Undefeated (Frank Turner album)

Undefeated is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Frank Turner. It was released on 3 May 2024 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Undefeated
Studio album by Frank Turner
Released	3 May 2024 (2024-05-03)
Recorded	2023
Studio	No Mersea (Essex) SS2 (Southend-on-Sea) B-Note (Bern)
Length	45:31
Label	Xtra Mile
Producer	Frank Turner
Frank Turner chronology
FTHC (2022) Undefeated (2024)
Singles from Undefeated
"No Thank You for the Music" Released: 28 December 2023 "Do One" Released: 25 January 2024 "Girl from the Record Shop" Released: 23 February 2024 "Letters" Released: 27 March 2024

Background

Turner wrote, recorded and produced Undefeated in his home studio on Mersea Island, backed by his long-time band The Sleeping Souls: Ben Lloyd (guitar), Tarrant Anderson (bass), Callum Green (drums) and Matt Nasir (piano).^[1] It is also the first album of his without a big label involved in over a decade.^[2] The artist refers to the album as his "first back home with a global independent label setup" and celebrates the freedom of working as an "independent artist".^[3]

In a statement, Turner explained that there are "no clichés" about the album, which might be "liberating" to him but at the same time feels like having a "duty to justify writing and releasing" a tenth album.^[4] Undefeated was inspired by long-time influences, including Black Flag, Counting Crows, Descendents, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Turner; "Letters", "No Thank You for the Music", and "On My Way" written with Matt Nasir.

Undefeated track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Do One"	2:21
2.	"Nevermind the Back Problems"	1:27
3.	"Ceasefire"	5:06
4.	"Girl from the Record Shop"	1:46
5.	"Pandemic PTSD"	3:14
6.	"Letters"	3:13
7.	"East Finchley"	4:32
8.	"No Thank You for the Music"	3:49
9.	"The Leaders"	1:27
10.	"International Hide and Seek Champions"	2:25
11.	"Show People"	3:43
12.	"On My Way"	3:16
13.	"Somewhere Inbetween"	4:47
14.	"Undefeated"	4:25
Total length:		45:31

Personnel

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls

• Frank Turner – vocals, guitars, production, arrangement
• Ben Lloyd – guitar, harmonica, vocals, arrangement
• Tarrant Anderson – bass, vocals
• Matt Nasir – piano, keyboards, mandolin, string and horn arrangements, vocals, arrangement
• Callum Green – drums, percussion, vocals, arrangement

Additional musicians

• Pete Fraser – saxophone
• Sam Ewens – flugelhorn, French horn, trumpet
• George Shilling – cello
• Anna Jenkins – violin, viola
• Dougie Murphy – backing vocals
• Tre Stead – backing vocals
• Cahir O'Doherty – backing vocals
• Conor Mullan – backing vocals
• Johnny Stephenson – backing vocals
• Kris Lundberg – backing vocals
• Steve Brown – backing vocals

Technical

• Frank Arkwright – mastering
• Tristan Ivemy – mixing
• Samhain Carter-Brazier mixing
• Cecil Bartlett – engineering
• Sam Duckworth – piano engineering
• Jay Malhotra – piano engineering
• Nicolas Müller – backing vocal engineering

Visuals

• Dougie Murphy – cover photo
• Phil D'Auria – tintype photos
• Craigy Lee – tattoo artist
• OneThirtyEight Ltd. – layout

Charts

Chart performance for Undefeated

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6]	193
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	3
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10]	1