Hurt & the Merciless

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Hurt & the Merciless
File:The Heavy - Hurt & the Merciless cover art.jpg
Studio album by The Heavy
Released 1 April 2016
Recorded 2014–15 near Bath, England[1]
Genre
Length 43:59
Label
Producer The Heavy
The Heavy chronology
The Glorious Dead
(2012)The Glorious Dead2012		 Hurt & The Merciless
(2016)
Singles from Hurt & The Merciless
  1. "Since You Been Gone"
    Released: 4 February 2016
  2. "Turn Up"
    Released: 23 February 2016
  3. "What Happened to the Love?"
    Released: 31 March 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Classic Rock 3.5/5 stars[3]

Hurt & the Merciless is the fourth studio album by English rock band The Heavy, released on 1 April 2016 through Counter Records and the Bad Son Recording Company. The album's first track, "Since You Been Gone", was released as the album's lead single on 4 February 2016 alongside an accompanying music video. The tracks "Turn Up" and "What Happened to the Love?" were also released as singles.

Release

Hurt & the Merciless was released on 1 April 2016 through Counter Records and the Bad Son Recording Company.[4] It was released as a CD, a digital download, and a vinyl. A deluxe box set, limited to 1000 copies, were also released, containing both CD and vinyl copies of the album, a code containing an MP3 download of the album, badges and stickers, a poster, and two 7" vinyls, with one featuring the first two tracks on the album, "Since You Been Gone" and "What Happened to the Love?", and the other containing two bonus tracks titled "Panic Attack!" and "WTF?".[5]

"Since You Been Gone" was released as the album's lead single on 4 February 2016, the same day the album was announced. A music video for the song was also released, directed by Focus Creeps[6] and starring Thomas Turgoose and Abigail Hardingham.[1] "Turn Up" was released as the album's second single on 23 February, with a lyric video being released for it,[7] and "What Happened to the Love?" was released as the third single on 31 March, alongside a music video.[8]

Track listing

Hurt & the Merciless — CD[9] – digital download[4] – vinyl[10]
No. Title Length
1. "Since You Been Gone"   3:09
2. "What Happened to the Love?"   3:15
3. "Not the One"   3:52
4. "The Apology"   3:16
5. "Nobody's Hero"   3:57
6. "Miss California"   4:35
7. "Turn Up"   3:27
8. "A Ghost You Can't Forget"   3:22
9. "Last Confession"   4:37
10. "Mean Ol' Man"   3:56
11. "Slave to Your Love"   2:59
12. "Goodbye Baby"   3:34
13. "Panic Attack (bonus track)"   3:03
Total length:
 43:59

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes.[11]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 73
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 184
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 170
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 132
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 41
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 36

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Catalogue no.
Worldwide 1 April 2016
COUNT077 / BSON001[10]

References

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  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – The Heavy – Hurt & the Merciless" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – The Heavy – Hurt & the Merciless" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – The Heavy – Hurt & the Merciless" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – The Heavy – Hurt & the Merciless". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – The Heavy – Hurt & the Merciless". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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