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Golden Age (album)

This article is about the NCT album. For other albums, see Golden Age (disambiguation) § Albums.

Golden Age is the fourth studio album by South Korean boy band NCT. It was released on August 28, 2023, by SM Entertainment. Similar to their previous releases NCT 2018 Empathy, NCT 2020 Resonance, and NCT 2021 Universe, Golden Age is part of "NCT 2023" project; which saw all current NCT members from several units collaborating on a full-length release. This time, the album features 20 members from three current units of NCT; NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. The album consists of ten tracks with two singles released to support the album, the title track of the same name and "Baggy Jeans".

Golden Age
Digital cover
Studio album by
NCT
ReleasedAugust 28, 2023
Recorded2023
StudioSM Studios (Seoul)
Genre
Length32:21
LanguageKorean
Label
NCT chronology
ISTJ
(2023) 		Golden Age
(2023) 		Fact Check
(2023)
NCT studio albums chronology
Universe
(2021) 		Golden Age
(2023) 		TBA
(2025)
Singles from Golden Age
  1. "Golden Age"
    Released: August 23, 2023
  2. "Baggy Jeans"
    Released: August 28, 2023
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME[2]

Golden Age is the first album release of NCT after the departure of three former members; Lucas, who departed from the group on May 10, 2023, after his hiatus since mid 2021, and Shotaro and Sungchan who were withdrawn from the group on May 24, 2023, to re-debut as a member of SM Entertainment's new boy group Riize in September of the same year.[3][4] It is also the final full-group album to feature Taeil, who was removed from the group exactly one year after the album was released.[5][6]

Background and release

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SM Entertainment announced NCT's fourth union project NCT 2023 on August 9, 2023, with the confirmation of the release of the group's fourth studio album Golden Age. It is the first NCT union project in a year and four months after the 2021 union project NCT 2021 Universe, which saw the release of the group's third studio album. All twenty current members of the group participated in the project, including Winwin who was absent from the 2021 project due to his personal schedule in China. The label also announced two singles which will be released to support the album, the lead single being "Golden Age", an all members track which was released on August 23, 2023, while the second single off the album is "Baggy Jeans", which saw the reunion of Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, and Mark, the first five debuted members of NCT who participated in the group's debut single "The 7th Sense", released on the same date as the album.[7]

Commercial performance

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Golden Age debuted at number one on the Circle Weekly Album Chart in the chart issue dated August 27– September 2, 2023, with the debut sales of 961,463 units, making the album the fourth album for NCT as a whole group to top the chart.[8] The album also topped the monthly chart of August 2023, with the first month sales of 955,109 units.[9]

Track listing

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Golden Age track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Baggy Jeans" (NCT U; sung by Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Ten, and Mark)Wutan
  • Reunamäki
  • Jinbyjin
3:31
2."Call D" (NCT U; sung by Taeyong and Ten)Jung Il-li (Jam Factory)
  • 1-800-Rudeboy
  • Je'Juan Antonio
  • Hassan Ashi Jr.
  • Jordain Johnson
  • Hautboi Rich
1-800-Rudeboy3:36
3."Pado" (NCT U; sung by Johnny, Taeyong, Jaehyun, Mark, Xiaojun, Hendery, and Haechan)Liljune (153/Joombas)
  • Humbler
  • Davey Nate
  • Timothy "C Minor" Zimnoch
Humbler2:58
4."Interlude: Oasis" (NCT U; sung by Yuta, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jaemin, and Chenle)Park Yoo-eun (Jam Factory)
2:07
5."The Bat" (NCT U; sung by Taeil, Johnny, Yuta, Jungwoo, Hendery, Jeno, and Jisung)Wutan
2:50
6."Alley Oop" (NCT U; sung by Yuta, Winwin, Hendery, Jeno, Jaemin, Yangyang, and Jisung)Danke (Lalala Studio)
LDN Noise3:38
7."That's Not Fair" (NCT U; sung by Johnny, Taeyong, Ten, Mark, Jeno, and Yangyang)Hash Swan
  • Evan Magee
  • Parker James Nornes
  • Gigi Grombacher
  • Tony Ferrari
  • Noah Conrad
Conrad3:01
8."Kangaroo" (NCT U; sung by Taeil, Kun, Renjun, Yangyang, Chenle, and Jisung)Cian (153/Joombas)
  • El Capitxn
  • Vendors (Zenur)
  • San Yoon
  • Casper
  • Yuki
  • El Capitxn
  • Vendors
  • Yoon
  • Casper
  • Yuki
3:36
9."Not Your Fault" (NCT U; sung by Taeil, Kun, Doyoung, Ten, Jungwoo, Xiaojun and Renjun)Moon Ji-young (Lalala Studio)
  • Tiyon 'TC' Mack
  • Tesung Kim
  • Gibum
  • Ryu Jin-wook
  • Lee Kang-sung
  • Mack
  • Kim
  • Gibum
  • Ryu
  • Lee
3:21
10."Golden Age" (NCT 2023)Jang Han-bit (Jam Factory)
  • Jake K (Artiffect)
  • MCK (Artiffect)
  • Carlebecker
  • Ellen Berg
  • Josh McClelland
  • Ryan Lawrie
  • Jake K
  • MCK
3:38
Total length:32:21

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Golden Age
Region Certification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[23] Million 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release history for Golden Age
Region Date Format Label
Various August 28, 2023
South Korea
United States September 29, 2023
Canada

References

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  2. ^ Daly, Rhian (August 31, 2023). "NCT – 'Golden Age' review: experimental flourishes avoid predictability". NME. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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