''The Things We Can't Stop'' is the sixth album by American

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. It was released on September 13, 2019 in the US through

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

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. The music video for "Without You" was released on September 18, 2019

Critical reception

James Christopher Monger of

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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".

Accolades

Track listing

All songs written by Scooter Ward, except where noted.

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes, Discogs and Allmusic. Cold *

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– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano *Nick Coyle – lead guitar, backing vocals (tracks 1-11), lead vocals (track 12) *Lindsay Manfredi – bass Additional musicians *Aaron Fulton – drums (tracks 2-4, 6-9, 11) *Josh Karis – drums (track 5) *Ethan York – drums (track 10) *Jonny Nova – rhythm guitar (track 10) *

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– backing vocals (track 11) *Brian Thompson – piano (track 11) Additional personnel *Tom York – executive production *Jeremy Parker – production *Andy VanDette – mastering *Joe Torres – cover layout, design *Dave Johnson – cover art, photo editing *Britney Lee Betterman – cover art, cover photo

Charts

References

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