Surrender (Hurts album)

2015 studio album

Surrender

Studio album by

Hurts

Released| 9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
Genre| Synth-pop[1]
Length| 33:20
Label| Columbia
Producer|

* Martin Forslund
* Hurts
* Mathieu Jomphe
* Stuart Price
* Jonas Quant
* Ariel Rechtshaid

Hurts chronology
| Exile
(2013)  | Surrender
(2015)  | Desire
(2017)

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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]

Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 61/100[7]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [8]
Clash| 4/10[9]
DIY| [10]
Drowned in Sound| 4/10[11]
The Guardian| [1]
musicOMH| [12]
NME| 4/5[13]
PopMatters| [14]
Q| [15]

Surrender is the third studio album by English synth-pop duo Hurts. It was released on 9 October 2015 by Columbia Records. The album spawned the singles "Some Kind of Heaven", "Rolling Stone", "Lights", "Slow", and "Wish". Surrender debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 5,636 copies in its first week.[16]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Surrender"|

* Theo Hutchcraft
* Adam Anderson

| Hurts| 1:18
2.| "Some Kind of Heaven"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Jonas Quant

| Quant| 3:18
3.| "Why"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Quant

| Quant| 3:27
4.| "Nothing Will Be Bigger than Us"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Stuart Price
* Jörgen Elofsson

* Price
* Quant

| 4:02
5.| "Rolling Stone"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Quant

| Quant| 3:41
6.| "Lights"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Ariel Rechtshaid
* Nick Hodgson

| Rechtshaid| 3:29
7.| "Slow"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Mathieu Jomphe

* Billboard
* Quant

| 3:29
8.| "Kaleidoscope"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson

| Price| 3:04
9.| "Wings"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Quant

| Quant| 3:45
10.| "Wish"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* David Sneddon
* James Bauer-Mein

| Hurts| 3:31

Deluxe edition bonus tracks[17]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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11.| "Perfect Timing"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Scott Hoffman

| Hurts| 3:04
12.| "Weight of the World"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Linda Perry

| Quant| 3:46
13.| "Policewoman"|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Martin Forslund

* Hurts
* Forslund

| 4:45

Japanese edition bonus tracks[18]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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14.| "S.O.S."|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Hoffman

|  | 3:38
15.| "Some Kind of Heaven" (Thin White Duke Remix)|

* Hutchcraft
* Anderson
* Quant

* Quant
* Thin White Duke[a]

| 5:38

Notes

* ^a signifies a remixer

## Personnel

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

Hurts

* Hurts – production (tracks 1, 10, 11, 13)
* Theo Hutchcraft – vocals (all tracks); programming (tracks 1–5, 7–13)
* Adam Anderson – guitar, keyboards (tracks 1–5, 8–13); programming (tracks 1–5, 7–13); synthesiser (tracks 1–6, 8–13)

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

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Chart (2015-2016)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] | 57
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] | 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] | 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] | 39
Croatian Albums (HDU)[24] | 46
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[25] | 12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[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

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Poland (ZPAV)[39] | Gold  | 10,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References

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Hurts

* Adam Anderson
* Theo Hutchcraft

Studio albums|

* Happiness
* Exile
* Surrender
* Desire
* Faith

EPs|

* The Belle Vue EP

Singles|

* "Better Than Love"
* "Wonderful Life"
* "Stay"
* "All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day"
* "Sunday"
* "Illuminated"
* "Blood, Tears & Gold"
* "Miracle"
* "Blind"
* "Somebody to Die For"
* "Beautiful Ones"
* "Ready to Go"
* "Voices"
* "Redemption"

Featured singles|

* "Under Control"

Tours|

* Happiness Tour
* Exile Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* List of awards and nominations

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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