Break the Spell

Break the Spell
Studio album by Daughtry
Released November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21)
Recorded July–September 2011 in Los Angeles, California
Genre Hard rock, alternative rock, post-grunge
Length 43:45
Label RCA, 19
Producer Howard Benson
Daughtry chronology
Leave This Town
(2009)		 Break the Spell
(2011)
Singles from Break the Spell
  1. "Renegade"
    Released: September 27, 2011
  2. "Crawling Back to You"
    Released: October 4, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (62/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Audiopinions (9.5/10)[3]
Entertainment Weekly B[4]
Billboard 71%[5]
Slant [6]
Sputnikmusic [7]
Newsday B-[8]
Loudwire [9]
Celebrity Cafe [10]
The Boston Globe (Mixed)[11]

Break the Spell is the third studio album by the American rock band Daughtry, released on November 21, 2011.[12] It is a follow-up to their platinum selling album Leave This Town in 2009. On December 15th, the album was officially certified Gold.[13]

Contents

Background

According to Chris, the album is "more upbeat and positive lyrically" and also stated that the album sounds "nothing like the previous two".[14] Chris wrote all the songs with band guitarists Josh Steely and Brian Craddock, bassist Josh Paul, and collaborated with Marti Frederiksen, Busbee and Brett James.[15] The album was produced by Howard Benson, who also produced their previous two albums.

Prior to the albums release, for the month of November, the tracks "Renegade", "Louder Than Ever" and "Outta My Head" are being used by ESPN during some of their programming broadcasts.[16]

Daughtry's official website made a listening party for Break the Spell.[17]

Sales

Break the Spell opened at number 67 on the UK charts. On the Billboard 200, Break the Spell opened at #8 with sales of 129,000[18]

Start of Something Good sold 10,000 singles.[19]

Track listing

The track listing was announced on October 6th through Daughtry's official site.[20]

All lyrics written by Chris Daughtry. 

No. Title Music Length
1. "Renegade"   Daughtry, Josh Paul 3:36
2. "Crawling Back to You"   Daughtry, Marti Frederiksen 3:45
3. "Outta My Head"   Daughtry, Fredriksen 3:31
4. "Start of Something Good"   Daughtry, Brett James 4:24
5. "Crazy"   Daughtry, Elvio Fernandes, Greg Wiktorski 3:24
6. "Break the Spell"   Daughtry, Dave Bassett 3:32
7. "We're Not Gonna Fall"   Daughtry, Busbee, Zac Maloy 3:19
8. "Gone Too Soon"   Daughtry, Busbee 3:36
9. "Losing My Mind"   Daughtry, Busbee 3:49
10. "Rescue Me"   Daughtry, Josh Steely 3:23
11. "Louder Than Ever"   Daughtry, James 3:37
12. "Spaceship"   Daughtry, Brian Craddock 3:51
Total length:
 43:45

Charts

Album

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Top 50[21] 32
Austrian Albums Chart[22] 39
Canadian Albums Chart 13
German Albums Chart 27
New Zealand Albums Chart[23] 18
Swiss Albums Chart[24] 19
UK Albums Chart[21] 67
UK Rock Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200 8
U.S. Billboard Rock 2
U.S. Billboard Internet albums 5
U.S. Billboard Hard Rock 2

Personnel

Band members

Additional personnel

References

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  2. ^ "Daughtry". AllMusic. 1979-12-26. http://allmusic.com/album/break-the-spell-r2313719. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  3. ^ Matt (2011-11-14). "Featured Artist: Daughtry « Audiopinions". Audiopinions.net. http://audiopinions.net/reviews/featured-artist-daughtry/. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  4. ^ "Break the Spell review - Daughtry Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. 2011-11-17. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20545874,00.html. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  5. ^ Daughtry (2009-09-14). "Album Review: Daughtry, 'Break the Spell'". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/new-releases/album-review-daughtry-break-the-spell-1005525752.story#/new-releases. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
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  8. ^ "Daughtry keeps returning home". Newsday.com. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/daughtry-keeps-returning-home-1.3332091. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  9. ^ "Daughtry, ‘Break the Spell’ – Album Review". Loudwire.com. http://loudwire.com/daughtry-break-the-spell-album-review. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
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  19. ^ "'Idol' downloads: Kelly Clarkson, Haley and Casey, more". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-11-30. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/11/idol-downloads-kelly-clarkson-haley-and-casey-more/1. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
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  21. ^ a b "charts". Acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/67287. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  22. ^ Steffen Hung (2011-11-24). "Austrian chart". Austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Daughtry&titel=Break+The+Spell&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  23. ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand chart". Charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Daughtry&titel=Break+The+Spell&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  24. ^ Steffen Hung (2011-11-24). "Swiss chart". Hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Daughtry&titel=Break+The+Spell&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
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