Heartthrob (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Heartthrob

| type = studio

| artist = Tegan and Sara

| cover = Tegan_and_Sara_-_Heartthrob_cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2013|01|29}}

| recorded = February – May 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Synth-pop{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tegan-and-sara-continue-pop-evolution-on-heartthrob-album-premiere-20130124 |title=Tegan and Sara Continue Pop Evolution on 'Heartthrob' – Album Premiere |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 24, 2013 |accessdate=May 5, 2018}}{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Cameron |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21952-love-you-to-death/ |title=Tegan and Sara: Love You to Death |website=Pitchfork |date=June 8, 2016 |accessdate=May 5, 2018}}

| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=36}}

| label = {{hlist|Vapor|Warner Bros.}}

| producer = {{hlist|Greg Kurstin|Mike Elizondo|Justin Meldal-Johnsen|Rob Cavallo}}

| prev_title = 2010 Summer Tour

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = Love You to Death

| next_year = 2016

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Heartthrob

| type = studio

| single1 = Closer

| single1date = September 25, 2012

| single2 = I Was a Fool

| single2date = April 24, 2013

| single3 = Goodbye, Goodbye

| single3date = November 4, 2013

}}

}}

Heartthrob is the seventh studio album by Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, released on January 29, 2013, on Neil Young's label Vapor Records through Warner Bros. Records. Heartthrob debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 49,000 copies in its first week and securing the band's highest chart position to date. It is also the first Tegan and Sara record to chart in New Zealand, the UK and Ireland.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1537980/justin-bieber-scores-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart |title=Justin Bieber Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |magazine=Billboard |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |accessdate=December 10, 2013 |date=February 6, 2013}} On July 4, 2013, Heartthrob was certified Gold in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=Heartthrob|title=Gold and Platinum Search|website=Music Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113852/http://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=Heartthrob|archive-date=2017-02-07|url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-02-06}} As of April 2016, Heartthrob has sold 199,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160430151341/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate= April 30, 2016 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}

Background

In November 2011, it was revealed that Tegan and Sara were writing new material for their seventh studio album. Tegan said that "(we) are back in our home studios working away at more songs. We’re really looking forward to making a new record now. Our hope is to be in the studio by early 2012." As for what the album will sound like, she stated "…we’re not really sure of that either. We’re meeting with lots of different producers, writing lots of different types of songs, and challenging ourselves to do a lot of really new things within those songs. So hopefully it sounds like T+S but with a whole new element of awesomeness."{{cite web| url= http://www.teganandsara.com/post-turkey-coma-dispatch/ | title= post turkey coma dispatch | first=Tegan | last= Quin | work= teganandsara.com | date= November 30, 2011 | accessdate= December 13, 2013}}

Recording and production

Tegan and Sara started recording their seventh studio album on February 20, 2012, and finished recording in May of the same year.{{cite web| url= http://www.teganandsara.com/new-album-progress-and-trq-at-the-movies/ | title= NEW ALBUM PROGRESS AND TRQ AT THE MOVIES! | first=Tegan | last= Quin | work= teganandsara.com | date= 2 February 2012 | accessdate=December 11, 2013}}{{cite web |title= Tegan and Sara / Heartthrob Press Kit|url=http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/docs/201301/i-press-kit_1358366785741.pdf|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|accessdate=January 23, 2013}} While making the record, the band released a series of eight videos documenting the recording process, entitled "Carpool Confessional".{{cite web|last=Quin|first=Tegan|title=Carpool Confessional Episode 1! |date=28 February 2012 |url= http://www.teganandsara.com/carpool-confessional-episode-1/|accessdate=January 24, 2013}}

In recording and producing what Rolling Stone called their "most commercial record of their career",

Sara Quin said:{{cite magazine| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-tegan-and-sara-on-sibling-rivalry-leaving-the-indie-world-behind-20130111?print=true | title= Q&A: Tegan and Sara on Sibling Rivalry, Leaving the Indie World Behind | first=Andy | last= Greene | date= January 11, 2013 | magazine= Rolling Stone | accessdate=February 26, 2013}}

"We didn't want to take a small step. We wanted to take a big step. We felt like we closed out our decade with Sainthood. We turned 30 at the end of that album and we had officially been in the industry making music professionally for a decade. This is the time to say, 'What is Tegan and Sara now? What is the future gonna look like for this band?' Some of the answers were really boring....We went through numbers: 'How much do we want to sell? What kind of venues do we want to play? What's our dream size of venue? What countries do we want to play that we haven't played before?' We took all that information and said to ourselves, 'OK, we can't make another record that sounds like what people expect from Tegan and Sara. We can make a record that maybe marries what we've done with the band in the past and then work with a producer who is going to help us embellish and sort of amp up the sound a bit.' I honestly didn't know what to expect from this process. Tegan and I work extensively, independently on our own, writing and creating full demos with bass drums, programming, the whole thing. We're used to keeping a little bit of that, and adding other musicians into it. Within a day or two in the studio with Greg Kurstin, I was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing.' It was very obvious he wasn't going to take gentle, slow steps towards something. He was just going to throw it out. If we didn't like it, he would throw it out, but he wasn't going to fool around."

