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''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".

In support of the album, Beer will embark on The Spinnin Tour in 2024.
The album was nominated for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards

Background

Beer 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.

Music

Beer 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.

Release and promotion

Singles

The album's lead single "Reckless" was released on June 4, 2021. 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 22, 2022.

The album's third single " Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" was released on October 15, 2022.

The album's fourth single "Home to Another One" was released on June 2, 2023.

The album's fifth single " Spinnin" was released on August 18, 2023, along with a music video.

On October 18, the music video for the sixth single " Sweet Relief" was released on the singer's official YouTube channel.

Tour

On October 9, 2023, Madison Beer announced The Spinnin Tour with the name referring to the album's fifth single. 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 is scheduled to commence 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

''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. 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". 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".

'' 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". 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".

Track listing

Notes
* signifies a primary and vocal producer.
* 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.

Personnel

Musicians
* 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
* Mike Piacentini – Immersive Audio Engineer
* Sean Brennan – Immersive Audio Engineer
* Aaron Short – Immersive Mastering Engineer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Madison Beer

2023 albums
Madison Beer albums
Epic Records albums
Sing It Loud albums
Pop albums by American artists
Psychedelic rock albums by American artists