Terms of Surrender

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Terms of Surrender
Terms of Surrender.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
StudioLong Pond Studio, New York
Sound City Studios, Los Angeles [1]
Length39:07
Label Merge
Hiss Golden Messenger chronology
Virgo Fool
(2018)
Terms of Surrender
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
No Ripcord7/10 [4]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Terms of Surrender is a studio album by American band Hiss Golden Messenger. It was released on September 20, 2019 under Merge Records. [1] The album was produced by MC Taylor and Brad Cook.

Contents

Critical reception

Terms of Surrender was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 13 reviews. [2]

Accolades

Accolades for Terms of Surrender
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Magnet Magazine Top 25 Albums of 201920 [7]
Mojo Magazine Top 75 Albums of 201971 [8]

The album received a nomination for Best Americana Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by MC Taylor (except "Terms of Surrender", written by Taylor and Brad Cook)

Terms of Surrender track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I Need a Teacher"3:17
2."Bright Direction (You're a Dark Star Now)"4:24
3."My Wing"4:26
4."Old Enough to Wonder Why (East Side—West Side)"4:23
5."Cat's Eye Blue"3:49
6."Happy Birthday, Baby"3:45
7."Down at the Uptown"3:26
8."Katy (You Don't Have to Be Good Yet)"3:57
9."Whip"4:29
10."Terms of Surrender"3:11

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Terms of Surrender
Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 61

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