Unpeeled (Cage the Elephant album)

Unpeeled
Live album / Studio album by Cage the Elephant
Released July 28, 2017
Genre Rock
Length 79:15
Label RCA
Producer Ben Baptie, Cage the Elephant
Cage the Elephant chronology
Tell Me I'm Pretty
(2015)		 Unpeeled
(2017)
Singles from Unpeeled
  1. "Whole Wide World"
    Released: June 21, 2017
  2. "Sweetie Little Jean"
    Released: July 7, 2017
  3. "Rubber Ball"
    Released: July 21, 2017
  4. "Cry Baby"
    Released: August 25, 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Skinny[4]
Under The Radar8/10[5]

Unpeeled is the second live album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. The album was released on July 28, 2017, and features the single "Whole Wide World".[6] The album was recorded on tour and features acoustic versions of the group's best-known songs, with the six principal musicians backed by strings and a choir on many of the songs. Three of the tracks are cover versions, including the lead single.

Singles

"Whole Wide World", the cover of a song by Wreckless Eric, was the first single of the album and was released on June 21, 2017. A music video for the song was released the following day on June 22, and features the band playing live.[7] A music video on July 7, 2017 for "Sweetie Little Jean" was released.[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Cage the Elephant unless otherwise noted.

Unpeeled[9]
No.TitleLength
1." Cry Baby"4:20
2."Whole Wide World" (Eric Goulden)3:25
3." Sweetie Little Jean"3:26
4." Spiderhead"3:34
5." Take It or Leave It"3:24
6." Too Late to Say Goodbye"3:52
7." Punchin’ Bag"3:25
8."Shake Me Down"3:26
9." Telescope"3:51
10."Instant Crush" (Thomas Bangalter, Julian Casablancas, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)5:09
11."Trouble"4:02
12."Ain't No Rest for the Wicked"2:59
13." Rubber Ball"3:55
14."Aberdeen"2:53
15."Golden Brown" (Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black)3:57
16."Cold Cold Cold"3:27
17." How Are You True"4:39
18."Come a Little Closer"3:45
19."Back Against the Wall"3:45
20."Cigarette Daydreams"3:26
21." Right Before My Eyes"4:40
Total length:79:21

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 50
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[11] 10
US Billboard 200[12] 61
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[13] 9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 11

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews and Tracks for Unpeeled [Live] by Cage the Elephant". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  2. ↑ Wacey, Rob. "Unpeeled - Cage the Elephant". Allmusic. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  3. ↑ Dolan, Jon. "Review: Cage the Elephant Chase Perfectionism on a Live Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ↑ Innes, Corrie. "Cage the Elephant – Unpeeled". The Skinny. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. ↑ the Raven, Matt. "Cage the Elephant: Unpeeled (RCA) Review". Under The Radar. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  6. ↑ "PRE-ORDER - Cage The Elephant Unpeeled CD + Digital Album - Cage The Elephant". Cage The Elephant. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  7. ↑ CageTheElephantVEVO (2017-06-22), Cage The Elephant - Whole Wide World (Unpeeled) (Live Video), retrieved 2017-06-23
  8. ↑ CageTheElephantVEVO (2017-07-07), Cage The Elephant - Sweetie Little Jean (Unpeeled) (Live Video), retrieved 2017-07-08
  9. ↑ "Unpeeled by Cage the Elephant on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  10. ↑ "Cage the Elephant Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cage the Elephant Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cage the Elephant Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Cage the Elephant Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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