Terms of My Surrender

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Terms of My Surrender
John Hiatt - Terms of My Surrender.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
StudioStudio G, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Roots rock, Americana, blues rock, folk rock
Length42:38
Label New West
Producer Doug Lancio
John Hiatt chronology
Mystic Pinball
(2012)
Terms of My Surrender
(2014)
The Eclipse Sessions
(2018)

Terms of My Surrender is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's twenty-second album, released in 2014. It was produced by Doug Lancio. The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2015.

Contents

Recording and release

The album was recorded in East Nashville. [1] The album was produced by Doug Lancio, who also plays lead guitar. [2] The entire album was recorded live in a couple of takes with his long-time backing band The Combo. [3]

Terms of My Surrender was released by New West on July 14, 2014. The album debuted, and peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 chart. [4] [5] The album was nominated for the Best Americana Album award at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015. The title track was nominated for Best American Roots Song the same year. [6]

Critical reception

Terms of My Surrender was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on twelve reviews. [7]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.9/10 [8]
Metacritic 78/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Consequence of Sound C+ [12]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness) Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [13]
Daily VaultA- [14]
Exclaim! 8/10 [15]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
PopMatters 8/10 [17]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [18]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]

Mark Deming of AllMusic writes "On Terms of My Surrender, Hiatt has the blues, and he's got the goods, and this is another solid chapter in a recording career that's drifted into an unexpected but pleasing renaissance." [20] Craig of Louder Than War says the album is "probably his bluesiest effort since 2001’s Crossing Muddy Waters and it has the hard task of following one his best albums Mystic Pinball ." [3] Stuart Henderson of Exclaim! wrote "Terms of My Surrender is a mellow, late-night acoustic album, full of salt, gravel, whiskey and ache, but always there is this good humour, this personable rascal singing his blues for whoever's there to hear. A truly welcome return to form from a real master." [21] Lexington Herald-Leader's Walter Tunis wrote "Ever since Bring the Family redefined his career more than 25 years ago, Hiatt has sounded remarkably comfortable in the well-worn skin he calls home. The stories on Terms of My Surrender aren't autobiographical, but they are told with enough crusty, curmudgeonly zeal to make Hiatt the master of all the bliss and wreckage before him." [22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Hiatt.

No.TitleLength
1."Long Time Comin'"4:12
2."Face of God"3:42
3."Marlene"3:01
4."Wind Don't Have to Hurry"3:47
5."Nobody Knew His Name"4:25
6."Baby's Gonna Kick"4:07
7."Nothin' I Love"4:23
8."Terms of My Surrender"3:29
9."Here to Stay"3:55
10."Old People"4:30
11."Come Back Home"3:07
Total length:42:38

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 27
US Billboard 200 [24] 47
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [25] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [27] 18

References

  1. Skates, Sarah (October 28, 2014). "Exclusive: The Fantastic World of John Hiatt". MusicRow .
  2. Meyer, Carson (July 16, 2014). "John Hiatt Releases New Album on His Own 'Terms'". Rolling Stone .
  3. 1 2 Chaligne, Craig (July 14, 2014). "John Hiatt: Terms Of My Surrender – album review". Louder Than War .
  4. "Billboard 200 - Week of August 2, 2014". Billboard .
  5. "John Hiatt Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard .
  6. "Billboard - January 3, 2015" (PDF). Billboard . January 3, 2015. p. 76 via World Radio History.
  7. "Critic Reviews for Terms of My Surrender - Metacritic". Metacritic .
  8. "Terms Of My Surrender by John Hiatt". AnyDecentMusic?.
  9. "Critic Reviews for Terms of My Surrender". Metacritic .
  10. Deming, Mark (July 2014). "John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender". Allmusic . Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  11. "John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender « American Songwriter". September 14, 2018.
  12. "Album Review: John Hiatt - Terms of My Surrender". July 18, 2014.
  13. Christgau, Robert (September 19, 2014). "Expert Witness". Cuepoint . Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  14. Daily Vault Review
  15. Exclaim! Review
  16. Spencer, Neil (July 19, 2014). "Terms of My Surrender review – John Hiatt's crackling back-porch blues" via www.theguardian.com.
  17. Pitter, Charles (July 14, 2014). "John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender". PopMatters .
  18. Staunton, Terry (June 9, 2014). "Terms Of My Surrender - John Hiatt". Record Collector .
  19. Uncut (July 24, 2014). "Uncut". Uncut .
  20. Deming, Mark. "Terms of My Surrender Review by Mark Deming". AllMusic .
  21. Henderson, Stuart (July 19, 2014). "John Hiatt | Exclaim!". Exclaim! .
  22. Tunis, Walter (July 15, 2014). "Critic's pick: John Hiatt, 'Terms of My Surrender'". Lexington Herald-Leader .
  23. "Swedishcharts.com – John Hiatt – Terms Of My Surrender". Hung Medien.
  24. "John Hiatt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  25. "John Hiatt Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  26. "John Hiatt Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  27. "John Hiatt Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.