Riders of the Night
| Riders of the Night | ||
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| Cover | ||
| Studio album by Caymon | ||
| Released | 25px July 30th, 2012 25px July 31st, 2012 | |
| Genre(s) | Pop, dance, R'n'B, urban | |
| Label | Fusion Records | |
| Producer | Timbaland, Darkchild, Jim Beanz, Diplo, Emile Haynie, Dada Life, Danja, The Messengers, J.R. Rotem | |
| Certification | Gold | |
| Caymon Chronology | ||
| "Nocturnal" (2011) |
Riders of the Night (2012) |
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| Singles from Riders of the Night | ||
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Riders of the Night is the sophomore album release by Caymon, released on July 30th in the UK, Ireland, Europe and Oceania and on July 31st in the USA via Fusion Records. The album's lead single was the Darkchild produced summer anthem "Girls". On the 5th of August 2012, the album made it's debut at the top of the albums charts, being Caymon's second consecutive album to do so.
Caymon worked on the album from early 2012. All songs, except "Without You", were written by Caymon. In October 2012, it was announced that "Without You" would be released as the album's second single, on November 5th 2012.
Background[edit | edit source]
The talk of a follow up to Caymon's 2011 album "Nocturnal" began in December 2012 when Caymon was spotted leaving a recording studio holding a disk titled "My CD". He later claimed this was just a collection of old demos and that he was taking a break from music in order to star in the CW television series Playing Preston. However, the show was cancelled in June 2012 and almost instantly, Caymon announced his return to the music scene.
Reception[edit | edit source]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (62/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | 3.5/5 stars11px11px11px11px |
| BBC Music | (positive) |
| The Daily Telegraph | 2/5 stars11px11px11px11px |
| Entertainment Weekly | C |
| The Guardian | 3/5 stars11px11px11px11px |
| NME | 7/10 stars7px7px7px7px7px7px7px7px7px |
| Rolling Stone | 4/5 stars11px11px11px11px |
| The Sunday Times | 1.5/5 stars11px11px11px11px |
Prior to its release, Riders of the Night received lots of negative reviews. Allmusic claimed the album had "lots of potential to be full of floor fillers" but said it fell short and the floor fillers seemed more like your usual "fillers". BBC Music said that while the album was not ground-breaking, it was enjoyable. NME gave the album a relatively positive review and cited their favourite track as Rockstar which featured Ashley! and Melody Jackson from the girl-band Bloom. The Sunday Times gave the album 1.5/5 stars and called it "diabolical". They added that the tracks were "cheap, uninspired" and claimed Caymon has "zero talent".
Track listing[edit | edit source]
All tracks, except Without You (written by Elizabeth Grant), written by Caymon.
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Foam" | Diplo | 3:25 | |
| 2. | "Drum D-Dum Drum" | Timbaland | 4:11 | |
| 3. | "Girls" | Darkchild | 3:30 | |
| 4. | "Lethal Injection" | Timbaland | 3:54 | |
| 5. | "Bittersweet" (featuring Bella-May) | Darkchild | 3:44 | |
| 6. | "Without You" | Emile Haynie | 4:02 | |
| 7. | "Burnin' Up" | Dada Life | 3:12 | |
| 8. | "Rockstar" (featuring Ashley! and Melody Jackson of Bloom) | Jim Beanz | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "Don't Panic" | Danja | 3:26 | |
| 10. | "Shadow" | J.R. Rotem | 4:32 | |
| 11. | "Farewell" | The Messengers | 4:21 | |
Total length: |
39:23 | |||
Artwork[edit | edit source]
- CayCayNight1.png
Front cover - CayCayNightBack.png
Back cover
Total Sales: 205,210 (8 weeks in chart)
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