Cheap Queen

The album was written chronologically, ==Critical reception==

Cheap Queen received universal acclaim from music critics. On review aggregate site Metacritic the album received a rating of 81 out of 100 from 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Matt Collar of Allmusic praised how Straus examines themes of gender and sexuality "with a low-key sensuality that combines masculine hip-hop confidence with a soulful, feminist point-of-view". Max Gayler of The Line of Best Fit praised the album's "eclectic instrumentation and bold production" and the "one-two punch" of the album's closing two tracks, saying "King Princess hasn't reinvented pop, but she is bridging its most exciting chasms." Aimee Cliff of The Guardian complimented the "funk-driven" "Hit the Back", as well as King Princess's voice, which Cliff described as "often intimately close in the mix, brushing up against your ear, unglamorous and unadorned." Accolades ==Track listing==

Musicians • King Princess – lead and background vocals (all tracks), songwriting (all tracks), production (all tracks), bass (tracks 1–4, 7–12, 14, 16), programming (tracks 1–10, 13, 14, 16–18), synthesizer (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 16), keyboards (tracks 3, 10–12), guitar (tracks 4–7, 10, 11, 14, 18), drums (tracks 9, 11–14) • Mike Malchicoff – production (tracks 1–7, 9–12, 14–17), assistant producer (tracks 8, 13, 18) • Nick Long – songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16) • Homer Steinweiss – drums (track 1) • Leon Michels – keyboards (track 1) • Jonah Finegold – guitar (tracks 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18) • Michael Freeman – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 4, 9, 13) • Amandla Stenberg – songwriting (track 3) • Billie Holiday – songwriting (track 3) • Carl Sigman – songwriting (track 3) • Bob Russell – songwriting (track 3) • Mark Ronson – assistant producer (tracks 4, 9, 16), production (track 17) • Justin Tranter – songwriting (track 4) • Edgar J. Sandoval – violin (track 4) • DJ Dahi – assistant producer (track 4) • Josh Tillman – drums (track 4) • Logan McQuade – bass (tracks 5, 17, 18) • Antoine Fadavi – drums (tracks 5, 11, 18) • Romy Croft – songwriting (track 6) • Aron Noah Forbes – songwriting (track 7) • Tim Anderson – production (track 7), songwriting (tracks 7, 18), programming (track 7) • Tobias Jesso Jr. – background vocals (track 8) • Teo Halm – production (track 8), songwriting (track 8), piano (track 8) • Kid Harpoon – production (track 13), songwriting (track 13), assistant producer (track 13), drums (track 13), programming (track 13), synthesizer (track 13) • Martha Betty Glenn Brown – songwriting (track 16) • Banoffee – background vocals (track 16) • Melody Ector – synthesizer (tracks 17, 18) • Shawn Everett – production (track 18) Technical • Emily Lazar – mastering engineer (all tracks) • Mike Malchicoff – recording engineer (tracks 1–7, 9, 1–12, 14, 15, 16), mixing engineer (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14–18) • Oliver Straus – recording engineer (tracks 1, 7) • Rob Kinelski – mixing engineer (tracks 1, 12) • Casey Cuayo – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 12) • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 13) • Todd Monfalcone – recording engineer (track 4), assistant engineer (track 15, 17) • Teo Halm – recording engineer (track 8) • Kid Harpoon – recording engineer (track 13) • Samuel Witte – engineer (track 13) • Chris Allgood – assistant engineer (tracks 14–18) • Riccardo Damian – recording engineer (track 17) • Ivan Wayman – recording engineer (track 18) • Shawn Everett – recording engineer (track 18) ==Charts==