Hello Hurricane
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| Studio album by Switchfoot | ||||
| Released | November 10, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2009 | |||
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| Length | 49:03 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| AbsolutePunk | 77% |
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| Billboard | 83/100 |
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| The Christian Manifesto | 4.2/5 |
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| Christianity Today | |
| Cross Rhythms |   |
| Indie Vision Music | |
| Jesus Freak Hideout |
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| Louder Than the Music | |
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| New Release Tuesday |
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| Paste | 7.4/10 |
| The Phantom Tollbooth |
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| Compilation album by Switchfoot | |
| Released |
 November 10, 2009 |
| Recorded | 2005–09 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, lo-fi |
| Length | 58:00 |
| Label | lowercase people records |
| Producer | Switchfoot |
Hello Hurricane is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on November 10, 2009. It was co-produced by the band and Mike Elizondo, after initially self-producing their work, as well as test runs with producers such as Ken Andrews and Charlie Peacock. The album was recorded mainly in the band's Spot X Studio in their hometown of San Diego, California. It was originally to be released on October 6, 2009, but was pushed back to a November 10, 2009 release on their independent record label, the Atlantic-distributed lowercase people records. On February 13, 2011, the album won the award for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
Pre-production for Hello Hurricane began during the first week of August 2007. That week, the band recorded 13 songs at Big Fish Studio under the guidance of producer Charlie Peacock, who was the founder of the band's first independent label, Re:Think Records. As an experiment, the band "set up all in one room" and tracked the songs live. These new song ideas were then indefinitely shelved when the band embarked on their fall Appetite for Construction Tour with Relient K, with drummer Chad Butler later calling the sessions a "failed experiment".
The band does credit Peacock with encouraging them throughout that time period, positing that the band was "reaching for a horizon that's much larger" than anything they'd done before. The band walked away from their time with Peacock determined to keep "pushing for something we hadn't felt yet...just that desire to go back in and keep writing and keep pushing and looking".
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