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Caracal is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Disclosure. It was released on 25 September 2015 by PMR and Island.[1] Three official singles have been released from the album: "Holding On" featuring Gregory Porter, "Omen" featuring Sam Smith, and "Jaded", with four promotional singles also being released: "Bang That", "Willing and Able" featuring Kwabs, "Hourglass" featuring Lion Babe and "Magnets" featuring Lorde.

Singles

"Holding On", featuring American jazz musician Gregory Porter, was released as the album's lead single on 26 May. The song peaked at number 46 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The duo then released "Omen", featuring English recording artist Sam Smith, was the second single on 27 July, which later peaked at number 13 in the UK.[2] Smith has also worked with Disclosure in the past, contributing vocals to duo's hit single "Latch", which peaked at number 11 in the UK[2] and number 7 in the Billboard Hot 100.[3] "Jaded" was released as the third single on 25 September.

Promotional singles

"Bang That" was released as a promotional single on 1 May 2015, however, the song appears on the iTunes deluxe edition of the album instead of the standard edition. On August 14, "Willing and Able", featuring British recording artist Kwabs was released as the second promotional single after having the lyric video being released on Vevo the previous day. On September 11, "Hourglass", featuring American soul duo Lion Babe was released as the third promotional single after having the lyric video be released on Vevo the previous day. On September 24, "Magnets", featuring New Zealand recording artist Lorde was released as the fourth and final promotional single after having the lyric video be released on Vevo the previous day.

Tour

On 23 September 2015, Disclosure announced a four-date UK tour.[4]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
26 November 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro
28 November 2015 Manchester England Manchester Central
1 December 2015 London Alexandra Palace
2 December 2015

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. Club(A-)[7]
Billboard[8]
Mixmag8/10[9]
Pitchfork(6.6/10)[10]
Slant Magazine [11]
Spin(7/10)[12]

Caracal has received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 22 reviews.[5] In a mixed review, Meaghan Garvey from Pitchfork Media said of the album, "the Lawrence brothers too often fade noncommittally into white noise."[10]

Track listing

Caracal – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nocturnal" (featuring The Weeknd)
6:44
2."Omen" (featuring Sam Smith)
3:50
3."Holding On" (featuring Gregory Porter)
5:15
4."Hourglass" (featuring Lion Babe)
5:24
5."Willing and Able" (featuring Kwabs)
4:52
6."Magnets" (featuring Lorde)
3:19
7."Jaded"
4:33
8."Good Intentions" (featuring Miguel)
4:42
9."Superego" (featuring NAO)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Nao
4:33
10."Echoes"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
5:09
11."Masterpiece" (featuring Jordan Rakei)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Jordan Rakei
4:01
Total length:52:22
Caracal – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Molecules"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Rakei
3:56
13."Moving Mountains" (featuring Brendan Reilly)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Brendan Reilly
5:35
14."Afterthought"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
5:20
Total length:1:07:13
Caracal – iTunes Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[14][15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Molecules"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Rakei
3:56
13."Moving Mountains" (featuring Brendan Reilly)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Brendan Reilly
5:35
14."Bang That"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Julian Shamou
4:48
15."Afterthought"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
5:20
Total length:1:12:01
Caracal – Japan edition (bonus tracks)[16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Molecules"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Rakei
3:56
13."Moving Mountains" (featuring Brendan Reilly)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Brendan Reilly
5:35
14."Bang That"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Julian Shamou
4:48
15."Afterthought"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
5:20
16."Omen (Jonas Rathsman Remix)" (featuring Sam Smith)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Smith
8:32
Total length:1:20:33
Caracal – Target exclusive (bonus tracks)[17]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Molecules"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Rakei
3:56
13."Moving Mountains" (featuring Brendan Reilly)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Brendan Reilly
5:35
14."Afterthought"
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
5:20
15."Holding On" (Original Demo) (featuring Gregory Porter)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Napier
  • Porter
3:00
16."Bang That" (Kevin & Dantiez Saunderson Bangit Detroit Remix)
  • H. Lawrence
  • G. Lawrence
  • Shamou
6:41
Caracal (Live BBC Session) – EP[18]
No.TitleLength
1."Omen" (featuring Sam Smith) (Live from Maida Vale)4:15
2."Hotline Bling" (featuring Sam Smith) (Live from Maida Vale)3:45
3."Jaded" (Live from Maida Vale)4:05
4."Moving Mountains" (featuring Brendan Reilly) (Live from Maida Vale)5:39

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 14
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] 9
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[24] 39
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 31
Greek Albums (IFPI)[29] 55
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[32] 54
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[34] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[35] 44
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[36] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[37] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[38] 62
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 1
US Billboard 200[42] 9
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[43] 1
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[44] 8
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[45] 21

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