Vulnerable (The Tigers Album)

***Vulnerable*** is the fifth studio album by British rock band The Tigers. It was released on March 26, 2012 through Hopeless Records.

## Background

In early 2011, they announced that a lot of tour dates would be cancelled. However, they also announced that they started writing for their fifth studio Album.

## Musical Style

The lead singer (name) stated that: "The album meaning I think is about who you are, and how you can be vulnerable to certain things but you can also take action against the vulnerability, in other words, you can be the person who causes vulnerability." He further stated, "The album will make people feel a mix of emotions, some songs will make you feel crazy, some will make you happy, some may cause tears. It's a mix of emotions we think and that is what we want to do, its what we think is what a great album needs, it needs to cause a variety of emotions." Then he stated: "The music will have a lot of drum and bass and hip-hop influence and a lot of brutal and sharp sounds and the speed of the music can change from super slow to ultra fast."

## Release

"I Come Alive" was made available to stream on January 5 2012, and was released as a single five days later on January 10. On January 24, a lyric video for "I Come Alive" was released. On January 26, the listing for Vulnerable was revealed. On February 2, the second single "Put Me Out" was released as a single and made available to stream. On February 21, "Hands and Faces" was also released as a single. The band appeared at an acoustic show on March 17. In the days leading up to the album, the band put out some of the songs through music websites: "Getting Over You" and "Hurt No One" on March 20. "Moving On" and "Shine" on March 21. "Together Burning Bright" and "This Fire" on March 23. On March 26, the whole album was released. On the same day, a bonus track "Machine" was made available to stream.

On April 6, a music video for "I Come Alive" was released. On April 8, acoustic renditions "I Come Alive" and "Put Me Out" were available for streaming. On April 16, a second bonus track "Disaster" was available to stream. Throughout this, they went on a UK Tour in support of the album and it ran from April to June. On April 20, a deluxe edition was officially released, included the 12 songs and the two bonus tracks and "I Come Alive" and "Put Me Out" acoustic. On April 21, another acoustic song was released for "Together Burning Bright" and was added to the Deluxe Edition. On May 16, another bonus track "Surrender" was released. It was not released to Vulnerable Deluxe Edition until May 26. On June 14 another bonus track "The Lonely" was released. On June 16 it was released to Vulnerable Deluxe Edition. On July 18, a lyric video for 'Put Me Out' was released. On September 16, a music video for 'Put Me Out' was released. They then went on many tours throughout the rest of 2012. On 21 January 2013, a new edition of Vulnerable was release, which included two discs. The first disc included the 12 tracks from the original album and the second disc included the 4 b-sides, remixes of 'I Come Alive', 'Hands And Faces' and 'Put Me Out' and acoustic renditions of 'I Come Alive', 'Put Me Out' and 'Together Burning Bright'. On March 8, a music video for 'Hands And Faces' was released. In March and April they went on an Asia Tour. On May 26, a music video for 'Moving On' was released.

## Track Listing

16 songs were recorded during the Vulnerable Recording Session. There were 4 b-sides which were included in the full deluxe edition and in the second disc.

### iTunes Deluxe Edition

 Total length:

### Deluxe Edition

 Total length:

## Vulnerable (II)

Vulnerable (II) was re-issued on 21 January 2013. It featured 2 discs, with Disc 1 featuring the 12 songs from 'Vulnerable' and Disc 2 featured the 4 b-sides, 3 remixes of ''I Come Alive'', ''Hands And Faces'' and ''Put Me Out'' and the three acoustic songs.

## References

1. ↑ Vulnerable: The Tigers singer explains meaning of the album
2. ↑ Interview with (Name): What The Tigers aimed for fifth studio album
3. ↑ The Tigers release new song "I Come Alive"
4. ↑ The Tigers - I Come Alive (Official Lyric Video)
5. ↑ The Tigers reveal listing for their new album
6. ↑ The Tigers release another song "Put Me Out" as a single
7. ↑ The Tigers release third single "Hands And Faces"
8. ↑ The Tigers release two songs from Vulnerable to Music Websites: Getting Over You and Hurt No One
9. ↑ The Tigers - Moving On and Shine released to music websites
10. ↑ The Tigers release two songs onto Music Websites
11. ↑ The Tigers - News - Vulnerable is out NOW! - thetigers.com
12. ↑ The Tigers release bonus track "Machine" via Vulnerable
13. ↑ The Tigers - I Come Alive (Official Music Video)
14. ↑ The Tigers - News - I Come Alive and Put Me Out acoustic versions available now! - thetigers.com
15. ↑ The Tigers release second bonus track from Vulnerable, "Disaster"
16. ↑ The Tigers UK Tour 2012! - thetigers.com
17. ↑ The Tigers release acoustic rendition of "Together Burning Bright"
18. ↑ The Tigers release "Surrender" as a bonus track
19. ↑ "Surrender" added to Vulnerable Deluxe Edition - thetigers.com
20. ↑ The Tigers release another bonus track "The Lonely"
21. ↑ The Tigers - Put Me Out (Official Lyric Video)
22. ↑ The Tigers - Put Me Out (Official Music Video)
23. ↑ The Tigers - News - Vulnerable II coming January 21 2013! - thetigers.com
24. ↑ The Tigers - Vulnerable (II) - Disc 2
25. ↑ The Tigers - Hands And Faces (Official Music Video)
26. ↑ The Tigers - Moving On (Official Music Video)
27. ↑ Vulnerable (II) out now!
28. ↑ Vulnerable II - Disc 2