Silence Between Songs is the second studio album by American singer Madison Beer. It was released on September 15, 2023 by Epic Records and Sing It Loud, and serves as the follow-up to Beer's debut studio album Life Support (2021). It spawned five singles prior to its release; "Reckless", Dangerous", "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)", "Home to Another One", and "Spinnin". The album has been described as a pop and psychedelic rock album with elements of dream pop.
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In support of the album, Beer embarked on the Spinnin Tour in 2024. The album was nominated for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[4]
Background
editBeer released her debut album, Life Support, on February 26, 2021. Soon after that, she embarked on her second headlining tour, The Life Support Tour in promotion of the album.
On May 31, 2023, two days before the fourth single, "Home to Another One", Beer officially announced the title and the release date of September 15, 2023.[5]
I got started really young doing this, and I feel like I've had a very busy 12 years or so in the industry and I kind of convinced myself that the moments where I was making music and when I was on tour and when I was my busiest was when I was growing, she shared of the metaphorical album title. As I've gotten a little bit older, I realized it's actually been the moments that I've been able to tune out the noise and I've been able to be alone, really reflect and be more isolated where I've grown the most. So, it's the silence between songs and when the noise is turned off is when I feel like I've learned who I am the most.
— Beer speaking about Silence Between Songs[6]
Music
editBeer sent the album to American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey prior to its release. Beer stated in an interview that Del Rey's favorite track was the opening track of the album, "Spinnin". Beer also revealed that the album is influenced by some of her "idols" such as Tame Impala, American rock band The Beach Boys and American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey.[7]
Release and promotion
editSingles
editThe album's lead single "Reckless" was released on June 4, 2021.[8] The song peaked at number 38 on Billboard's US mainstream Top 40, and is a pop song. The song was performed live at Beer's headlining tour The Life Support Tour as a part of the setlist.
The album's second single "Dangerous" was released on August 26, 2022.[9]
The album's third single "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" was released on October 14, 2022.[10]
The album's fourth single "Home to Another One" was released on June 2, 2023.[11]
The album's fifth single "Spinnin" was released on August 18, 2023, along with a music video.[12]
On October 18, the music video for the track "Sweet Relief" was released on the singer's official YouTube channel.
Tour
editOn October 9, 2023, Madison Beer announced The Spinnin Tour with the name referring to the album's fifth single.[13] The tour will take place in Europe and North America and will feature Polish singer Jann, and American singers Charlotte Lawrence and Upsahl as supporting acts. The tour marks her third headlining concert tour after The Life Support Tour in support of her debut album. The Spinnin Tour commenced on February 24, 2024, in Stockholm and conclude on June 13, 2024, in Los Angeles consisting of a total of 52 dates across Europe and North America.
Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[14] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [15] |
| Beats Per Minute | 74%[16] |
| Clash | 7/10[17] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10[1] |
| NME | [18] |
| The Telegraph | [19] |
Silence Between Songs was met with generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on six reviews.[14] Poppie Platt of The Telegraph called it "vastly superior" to Life Support as it is "full of smooth, stylish pop songs just begging to become radio hits" and "seems like the album Beer has been wanting – and waiting – to make for a long, long time".[19] Lauren deHollogne of Clash characterized the songs as "carefully crafted compositions" with "magically soft harmonies" that "seem to have more of an actual purpose", and concluded that the album is a "record with a message that is so authentically her".[17]
The Line of Best Fit's Sam Franzini wrote that much of the album is "gentle, unassuming pop" and while "there are some exciting ideas here", it gets too "bogged down by an odd reframing of the past" as "Beer spends too much time looking through rose-colored glasses, wondering how her story will be told, for it to be relatable".[1] Thomas Smith of NME called most of Silence Between Songs "a clear nod to Tame Impala's psych-rock as well as swooning '60s pop and rock" but stated that "there's one too many generic, string-laden ballads, and a stop-start feel to the record".[18]
Awards and nominations
edit| Organization | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | 2024 | Best Immersive Audio Album | Nominated | [20] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Spinnin" |
| 2:46 | |
| 2. | "Sweet Relief" |
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| 2:41 |
| 3. | "Envy the Leaves" |
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| 3:19 |
| 4. | "17" |
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| 3:36 |
| 5. | "Ryder" |
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| 4:06 |
| 6. | "Nothing Matters But You" |
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| 2:45 |
| 7. | "I Wonder" |
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| 2:37 |
| 8. | "At Your Worst" |
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| 2:58 |
| 9. | "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" |
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| 3:15 |
| 10. | "Home to Another One" |
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| 2:29 |
| 11. | "Dangerous" |
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| 3:47 |
| 12. | "Reckless" |
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| 3:23 |
| 13. | "Silence Between Songs" |
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| 2:29 |
| 14. | "King of Everything" |
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| 4:28 |
| Total length: | 44:47 | |||
Notes
- ^[p] signifies a primary and vocal producer.
