Complete Surrender is the third studio album by English folk pop duo Slow Club. It was released on 14 July 2014 on independent record label Caroline International. The record was produced by Colin Elliot. The album received "Generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic,[1] and peaked at number 51 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart and 43 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[2][3]

Complete Surrender
Studio album by
Released14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
GenreFolk, indie pop
Length45:55
LabelCaroline International
ProducerColin Elliot
Slow Club chronology
Paradise
(2011)
Complete Surrender
(2014)

Track listing

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Complete Surrender
No.TitleLength
1."Tears Of Joy"4:05
2."Everything Is New"3:41
3."Suffering You, Suffering Me"3:25
4."Not Mine To Love"4:16
5."The Pieces"3:21
6."Number One"4:39
7."The Queen's Nose"4:37
8."Complete Surrender"3:23
9."Paraguay And Panama"2:29
10."Dependable People And Things That I'm Sure Of"3:43
11."Wanderer Wandering"7:44
Total length:45:55
  • The track "Wanderer Wandering" has a hidden track on the end called "Fucking Feelings".

Reception

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Critical response

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
No Ripcord          [4]
Under the Radar          [5]
Pitchfork(7.6/10) [6]
NME          [7]
MusicOMH     [8]
Drowned In Sound          [9]

The album has received mostly positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, a website which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 from reviews by mainstream critics, it currently holds a rating of 74/100, signifying Generally favorable reviews.

Charts

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 51

References

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  1. ^ a b "Reviews for Complete Surrender by Slow Club". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Slow Club". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b Monger, Timothy. "Slow Club - Complete Surrender". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ Rivers, Joe. "Slow Club: Complete Surrender". NoRipcord. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ Hamilton, Billy. "Slow Club: Complete Surrender". Under The Radar. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. ^ Cox, Jamison. "Slow Club - Complete Surrender". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. ^ Cooper, Leonie. "Slow Club - 'Complete Surrender'". NME. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ^ Murphy, John (8 July 2014). "Slow Club - Complete Surrender". Music OMH. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. ^ Maine, Sammy. "Album Review: Slow Club - Complete Surrender". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Slow Club | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2015.