Runaway (Passenger album)

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Runaway
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Studio album by
Released31 August 2018
Recorded2017
Studio
[1]
Genre
Length38:17 (Deluxe edition bonus disc 36:25)
Label Black Crow
Producer Chris Vallejo, Mike Rosenberg
Passenger chronology
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
(2017)
Runaway
(2018)
Sometimes It's Something, Sometimes It's Nothing at All
(2019)
Singles from Runaway
  1. "Hell or High Water"
    Released: 2018
  2. "Why Can't I Change"
    Released: 2018
  3. "Runaway"
    Released: 2018
  4. "Heart to Love"
    Released: 2018
  5. "Survivors"
    Released: 2018

Runaway is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter Passenger. It was released on 31 August 2018 on Black Crow Records. [2] The album peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Americana UK9/10 [4]
AMNplifyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Cryptic RockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Pop MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Thank Folk For ThatStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mike Rosenberg. [1]

Standard edition [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Hell or High Water"3:41
2."Why Can't I Change"3:11
3."Heart to Love"3:17
4."Let's Go"3:14
5."He Leaves You Cold"3:21
6."Ghost Town"5:13
7."Runaway"3:15
8."Eagle Bear Buffalo"3:25
9."To Be Free"4:45
10."Survivors"4:55
Deluxe edition bonus disc [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Survivors" (Live from Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park, CA)4:42
2."To Be Free" (Live from Dauphin Rd, Vineland, NJ)4:41
3."Eagle Bear Buffalo" (Live from Canaan Mountain Wilderness Area, UT)3:27
4."Runaway" (Live from Joshua Tree National Park, CA)3:22
5."Ghost Town" (Live from Michigan Theatre, Detroit, MI)4:23
6."He Leaves You Cold" (Live from Unityville, PA)3:23
7."Let's Go" (Live from Trough Rd, State Bridge, CO)2:49
8."Heart to Love" (Live from a Rooftop in Manhattan, NY)3:16
9."Why Can't I Change" (Live from Tahkenitch Landing Campground, Gardiner, OR)3:15
10."Hell or High Water" (Live from Santa Monica Beach, CA)3:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 47
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 33
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [15] 76
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 15
Irish Albums (IRMA) [18] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [19] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 4
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 100

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
United Kingdom31 August 2018 [2] Black Crow Digital download, CD, Vinyl

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