Tegan and Sara consider Heartthrob their "pop" album{{cite web|last=Coplan|first=Chris|url=https://consequence.net/2012/10/new-music-tegan-and-sara-im-not-your-hero/|title=New Music: Tegan and Sara – "I'm Not Your Hero"|website=Consequence of Sound|date=October 21, 2012|accessdate=March 21, 2016}} and credit Taylor Swift for inspiring them to cross over to pop music.{{cite magazine|last=Appleford|first=Steve|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/behind-tegan-and-saras-big-night-with-taylor-swift-20130823|title=Behind Tegan and Sara's Big Night With Taylor Swift|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 23, 2013|accessdate=March 21, 2016}} Other musicians who influenced the album include Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Kate Bush, Tom Petty,{{cite web|last=Daniels|first=Colin|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/new-music/news/a451092/tegan-and-sara-unveil-new-song-i-was-a-fool-listen/|title=Tegan and Sara unveil new song 'I Was a Fool' - listen|work=Digital Spy|date=January 15, 2013|accessdate=March 21, 2016}} Erasure, Ace of Base,{{cite web|last=Trunick |first=Austin |title=Track-by-Track: Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob Part One |work=Under the Radar |date=January 21, 2013 |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_saras_heartthrob_part_one/ |accessdate=2016-03-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530075639/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_saras_heartthrob_part_one/ |archivedate=May 30, 2013 }} Lily Allen, Pink, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper{{cite web|last=Dutton |first=Jack |title=Interview: Tegan and Sara |work=musicOMH |date=February 11, 2013 |url=http://www.musicomh.com/features/interviews/interview-tegan-sara |accessdate=2016-04-03}} and Rihanna.{{cite web|last=Trunick|first=Austin|date=January 22, 2013|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|title=Track-by-Track: Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob Part Two|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530082018/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|archivedate=May 30, 2013|work=Under the Radar|accessdate=March 21, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=February 13, 2013|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a458439/tegan-and-sara-song-i-was-a-fool-inspired-by-rihanna.html#~oW5MW9q733fZ3R|title=Tegan and Sara song 'I Was A Fool' inspired by Rihanna|work=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation|accessdate=March 21, 2016}}

The record was produced by Greg Kurstin, Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mike Elizondo. The artwork was designed by the band's longtime art director Emy Storey with photos taken by Lindsey Byrnes.{{cite web| url= http://www.teganandsara.com/heartthrob-artwork-and-tracklisting/ | title= Heartthrob Artwork and Tracklisting! | first=Sara | last= Quin | date= November 16, 2012 | work= teganandsara.com | accessdate=December 11, 2013}}

Release

Heartthrob was released on Neil Young's label Vapor Records through Warner Bros. Records on January 29, 2013. At the time of its release, it was made available on CD, vinyl and as a digital download.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Heartthrob-Tegan-Sara/dp/B00A4FOWYQ/ |title=Heartthrob: Tegan & Sara: Music |website=Amazon.com |accessdate=December 13, 2013}}

=Singles=

The first single, "Closer", was released on September 25, 2012, and reached number 1 on the MuchMusic Top 30 countdown. It is also Tegan and Sara's first single to be certified Platinum in Canada.{{cite news|last=Norris|first=John|title=Tegan and Sara Discuss New Album |url= http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/tegan_and_sara_discuss_new_album|accessdate=18 November 2012|newspaper=Under The Radar|date=Aug 16, 2012}} The music video for "Closer", directed by Isaac Rentz, debuted November 28, 2012 on Spin.com.{{cite web|last=Martins|first=Chris|title=Watch Tegan and Sara Get 'Closer' to a '90s Karaoke Party (in Spanx!)|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/11/tegan-and-sara-closer-video/|website=Spin.com|date=28 November 2012 |accessdate=2012-12-28}}

The second single released from Heartthrob was "I Was a Fool", on April 24, 2013. The music video for the song was released the same day. The single reached number 1 on CBC Radio 2 Top 20, making Tegan and Sara the first twins in history to take the top spot on the chart.{{cite web|last=Morey|first=Pete|title= The Radio 2 Top 20: Tegan and Sara are first twins to top the chart|url=http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/5/The-Radio-2-Top-20-Tegan-and-Sara-are-first-twins-to-top-the-chart |website=CBC Music|date=May 24, 2013|accessdate=May 25, 2013}} In July 2013 "I Was a Fool" was certified Gold in Canada.

