Only Teardrops (album)

Only Teardrops
Studio album by Emmelie de Forest
Released 6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
Recorded 2012, April 2013
Genre Pop, folk
Length 40:18
Label Universal Music Denmark
Producer Anders Fredslund-Hansen
Emmelie de Forest chronology
Only Teardrops
(2013)		 Acoustic Session
(2014)Acoustic Session2014
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.

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

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]

Weekly 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

Country Release date Format Label
Denmark[11] 6 May 2013 CD, digital download Universal Music
Worldwide 14 May 2013 Digital download
Germany[12] 7 June 2013 CD

References

  1. ↑ New album out may 6 | Deforest.dk Archived 2013-04-20 at the Wayback Machine., 14 April 2013
  2. ↑ "Emmelie udsender album: Min drøm går i opfyldelse". dr.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Today I signed a..." Facebook. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ↑ http://escviews.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/album-review-emmelie-de-forest-only-teardrops/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ http://wiwibloggs.com/2013/06/20/album-review-emmelie-de-forests-only-teardrops/28331/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops". Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Meilleures ventes d'Albums téléchargés en France le 27 mai 2013 (Top Albums)". chartsinfrance.net.
  9. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops". Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Emmelie de Forest Udgiver Debutalbum D. 6. Maj" (in Danish). Universal Music Denmark. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forestj" (in German). amazon.de. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
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