Surrender (Hurts album)

This article is about the album by the Hurts. For other uses, see Surrender.
Surrender
Studio album by Hurts
Released 9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
Genre Synthpop[1]
Length 33:20
Label Columbia
Producer
Hurts chronology
Exile
(2013)		 Surrender
(2015)
Singles from Surrender
  1. "Some Kind of Heaven"
    Released: 28 May 2015[2]
  2. "Rolling Stone"
    Released: 17 July 2015[3]
  3. "Lights"
    Released: 14 August 2015[4]
  4. "Slow"
    Released: 11 September 2015[5]
  5. "Wish"
    Released: 7 October 2015[6]
  6. "Wings"
    Released: 11 November 2015
  7. "Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us"
    Released: 8 April 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Clash4/10[9]
DIY[10]
Drowned in Sound4/10[11]
The Guardian[1]
musicOMH[12]
NME4/5[13]
PopMatters[14]
Q[15]

Surrender is the third studio album by English synthpop duo Hurts, released on 9 October 2015 by Columbia Records. The album spawned the singles "Some Kind of Heaven", "Rolling Stone", "Lights", "Slow", "Wish", "Wings" and "Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us". Surrender debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 5,636 copies in its first week.[16]

Track listing

Surrender — Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Surrender"  
Hurts 1:18
2. "Some Kind of Heaven"  
Quant 3:18
3. "Why"  
  • Hutchcraft
  • Anderson
  • Quant
Quant 3:27
4. "Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us"  
  • Price
  • Quant
 4:02
5. "Rolling Stone"  
  • Hutchcraft
  • Anderson
  • Quant
Quant 3:41
6. "Lights"  
Rechtshaid 3:29
7. "Slow"  
  • Hutchcraft
  • Anderson
  • Mathieu Jomphe
  • Jomphe
  • Quant
 3:29
8. "Kaleidoscope"  
  • Hutchcraft
  • Anderson
Price 3:04
9. "Wings"  
  • Hutchcraft
  • Anderson
  • Quant
Quant 3:45
10. "Wish"  
Hurts 3:31
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Surrender.[19]

Hurts
Additional personnel
  • Malin Abrahamsson – mixing engineering (tracks 1, 2, 9, 13)
  • Ken Berglund – engineering (tracks 2, 9)
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering engineering (tracks 1, 3–13)
  • Martin Forslund – engineering (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 12, 13); production (track 13)
  • Lael Goldberg – bass guitar (tracks 8, 11)
  • Jennifer Götvall – mixing engineering (tracks 1, 2, 9, 13)
  • Matty Green – mixing engineering (tracks 1, 2, 9, 13)
  • Mathieu Jomphe – production, programming (track 7)
  • Jon von Letcher – guitar, programming (track 2)
  • Paulo Mendonça – bass guitar, guitar (track 3)
  • Stuart Price – guitar, keyboards, production, programming, synthesiser (tracks 4, 8)
  • Jonas Quant – production (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 12)
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineering, production (track 6)
  • Emily Rumbles – mastering engineering (track 11)
  • Karianne Rundqvist – mixing engineering (tracks 1, 2, 9, 13)
  • Tina Sunnero – mixing engineering (tracks 1, 2, 9, 13)
  • Jack Tarrant – engineering (tracks 1–3, 10, 13)
  • Ursine Vulpine – strings (tracks 1, 2, 12)

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 57
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 39
Croatian Combined Albums (HDU)[24] 46
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[25] 12
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[26] 30
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 48
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 42
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[31] 122
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 12
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[34] 97
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35] 55
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[38] 12

References

  1. 1 2 Jonze, Tim (8 October 2015). "Hurts: Surrender review – synth pop that's just not good enough". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Some Kind of Heaven (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rolling Stone (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lights (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Slow (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wish (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Reviews for Surrender by Hurts". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Surrender – Hurts". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Campbell, Graeme (15 October 2015). "Hurts – Surrender". Clash. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Hunt, El (9 October 2015). "Hurts – Surrender". DIY. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Burrows, Marc (6 October 2015). "Hurts – Surrender". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Monk, Christopher (12 October 2015). "Hurts – Surrender". musicOMH. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Levine, Nick (6 October 2015). "Hurts – 'Surrender'". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  14. ↑ Lathan, Ryan (9 October 2015). "Hurts: Surrender (take 1)". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  15. ↑ Howe, Rupert (November 2015). "Q Review: New Albums". Q (352): 111. ISSN 0955-4955.
  16. ↑ Jones, Alan (16 October 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Faithless only need 12,341 sales to top album chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 13 November 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  17. ↑ "Surrender [Deluxe Edition] – Hurts". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Surrender (Japan Version) by Hurts". iTunes Store (JP). Apple. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  19. ↑ Surrender (deluxe edition liner notes). Hurts. Columbia Records. 2015. 88875115112.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 19th October 2015" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Hurts – Surrender" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Hurts – Surrender" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Hurts – Surrender" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Top Kombiniranih [Top Combined]" (in Croatian). Top Combined Albums. Hrvatska diskografska udruga. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201542 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  26. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Hurts – Surrender" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  27. ↑ "Hurts: Surrender" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 42, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  30. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Hurts – Surrender". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  31. ↑ サレンダー | ハーツ [Surrender | Hurts] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  33. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  34. ↑ "2015년 43주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  35. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Hurts – Surrender". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  36. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Hurts – Surrender". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  37. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Hurts – Surrender". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  38. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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