The third single released was "Goodbye, Goodbye". The music video premiered September 17, 2013 on Digital Spy, and the single had an official impact date of November 4, 2013.{{cite news|last1=Copsey|first1=Robert|title=Exclusive: Tegan and Sara debut 'Goodbye, Goodbye' music video|url=http://www.digitalspy.ca/music/news/a516126/tegan-and-sara-debut-goodbye-goodbye-music-video.html#~p54TwgF0EJzfLu|accessdate=23 February 2015|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=17 September 2013}}

=Other songs=

"I'm Not Your Hero" was released October 21, 2012 as a promotional single in support of the album.{{cite web|author1=Tegan and Sara (teganandsaramusic)|title=Tegan and Sara - I'm Not Your Hero [Audio]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGbOmW4AjI|website=YouTube|publisher=Google|accessdate=23 February 2015|date=21 October 2012}} The song charted in Canada (at No. 58) and France (at No. 157) and also impacted the CHR, AC, and Hot AC airplay charts in Canada.

Recorded during the Heartthrob studio sessions, the song "Shudder to Think" was released on the Dallas Buyers Club soundtrack on October 29, 2013.{{cite web| url= http://www.teganandsara.com/shudder-to-think-new-heartthrob-b-side/ | title= Shudder to Think – New Heartthrob B-side! | date= October 15, 2013 | work= teganandsara.com | accessdate=December 13, 2013}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5189/Tegan-and-Sara-Heartthrob.aspx|title=Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/heartthrob/tegan-and-sara|title=Reviews for Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara|website=Metacritic|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Sendra|first=Tim|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/heartthrob-mw0002459398|title=Heartthrob – Tegan and Sara|website=AllMusic|accessdate=March 12, 2020}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/tegan-and-sara-emheartthrobem-91671|title=Tegan And Sara: Heartthrob|website=The A.V. Club|date=January 29, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2013}}

| rev3 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Helen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9856027/Tegan-and-Sara-Heartthrob-album-review.html|title=Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob, album review|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=February 8, 2013|accessdate=May 7, 2019}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = A−{{cite magazine|last1=Markovitz|first1=Adam|last2=Rahman|first2=Ray|last3=Anderson|first3=Kyle|last4=Maerz|first4=Melissa|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/02/01/singles-feb-8-2013-2/|title=Singles: Feb. 8 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 1, 2013|accessdate=May 7, 2019}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Montgomery|first=Hugh|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tegan-and-sara-hearthrob-warner-8497976.html|title=Album: Tegan and Sara, Hearthrob (Warner)|website=The Independent|date=February 17, 2013|accessdate=May 7, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919215938/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tegan-and-sara-hearthrob-warner-8497976.html|archivedate=September 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Los Angeles Times

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Mikael|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-jan-29-la-et-ms-album-review-tegan-and-saras-heartthrob-20130128-story.html|title=Album review: Tegan and Sara's 'Heartthrob'|website=Los Angeles Times|date=January 29, 2013|accessdate=May 7, 2019}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite web|last=Levine|first=Nick|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/tegan-and-sara/14056|title=Tegan And Sara – 'Heartthrob'|website=NME|date=February 6, 2013|accessdate=December 31, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216052352/http://www.nme.com/reviews/tegan-and-sara/14056|archivedate=February 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 7.3/10{{cite web|last=Snapes|first=Laura|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17597-heartthrob/|title=Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob|website=Pitchfork|date=January 28, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2013}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Catucci|first=Nick|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/heartthrob-20130117|title=Heartthrob|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 17, 2013|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite web|last=Young|first=Jon|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob-reprise/|title=Tegan and Sara, 'Heartthrob' (Reprise)|website=Spin|date=January 29, 2013|accessdate=December 9, 2013}}

}}

Heartthrob received generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 31 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" feedback.

