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Happiness (Hurts album)

Happiness
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Studio album by Hurts
Released 27 August 2010 (2010-08-27)
Recorded
Genre Synthpop
Length 48:02
Label
  • Major Label
  • RCA
Producer
Hurts chronology
Happiness
(2010)		 Exile
(2013)
Singles from Happiness
  1. "Better Than Love"
    Released: 23 May 2010
  2. "Wonderful Life"
    Released: 22 August 2010
  3. "Stay"
    Released: 15 November 2010
  4. "Sunday"
    Released: 27 February 2011
  5. "Illuminated"
    Released: 1 May 2011
  6. "Blood, Tears & Gold"
    Released: 7 October 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Daily Express positive
Drowned in Sound 5/10
The Guardian 2/5 stars
The Independent 3/5 stars
musicOMH 3/5 stars
NME 8/10
PopMatters 9/10
Q 2/5 stars
The Scotsman 3/5 stars

Happiness is the debut studio album by English synthpop duo Hurts, released on 27 August 2010 by RCA Records. It was preceded by the release of the singles "Better Than Love" on 23 May 2010 and "Wonderful Life" on 22 August 2010. Collaborators include Jonas Quant and production team The Nexus, as well as a duet with Australian singer Kylie Minogue on the song "Devotion". To promote the release of the album, the track "Happiness" was made available as a free download via Amazon.co.uk on 1 August 2010.

Happiness received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 25,493 copies in its first week—the fastest-selling debut album of 2010 by a band in the United Kingdom. It reached number one on the Greek Foreign Albums Chart, number two in Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, and the top ten in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden. Happiness has sold 180,218 copies in the UK and over 2 million copies worldwide.

"Better Than Love" was released as the lead single on 23 May 2010 in the United Kingdom. It spent one week at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart, and charted in Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

The second single, "Wonderful Life", was released on 22 August 2010 in the United Kingdom. It was previously released as the band's debut single in Denmark on 3 May 2010. According to lead singer Theo Hutchcraft, the song is about two extremes, "the first being a man who wants to kill himself and the second being love at first sight." The song debuted at number twenty-one in the UK, and peaked at number two in Germany. It reached the top ten position in Austria, Denmark and Switzerland.

"Stay" was released as the third single on 15 November 2010, and peaked at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2010.


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