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
- "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" contains an interpolation of the Turtles version of "You Showed Me", written by Harold Eugene Clark and James Roger McGuinn and originally performed by the Byrds.[21]
Personnel
editMusicians
- Madison Beer – lead vocals (all tracks), vocal arrangement (track 9), background vocals (10)
- Leroy Clampitt – guitar (all tracks), drums (1–3, 5, 9, 12–14), bass (1–5, 7–13), background vocals (1, 7, 12), percussion (3); piano, synthesizer (4, 6); steel drums (4, 13), drum machine (6, 7, 10), vocal arrangement (9), programming (11–13), keyboards (11)
- Tim Sommers – piano (1–3, 5, 8, 14), organ (1, 4, 9), keyboards (1, 11, 12), synthesizer (2, 4, 5, 8–10), drums (2, 9, 12, 13), percussion (3, 8, 11), synthesizer (3), bass (4, 8–10); clapping, shaker (4); vocal arrangement (9), drum machine (10), programming (11, 12), background vocals (12)
- Lucy Healey – background vocals (2, 6–8)
- Ben Barter – drums (4, 14)
- Adam Melchor – guitar (5)
- Fred Ball – drum machine, piano (6, 7); bass, synthesizer (6); organ, piano (7)
- James Francies – arrangement, keyboards, piano (11)
- Judy Kang – cello (11)
- Leah Metzler – cello (11)
- Chris Woods – viola (11)
- Amanda Lo – violin (11)
- Laurann Angel – violin (11)
- Morgan Paros – violin (11)
- Kinga Bacik – strings (12)
Technical
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Mitch McCarthy – mixing
- Leroy Clampitt – engineering
- Tim Sommers – engineering (1–5, 8–14)
- Fred Ball – engineering (6, 7)
- Riccardo Damian – engineering (11)
- Patrick Curry – engineering assistance (11)
- Aaron Short – Immersive Mix Engineer[22]
- Mike Piacentini – Immersive Audio Engineer[23]
- Sean Brennan – Immersive Audio Engineer[23]
- Aaron Short – Immersive Mastering Engineer[22]
Charts
edit| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] | 76 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25] | 71 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] | 42 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] | 74 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28] | 84 |
| Croatian International Albums (HDU)[29] | 25 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] | 39 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[31] | 94 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] | 59 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] | 31 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[34] | 68 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[35] | 12 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] | 11 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[37] | 46 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[38] | 28 |
| US Billboard 200[39] | 86 |
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | September 15, 2023 |
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References
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- ^ "Madison Beer on the 'Full-Blown Meltdown' That Shaped 'Silence Between Songs,' and How Lana del Rey Changed Her Approach to Music". September 15, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer on the 'Full-Blown Meltdown' That Shaped 'Silence Between Songs,' and How Lana del Rey Changed Her Approach to Music". September 15, 2023.
- ^ Enos, Morgan (November 11, 2023). "2024 Grammys: See the Full Winners & Nominees List". Grammys. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Madison Beer Announces Sophomore Album 'Silence Between Songs'". Billboard. June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer Says She Couldn't 'Comprehend' Lana Del Rey Shoutout: 'She's Just Incredible'". Billboard. July 7, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer Got Her "Idol" Lana Del Rey's Approval of New Album". Teen Vogue. June 4, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer Explores Feelings And Power Dynamics With 'Reckless". Clash. June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Madison Beer Flips the Spotlight on Herself on 'Dangerous'". Rolling Stone. August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Listen to Madison Beer's '60s-inspired single 'Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You)'". NME. October 14, 2022.
- ^ "Madison Beer Dreads Her Ex Going 'Home To Another One' On Her New Single". Uproxx. June 2, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer releases new single 'Spinnin'". Women In Pop. August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer Announces Global 'The Spinnin Tour'". Live Nation Entertainment. October 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Silence Between Songs by Madison Beer". Metacritic. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Donelson, Marcy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "Album Review: Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs". Beats Per Minute. September 27, 2023.
- ^ a b deHollogne, Lauren (September 15, 2023). "Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs". Clash. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Smith, Thomas (September 15, 2023). "Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs: a dabble with Tame Impala-indebted pop". NME. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Platt, Poppie (September 15, 2023). "Chrissie Hynde has never sounded so sincere – the week's best albums". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List". Grammy.com. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
- ^ "Madison Beer Defeats a Clandestine Poker Star in Video for New Single 'Showed Me'". Rolling Stone. October 14, 2022.
- ^ a b "Aaron Short | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "The GRAMMY Award Update Center | RECORDINGACADEMY.com". www.recordingacademy.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 25 September 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1751. Australian Recording Industry Association. September 25, 2023. p. 6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Madison Beer Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "Lista prodaje 40. tjedan 2023" (in Croatian). Top of the Shops. September 25, 2023. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Madison Beer – Silence Between Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Madison Beer". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 15.09.2023–21.09.2023 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved September 28, 2023.
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- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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- ^ Silence Between Songs release formats:
- "Silence Between Songs CD". Shop the Madison Beer Official Store.
- "Silence Between Songs by Madison Beer". Apple Music. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- "Silence Between Songs Limited Edition White Vinyl". Shop the Madison Beer Official Store.