Jason Lipshutz of Billboard stated: "Most impressively, both Quin sisters maintain their sense of identity amidst the ear candy" and called it "one of the best LPs of this young year."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1535913/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob-track-by-track-review |title=Tegan and Sara, 'Heartthrob': Track-By-Track Review |magazine=Billboard |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |accessdate=December 9, 2013 |date=January 29, 2013}} SPIN's Jon Young said: "they've largely ditched the guitars and cast their lot with slick mainstream hooks. Fortunately, they're quite good at it." Writing for Drowned in Sound, Marc Burrows gave the album 9 of 10 rating and also stated that "they may have churned their sound into something new, but their heart and their character is still very much in the right place, and that’s what makes Heartthrob more than just a brilliant pop album, it's unarguably a brilliant Tegan & Sara album and it's very, very close to being perfect".{{cite web|last=Burrows|first=Marc|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17465/reviews/4146021|title=Album Review: Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob - Drowned In Sound|website=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=December 10, 2013|date=February 6, 2013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213154701/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17465/reviews/4146021|url-status=dead}}

In a 3 stars and a half review, Nick Catucci of Rolling Stone mentioned that "their seventh album is a veritable bouncy castle of lush, up-to-the-minute indie synth-pop and blown-out radio choruses, less fussy and more whee than anything they've done". Tim Sendra of AllMusic gave the album a 4 and a ½ stars out of 5 rating and stated that "Heartthrob is the sound of Tegan and Sara taking on modern pop music head-on and winning in triumphant style. One would have to go a long way to find a pop record that is as easy to swallow, yet contains such depth". Sarah H. Grant from Consequence of Sound in a 4 star review wrote that "it all circles back to heartthrobs — the fantasies that come and go as abruptly as the closing of a locker door. After all, the canyon between lust and heartbreak is the space all great pop songs occupy. Tegan and Sara have known this for a long time, but with Heartthrob, they fill the canyon with great meaning and melodies — enough to Flashdance from one end to the other and back again".{{cite web|last=Grant|first=Sarah|title=Album Review: Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob|url=https://consequence.net/2013/01/album-review-tegan-and-sara-heartthrob/|website=Consequence of Sound|date=January 30, 2013|accessdate=January 30, 2013}} According to Laura Snapes of Pitchfork, "at its best, however, Heartthrob brings the 32-year-old siblings' more adult, romantic touch to a record that roundly avoids turning into any old generic, radio-friendly collection". The album received a 7.3 of 10 rating.

Heartthrob made numerous "Best of 2013" lists. It was ranked number 33 on NME{{'}}s 50 Best Albums of 2013,{{cite web |title=Pictures of NME's 50 Best Albums Of 2013 - Photos - NME.COM |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/nmes-50-best-albums-of-2013/326689/18/1 |work=NME |date=November 26, 2013}} number 13 on SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/12/best-albums-2013/tegan-and-sara-2/ |title=Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob (Vapor/Warner Bros.) - SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2013 - SPIN - Discover - SPIN Lists |website=Spin |date=December 2, 2013}} number 30 on Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2013,{{cite magazine |title=50 Best Albums of 2013: Tegan Sara, 'Heartthrob' - Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2013-20131202/tegan-sara-heartthrob-19691231 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} number 7 on Idolator's 2013's Best Albums,{{cite web |url=http://www.idolator.com/7496751/2013-10-best-albums-idolator-editors/2 |title=2013′s Best Albums: Idolator Editors Pick Their Favorite 10 - Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com |website=Idolator |date=December 6, 2013}} number 19 on Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1567541/the-50-best-albums-of-2013/list/attachment/tegansara_heartthrob/ |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2013 Tegan And Sara - Heartthrob (Warner Bros.)|website=Stereogum |date=December 3, 2013}} and number 43 on MusicOMH's Top 100 Albums of 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-100-albums-2013-complete-list |title=musicOMH's Top 100 Albums Of 2013: Full List and Playlist - lists - musicOMH |date=9 December 2013 }}

It appeared at number 3 on SPIN's Top 20 Pop Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2013/12/spin-20-best-pop-albums-2013/131204-tegan-and-sara-heartthrob/ |title=Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob (Vapor/Warner Bros.) - SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2013 - SPIN - Discover - SPIN Lists |website=Spin |date=December 10, 2013 |accessdate=December 25, 2013}} at number 3 on PopMatters{{'}}s Top 20 Canadian Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/177319-the-best-canadian-albums-of-2013/P2/ |title=The Best Canadian Albums of 2013 - PopMatters |website=PopMatters |date=December 19, 2013 |accessdate=December 25, 2013}} at number 24 on PopMatters's list of the 75 Best Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/177166-the-75-best-albums-of-2013/P5/ |title=The 75 Best Albums of 2013 - PopMatters |website=PopMatters |date=December 23, 2013 |accessdate=December 25, 2013}} at number 72 on Drowned in Sound Top 100 Albums of 2013,{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4440516 |title=DiS Albums Of The Year: 100 51 - Music Forum - Drowned In Sound |access-date=2013-12-27 |archive-date=2013-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214004315/http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4440516 |url-status=dead }} and at number 36 on This Is Fake DIY Readers' Poll 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/features/diy-readers-poll-2013-the-results/

|title=DIY Readers' Poll 2013: The Results - Features - DIY |date=5 October 2023 }}

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Heartthrob.

