Social Cues
by Cage The Elephant
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Cage The Elephant bestography
Social Cues is ranked 5th best out of 8 albums by Cage The Elephant on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cage The Elephant is Melophobia which is ranked number 1485 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,150.
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Social Cues track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Social Cues rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 29 Music Albums of 2019 | 29/29 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2019 | 37/66 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s, #401-500 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 93 Music Albums of 2019 | 34/93 | 3 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 55 Music Albums of 2019 | 13/55 | 4 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 49 Music Albums of 2019 | 46/49 | 0 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 75 Music Albums of 2019 | 6/75 | 5 |
| 2025 | borninhockeytown | Top 40 Music Albums of 2019 | 1/40 | 5 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top albums, #2101-2200* | 67/77 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 20:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,901 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 12:10 | TonySayers61 | 25,779 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 15:01 | Sentido | 352 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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I was kind of worried about this album to be honest, as Cage is one of my favourite bands, but I was really happy with this. I love how Cage the Elephant can have a different sound for every album but still sound like it belongs in their discography. It is vastly different from the lo-fi production that was Tell Me I'm Pretty and it is a change the band really needed. This would probably rank just under Melophobia (their best album) for me.
Favourite tracks: Black Madonna, Social Cues
Certainly not their best effort musically. A lot of the songs here feel a bit bland with a few exceptions. The lyrics, however, are outstanding, they save this album for me. You can tell Matt is really going through some shit on this album. Worth a couple of listens, but isn't extremely memorable for them
Who could have imagined that Cage The Elephant could reach gigantic popularity? Indeed, three and a half years ago, the radiofriendly band of Bowling Green had finally achieved consecration with their fourth album "Tell Me I'm Pretty". And for the first time, they won a Grammy for best rock album if that's not good. In 2019, they return in pretty good shape with their successor entitled "Social Cues". With "Social Cues", Cage The Elephant signs his most heteroclite record of their discography but also one of the most finalized. Proving that they are able to renew themselves as they wish, the radiofriendly band manages to mix past, present and future while supporting the author's personal texts, resulting in a rather satisfying but quite forgettable set.
6/10
There is not much to say actually, great album with great songs from them again as always. Cage the elephant still have their own precious unique style in this you can hear and feel it.
Favourite tracks: Broken Boy, Black Madonna, Skin and Bones, House of Glass, Tokyo Smoke
Great Album, much better than 50 of the top100 in BEA, they continue with the same style with which they became known in the world (Edited)
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