Only Teardrops (album)

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.

Only Teardrops
Studio album by
Emmelie de Forest
Released6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
Recorded2012, April 2013
GenrePop, folk
Length40:18
LabelUniversal Music Denmark
ProducerAnders Fredslund-Hansen
Emmelie de Forest chronology
Only Teardrops
(2013)		 Acoustic Session
(2014)
Singles from Only Teardrops
  1. "Only Teardrops"
    Released: 22 January 2013
  2. "Hunter & Prey"
    Released: 19 August 2013

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]

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

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 20 April 2013 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. "Album Review: Emmelie De Forest "Only Teardrops"". 28 June 2013.
  5. "Emmelie de Forest Album Review: Only Teardrops Brings It!". 20 June 2013.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Emmelie De Forest – Only Teardrops" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. "Danishcharts.dk – 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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