Hurt & the Merciless

Hurt & the Merciless
Studio album by The Heavy
Released	1 April 2016
Recorded	2014–15 near Bath, England[1]
Genre	Indie rock funk rock blues rock garage rock
Length	43:59
Label	Counter Bad Son
Producer	The Heavy
The Heavy chronology
The Glorious Dead (2012) Hurt & The Merciless (2016)
Singles from Hurt & The Merciless
"Since You Been Gone" Released: 4 February 2016 "Turn Up" Released: 23 February 2016 "What Happened to the Love?" Released: 31 March 2016

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Classic Rock	[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]

The Heavy Kelvin Swaby – vocals Dan Taylor – guitar Spencer Page – bass Chris Ellul – drums

Other personnel Bazza – mastering Bosco Mann – arrangement, brass, strings Toby McLaren – arrangement, brass, strings Andrew Scheps – mixing

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	CD digital download vinyl	Counter Bad Son	COUNT077 / BSON001[10]

References

1. Ayers, Mike (4 February 2016). "The Heavy Explores Toxicity in New 'Since You Been Gone' Video (Exclusive)". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
2. Collar, Matt. "Hurt & the Merciless – The Heavy". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
3. Lester, Paul (18 March 2016). "The Heavy: Hurt & The Merciless – Review". Classic Rock. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
4. "Hurt & the Merciless by The Heavy". iTunes United States. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
5. "Hurt & the Merciless Album". The Heavy. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
6. Murray, Robin (5 February 2016). "The Heavy Return With 'Hurt & The Merciless'". Clash Music. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
7. Trefor, Cai (23 February 2016). "Premiere: The Heavy unveil epic new track, 'Turn Up'". Gigwise. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
8. Miller, Joshua M. (1 April 2016). "Watch: The Heavy – "What Happened to the Love?" Video". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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11. Hurt & the Merciless (album liner notes). The Heavy. Counter Records / Bad Son Recording Company. 2016.
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.