – violin * Kerenza Peacock – violin * Katie Schecter – backing vocals * Dave Stone – bass * Steve Trudell – string contractor * The W. Crimm Singers – backing vocals Production * Rob Cohen –

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– mixing * Jeremy Ferguson – engineer * David Greenbaum – engineer * John Hill – production *

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– mastering

Charts

References

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