Surrender (Maggie Rogers album)

Surrender is the second studio album by American indie pop singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers, released on July 29, 2022, by Debay Sounds and Capitol Records. It follows the release of her debut studio album, Heard It in a Past Life (2019).

Surrender
Studio album by Maggie Rogers
Released	July 29, 2022
Studio	Electric Lady (New York City) Real World (Box, Wiltshire) Sid's Palace (Scarborough, Maine) Rogers' parents' garage
Genre	Indie pop alternative pop electropop
Length	46:16
Label	Debay Sounds Capitol
Producer	Maggie Rogers Kid Harpoon Del Water Gap Gabe Goodman
Maggie Rogers chronology
Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011–2016 (2020) Surrender (2022) Don't Forget Me (2024)
Singles from Surrender
"That's Where I Am" Released: April 8, 2022 "Want Want" Released: June 1, 2022 "Horses" Released: July 14, 2022

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[1]
Metacritic	80/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	8/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[5]
NME	[6]
Paste	7.8/10[7]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Under the Radar	[10]

The album features a couple of contributions from notable singers. The track "Shatter" features Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine providing additional vocals and playing tambourine, and "I've Got a Friend" features Clairo and Claud speaking.

The trailer for the Netflix series XO, Kitty featured "Want Want" from this album.^[11][12]

Background and promotion

Rogers teased recording sessions for her forthcoming second studio album throughout 2021 into early 2022. She stated that the album would be self-produced and sounded like "feral joy", which is what she would later name her tour in support of the album.^[13] In March 2022, Rogers shared a link to a site counting down to March 30. On that day, she announced that her second studio album, titled Surrender, would be released on July 29, 2022.^[14] Rogers simultaneously released an album trailer she co-directed with Michael Scanlon.^[15] On June 15, 2022, Rogers revealed the album's track listing via Instagram.^[16]

Composition

Surrender is an indie pop,^[7] alternative pop,^[10] and electropop^[5] album with elements of alternative rock,^[3] dance,^[17] Americana,^[7] new wave,^[6] electroacoustic,^[3] slacker rock,^[4] synth-pop,^[10] folk,^[5] glam rock,^[17] and sunshine pop.^[7]

Critical reception

Year-end lists

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref
Albumism	The 100 Best Albums of 2022	21	[18]
A.V. Club	The 30 Best Albums of 2022	13	[19]
Billboard	Best Albums of 2022	14	[20]
Clash	Clash Albums of the Year 2022	9	[21]
Dork	Dork's Albums of the Year 2022	6	[22]
Esquire	25 Best Music Albums of 2022	Unranked	[23]
The Forty-Five	The Best Albums of 2022	19	[24]
musicOMH	Top 50 Albums Of 2022	44	[25]
Rolling Stone	The 100 Best Albums of 2022	49	[26]
Under the Radar	Best Albums of 2022	22	[27]

Track listing

All tracks are written and produced by Maggie Rogers and Kid Harpoon, except where noted.

Surrender track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Overdrive"			3:14
2.	"That's Where I Am"			4:12
3.	"Want Want"	Rogers Hull Samuel Holden Jaffe	Rogers Kid Harpoon Del Water Gap	3:08
4.	"Anywhere With You"	Rogers Jaffe	Rogers Kid Harpoon Del Water Gap	4:57
5.	"Horses"			5:05
6.	"Be Cool"			2:57
7.	"Shatter"			3:40
8.	"Begging for Rain"	Rogers		4:13
9.	"I've Got a Friend"			3:12
10.	"Honey"			3:42
11.	"Symphony"	Rogers Gabriel Bennett Goodman	Rogers Kid Harpoon Gabe Goodman	5:11
12.	"Different Kind of World"			2:45
Total length:				46:16

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Surrender liner notes.^[28]

Musicians

• Maggie Rogers – vocals (all tracks), piano (1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11), clapping (2), synthesizer (2–4, 6, 10, 11), drum programming (3), programming (4), electric guitar (5), acoustic guitar (8)
• Kid Harpoon – bass, electric guitar, synthesizer (1–8, 10, 11); drums (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11), 12-string acoustic guitar (2), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 9), drum programming (2–7, 10, 11), programming (4), piano (7, 10), synth bass (8, 10)
• Pino Palladino – bass (1, 9)
• Giveton Gelin – trumpet (1)
• Jeremy Hatcher – vocal programming (1, 2, 10)
• Ben Lovett – synthesizer (2, 7), piano (7)
• Del Water Gap – drum programming (3); electric guitar, programming, synthesizer (4)
• Matt Barrick – drums (3)
• Aaron Sterling – drums (4)
• Jon Batiste – piano (6, 9), synthesizer (6), melodica (8)
• Florence Welch – additional vocals, tambourine (7)
• Claire Cottrill – speaker (9)
• Claud – speaker (9)
• Gabe Goodman – acoustic guitar, bass, drum programming, piano, synthesizer (11)

Technical

• Emily Lazar – mastering
• Chris Allgood – mastering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
• Jeremy Hatcher – engineering
• Mark Rankin – engineering (1–4, 6–9)
• Gabe Goodman – engineering (3, 11)
• Matt Wolach – mixing assistance
• Del Water Gap – additional engineering (4)
• Carl Bespolka – additional engineering (7, 9), engineering assistance (1–9, 11)
• Katie May – engineering assistance (1–9, 11)
• Lance Powell – engineering assistance (10, 11)

Charts

Chart performance for Surrender

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[29]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30]	132
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31]	77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32]	62
Irish Albums (IRMA)[33]	73
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[35]	6
US Billboard 200[36]	12
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[37]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[38]	3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[39]	1