# Surrender (Maggie Rogers album)

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10 |
| NME | |
| Paste | 7.8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Under the Radar | |
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).
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.

## 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. 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. Rogers simultaneously released an album trailer she co-directed with Michael Scanlon. On June 15, 2022, Rogers revealed the album's track listing via Instagram.

## Composition

Surrender is an indie pop, alternative pop, and electropop album with elements of alternative rock, dance, Americana, new wave, electroacoustic, slacker rock, synth-pop, folk, glam rock, and sunshine pop.

## Critical reception

Year-end lists :
| Publication | Accolade | Rank |
| Albumism | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 21 |
| A.V. Club | The 30 Best Albums of 2022 | 13 |
| Billboard | Best Albums of 2022 | 14 |
| Clash | Clash Albums of the Year 2022 | 9 |
| Dork | Dork's Albums of the Year 2022 | 6 |
| Esquire | 25 Best Music Albums of 2022 | Unranked |
| The Forty-Five | The Best Albums of 2022 | 19 |
| musicOMH | Top 50 Albums Of 2022 | 44 |
| Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 49 |
| Under the Radar | Best Albums of 2022 | 22 |

## Track listing

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

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Surrender liner notes.
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) | 39 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 132 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 77 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 62 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) | 73 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 3 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 6 |
| US Billboard 200 | 12 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 3 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) | 1 |