Silence Between Songs

Silence Between Songs is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Madison Beer, released on September 15, 2023 by Epic Records and Sing It Loud. It serves as the follow-up to Beer's debut studio album Life Support (2021) and 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.

Silence Between Songs
A slightly blurry shot of Beer running through a tall corn field with a white dress on
Studio album by
Madison Beer
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)
RecordedOctober 2020 – December 2022
Genre
Length44:47
Label
Producer
Madison Beer chronology
Life Support
(2021)		 Silence Between Songs
(2023)
Singles from Silence Between Songs
  1. "Reckless"
    Released: June 4, 2021
  2. "Dangerous"
    Released: August 26, 2022
  3. "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)"
    Released: October 15, 2022
  4. "Home to Another One"
    Released: June 2, 2023
  5. "Spinnin"
    Released: August 18, 2023
  6. "Sweet Relief"
    Released: October 18, 2023

Background

Madison 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.

On May 31, 2023, two days before the fourth single of the album "Home to Another One", Beer officially announced the title and the release date of September 15, 2023.[3]

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[4]

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.[5]

Release and promotion

Singles

The album's lead single "Reckless" was released on June 4, 2021.[6] The song peaked at number 38 on Billboard's US mainstream Top 40. Reckless is a Pop song. The song was debuted live at Beer's headlining tour The Life Support Tour as being apart of the setlist.

The album's second single "Dangerous" was released on August 22, 2022.[7]

The album's third single "Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)" was released on October 15, 2022.[8]

The album's fourth single "Home to Another One" was released on June 2, 2023.[9]

The album's fifth single "Spinnin" was released on August 18, 2023 along with a music video.[10]

In October 2023, the singer released the music video for the album’s sixth single “Sweet Relief”, on her YouTube channel.

Tour
Main article: The Spinnin Tour

On October 9, 2023, Madison Beer announced the The Spinnin Tour with the same naming referring to the album's fifth single "Spinnin".[11] The tour will take place in Europe and North America and 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
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[13]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[1]
NME[14]
AllMusic[15]
The Telegraph[16]
Beats Per Minute74%[17]

Silence Between Songs received a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on six critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[12] 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".[16] 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".[13]

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".[14]

Track listing
Silence Between Songs track listing[18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Spinnin"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
2:46
2."Sweet Relief"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • Lucy Healey
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
2:41
3."Envy the Leaves"
  • Beer
  • Dussolliet
  • Clampitt
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
3:19
4."17"
  • Beer
  • Dussolliet
  • Clampitt
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love[a]
3:36
5."Ryder"
  • Beer
  • Dussolliet
  • Clampitt
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
4:06
6."Nothing Matters But You"
  • Beer
  • Ball
  • Clampitt
2:45
7."I Wonder"
  • Beer
  • Ball
  • Clampitt
  • Healey
  • Beer
  • Ball
  • Clampitt
2:37
8."At Your Worst"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • Healey
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
2:58
9."Showed Me (How I Fell in Love with You)"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
3:15
10."Home to Another One"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • Healey
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
2:29
11."Dangerous"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt[p]
  • Francies
  • One Love
3:47
12."Reckless"
  • Beer
  • Dussolliet
  • Clampitt[p]
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
3:23
13."Silence Between Songs"
  • Beer
  • Dussolliet
  • Clampitt
  • Sommers
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
2:29
14."King of Everything"
  • Beer
  • Clampitt
  • One Love
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.[19]

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)

Charts
Chart performance for Silence Between Songs
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 76
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 74
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 84
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[25] 25
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 39
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 94
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] 59
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 31
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 68
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[31] 12
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 11
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 46
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 28
US Billboard 200[35] 86

Release history
Release dates and formats for Silence Between Songs
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various September 15, 2023
[36]

References
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  2. "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.
  3. "Madison Beer Announces Sophomore Album 'Silence Between Songs'". Billboard. June 1, 2023.
  4. "Madison Beer Says She Couldn't 'Comprehend' Lana Del Rey Shoutout: 'She's Just Incredible'". Billboard. July 7, 2023.
  5. "Madison Beer Got Her "Idol" Lana Del Rey's Approval of New Album". Teen Vogue. June 4, 2023.
  6. "Madison Beer Explores Feelings And Power Dynamics With 'Reckless". Clash. June 4, 2021.
  7. "Madison Beer Flips the Spotlight on Herself on 'Dangerous'". Rolling Stone. August 26, 2023.
  8. "Listen to Madison Beer's '60s-inspired single 'Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You)'". NME. October 14, 2022.
  9. "Madison Beer Dreads Her Ex Going 'Home To Another One' On Her New Single". Uproxx. June 2, 2023.
  10. "Madison Beer releases new single 'Spinnin'". Women In Pop. August 18, 2023.
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