Heartthrob

by Tegan and Sara

Heartthrob cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 January 2013
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 36:30
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Rob Cavallo, Greg Kurstin, Justin Meldal-Johnsen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Working with pop super-producer Greg Kurstin, the Canadian twins entirely shed their indie-folk roots for this seventh studio album. It is an unapologetically slick, mainstream electropop record that explores themes of LGBTQ heartbreak and intense romantic longing.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, lesbian, lgbtq, synth, glossy

Tracklist

  1. Closer (3:30)
  2. Goodbye, Goodbye (3:26)
  3. I Was a Fool (3:24)
  4. I'm Not Your Hero (3:51)
  5. Drove Me Wild (3:49)
  6. How Come You Don't Want Me (2:51)
  7. I Couldn't Be Your Friend (4:19)
  8. Love They Say (3:34)
  9. Now I'm All Messed Up (4:07)
  10. Shock to Your System (3:36)

Credits

  • Tegan and Sara - primary artist
  • Jeff Sosnow - a&r
  • Alex Black - a&r [coordination]
  • Storey Elementary - art direction, design
  • Carlos De La Garza - engineer
  • Doug McKean - engineer
  • Greg Kurstin - engineer, mixed by, producer
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen - engineer, producer
  • Mike Schuppan - engineer
  • Lars Fox - engineer [additional pro tools engineering]
  • Jesse Shatkin - engineer [additional], engineer [assistant]
  • Russ Waugh - engineer [assistant]
  • Brian Gardner - mastered by
  • Manny Marroquin - mixed by
  • Lindsey Byrnes - photography by
  • Rob Cavallo - producer

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