{{Track listing

| headline = Heartthrob – Standard edition

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 36:36

| title1 = Closer

| writer1 = {{Flat list|

}}

| extra1 = Kurstin

| length1 = 3:29

| title2 = Goodbye, Goodbye

| writer2 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra2 = Kurstin

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = I Was a Fool

| writer3 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra3 = Kurstin

| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = I'm Not Your Hero

| writer4 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra4 = Kurstin

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Drove Me Wild

| writer5 = {{Flat list|

}}

| extra5 = Justin Meldal-Johnsen

| length5 = 3:49

| title6 = How Come You Don't Want Me

| writer6 = {{Flat list|

}}

| extra6 = Meldal-Johnsen

| length6 = 2:53

| title7 = I Couldn't Be Your Friend

| writer7 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra7 = Kurstin

| length7 = 4:19

| title8 = Love They Say

| writer8 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra8 = {{Flat list|

}}

| length8 = 3:35

| title9 = Now I'm All Messed Up

| writer9 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra9 = Kurstin

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = Shock to Your System

| writer10 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra10 = Kurstin

| length10 = 3:36

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Heartthrob – Deluxe edition

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 45:00

| title11 = Guilty as Charged

| writer11 = {{Flat list|

}}

| extra11 = Elizondo

| length11 = 4:05

| title12 = I Run Empty

| writer12 = {{Flat list|

  • T. Quin
  • S. Quin

}}

| extra12 = Elizondo

| length12 = 4:19

}}

Personnel

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • Tegan Quin – vocals (all tracks), guitar (5, 6), keyboards (5–7), acoustic guitar (8)
  • Sara Quin – vocals (all tracks), guitar (5, 6), keyboards (2, 5, 6, 10), programming (2, 8, 10)
  • Greg Kurstin – producer, keyboards, guitar (1–4, 7–10), mixing (9), programming (1–4, 7, 8, 10), bass (1–4, 7, 9), piano (3, 9)
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – producer, bass, guitar, keyboards, programming (5, 6)
  • Mike Elizondo – producer, keyboards, programming (11, 12), acoustic guitar (12)
  • Rob Cavallo – producer, additional guitar, additional percussion (8)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (1–8, 10, 11)
  • Damian Taylor – mixing (12)

{{col-2}}

  • Joey Waronker – drums (1–3, 7–10)
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums (5, 6, 11, 12), percussion (5, 6, 12)
  • Dorian Crozier – drums, percussion (8)
  • Chris Chaney – bass (8)
  • Tim Pierce – guitar (8)
  • Yonathan Garfias – arrangements (4, 5, 8)
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (8)
  • Josh Lopez – guitar (11)
  • Dave Palmer – keyboards, piano (11, 12)

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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position

{{album chart|Australia|14|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Austria|57|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Flanders|97|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=Tegan and Sara|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|94|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Finland|30|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Germany3|70|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Ireland|24|year=2013|week=7|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|27|artist=Tegan and Sara|album=Heartthrob|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|UK2|38|date=20130223|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Tegan and Sara|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Tegan and Sara|accessdate=June 10, 2013|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}

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Awards and nominations

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YearNominated workAwardResult
rowspan="4"|2013"Closer"NewNowNext Awards, That's My Jam{{Nominated}}
Tegan and SaraCanadian Radio Music Awards, Best New Group – Dance/Urban/Rhythmic{{won}}
"Closer"MuchMusic Video Awards, International Video of the Year by a Canadian{{Nominated}}
Heartthrob2013 Polaris Music Prize{{Nominated}}
rowspan="5"|2014HeartthrobJuno Award for Pop Album of the Year{{won}}
"Closer"Juno Award for Single of the Year{{won}}
Tegan and SaraJuno Award for Group of the Year{{won}}
Tegan and SaraJuno Award for Songwriter of the Year{{Nominated}}
HeartthrobGLAAD Media Award for Best Music Artist{{won}}

References