Surrender (Hurts album)

Surrender
Studio album by
Hurts
Released9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
GenreSynth-pop[1]
Length33:20
LabelColumbia
Producer
Hurts chronology
Exile
(2013) 		Surrender
(2015) 		Desire
(2017)
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 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 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]

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  3. ^ "Rolling Stone (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Lights (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Slow (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Wish (2015) | Hurts". 7digital (UK). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Reviews for Surrender by Hurts". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ^ Collar, Matt. "Surrender – Hurts". AllMusic. 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. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. 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. No. 352. p. 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. Retrieved 13 November 2015.