Shake the Spirit

Variety described Shake the Spirit as "confessional rock and roll". Billboard said it is "a cathartic, rough-edged diary entry of a project that couldn't be more personal".

{{Music ratings

| MC = 76/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/shake-the-spirit/elle-king|title=Shake the Spirit by Elle King Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

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| rev2 = Paste

| rev2score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/10/elle-king-shake-the-spirit-review.html|title=Elle King: Shake The Spirit Review|work=Paste|last=Danton|first=Eric R|date=October 17, 2018|accessdate=October 30, 2018}}

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Chris Willman of Variety called the album "a first-rate second album that deals frankly with a rough year or two the singer has had since "Ex's and Oh's" took her big-time. It's infused with divorce, self-doubt, medicinal drinking, PTSD and, well, more divorce." Eric R. Danton of Paste said the album "plays like a kind of musical revue, with nods at muscular rock, old-school spy movie songs, vintage soul, '60s girl groups and tunes that blend elements of all four", but that they do not "hang together as a group, which gives Shake the Spirit a scattershot feel. It's an Elle King album, to be sure—her voice is what stitches these songs together, though what is probably supposed to be evidence of her range often feels like she's trying on musical costumes. The result is a lack of cohesion that turns Shake the Spirit into a series of genre exercises."

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 50:28

| title1 = Talk of the Town

| writer1 = {{hlist|Elle King|Joey McClellan|Paul DeVincenzo|Dave Scalia|Cameron Neal}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|King|DeVincenzo}}

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = Baby Outlaw

| writer2 = {{hlist|King|Greg Kurstin}}

| extra2 = Kurstin

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Shame

| writer3 = {{hlist|King|Tim Pagnotta}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Pagnotta|Brian Phillips (co.)}}

| length3 = 2:39

| title4 = Man's Man

| writer4 = {{hlist|King|Rebecca Lovell|Megan Lovell}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|King|Matt Pence}}

| length4 = 2:48

| title5 = Naturally Pretty Girls

| writer5 = {{hlist|King|Ben Gibbard}}

| extra5 = King

| length5 = 3:13

| title6 = Told You So

| writer6 = King

| extra6 = King

| length6 = 2:39

| title7 = Good Thing Gone

| writer7 = {{hlist|King|McClellan|DeVincenzo|Scalia|Jesse Gibbon}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length7 = 4:52

| title8 = Runaway

| writer8 = {{hlist|King|Kurstin}}

| extra8 = Kurstin

| length8 = 4:26

| title9 = It Girl

| writer9 = {{hlist|King|McClellan|DeVincenzo|Scalia|Neal|Gibbon|Jason Frederick}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length9 = 3:42

| title10 = Ram Jam

| writer10 = {{hlist|King|McClellan|DeVincenzo|Scalia}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Sober

| writer11 = {{hlist|King|McClellan|DeVincenzo|Scalia|Neal|Gibbon|R. Lovell|M. Lovell|Elliott Jacobsen}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length11 = 4:25

| title12 = Chained

| note12 = featuring Cameron Neal

| writer12 = {{hlist|King|Neal}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length12 = 4:10

| title13 = Little Bit of Lovin'

| writer13 = King

| extra13 = {{hlist|King|Pence}}

| length13 = 6:33

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Adapted credits from the liner notes of Shake the Spirit.{{cite AV media notes|title=Shake the Spirit|others=Elle King|publisher=RCA|year=2018|type=liner notes|id=19075-88310-2}}

;Vocals

• Lead vocals – Elle King, Cameron Neal
• Background vocals – Denton Choir, Paul DeVincenzo, Jesse Gibbon, Joey McClellan, Cameron Neal, Cherish Robinson, Dave Scalia
• Gang vocals – Tim Pagnotta, Brian Phillips

;Instruments

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• Alto, Tenor, Flute and Clarinet – David Monsch
• Bari Sax – Mike Morisson
• Bass – Paul DeVincenzo, Elle King, Greg Kurstin, Brian Phillips, Paul Unger
• Cellos – Shawna Hamilton, Buffi Jacobs
• Drums and percussion – Elliott Jacobson, Elle King, Greg Kurstin, Dave Scalia
• Guitars – Elle King, Greg Kurstin, Rebecca Lovell, Joey McClellan, Cameron Neal, Tim Pagnotta
• Keyboards – Jesse Gibbon, Brian Phillips
• Lap Steel – Elle King, Megan Lovell
• Trombone – David J. Piere
• Violins – Catherine Price Allain, Anne Bonnett, Arthur Busby, Ordabek Duissen, Steven Li, Amy Faires Lin, Swang Lin (Concertmaster), Florence Wang

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;Production

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• A&R – Keith Naftaly
• Engineering – Julian Burg, Paul DeVincenzo, Greg Kurstin, Alex Pasco, Brian Phillips
• Mastering – Ryan Smith, Stephen Marcussen ("Baby Outlaw")
• Mixing – Neal Avron, Michael H. Brauer, Tony Hoffer, Dave Rowland, Mark "Spike" Stent
• Mixing assistant – Micheal Freeman, Scott Skrzynski, Steve Vealey
• Producer – Elle King, Greg Kurstin, Tim Pagnotta, Matt Pence

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;Imagery

• Art director – Meghan Foley
• Creative producer – Tyler Morgan
• Hair – Marwa Basihr
• Makeup – Michelle Clark
• Photography – Dennis Leupold
• Stylists – Dani + Emma

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