Only Teardrops (album)

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Only Teardrops
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Studio album by
Released6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
Recorded2012, April 2013
Genre Pop, folk
Length40:18
Label Universal Music Denmark
Producer Anders Fredslund-Hansen
Emmelie de Forest chronology
Only Teardrops
(2013)
Acoustic Session
(2014)
Singles from Only Teardrops
  1. "Only Teardrops"
    Released: 22 January 2013
  2. "Hunter & Prey"
    Released: 19 August 2013

Only Teardrops is the debut album of the Danish singer-songwriter Emmelie de Forest. The album was released on 6 May 2013 on Universal Music. [1] [2] In late March she signed a contract with Universal Music. [3] The song of the same name won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 for Denmark.

Contents

Critical reception

Owing to her status as Eurovision winner, the album's release attracted a number of reviews from Eurovision fan sites. James Sayer of ESC Views gave it a mixed review, saying that "there is nothing wrong with any of the individual songs, there’s just not a great deal which leaps out of the realms of the ordinary". [4] Angus Quinn of Wiwi Bloggs was of the opinion that "Only Teardrops gets it right most of the time and seems to respect the authenticity of the artist". [5]

Singles

"Only Teardrops" was released as the lead single of the album in Denmark on 22 January 2013, and worldwide on 2 May 2013. The song was a large success in Denmark and reached No 1 in the charts. The song also charted elsewhere in Europe following its Eurovision performance. It reached a new chart position of 15 in the UK Singles Chart on 26 May. "Hunter & Prey" was released as the second single of the album in Denmark on 19 August 2013.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Teardrops Overture" Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard0:47
2."Hunter & Prey"Emmelie de Forest, Cabble, Jakob Glæsner3:29
3."Change"Forest, Peter Bjørnskov, Lene Dissing3:59
4."Only Teardrops"Cabble, Jakobsen, Stengaard3:02
5."What Are You Waiting For"Jakobsen, Bjørnskov, Dissing3:36
6."Haunted Heart"Forest, Cabble, Stengaard3:35
7."Force of Nature"Forest, Marcus Winther-John3:43
8."Beat the Speed of Sound"Forest, Cabble, Glæsner3:50
9."Soldier of Love"Forest, Jakobsen, Rune Braager3:25
10."Running in My Sleep"Forest, Winther-John3:38
11."Let It Fall"Forest, Cabble, Frederik Thaae3:49
12."Only Teardrops" (symphonic version)Cabble, Jakobsen, Stengaard3:18

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
positions
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 140
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [7] 4
French Digital Albums Chart [8] 91
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 61
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 32

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormatLabel
Denmark [11] 6 May 2013CD, digital download Universal Music
Worldwide14 May 2013Digital download
Germany [12] 7 June 2013CD

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