Disco Defenders

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Disco Defenders

Studio album by Alcazar

Released

11 March 2009
(see release history)

Recorded

2008-2009

Genre

Eurodance, Europop, Nu-disco

Length

1:33:00

Label

Love No Limit Recordings, Universal

Producer

Anders Hansson, Johan Fjellstrom, Joakim Udd, Felix Persson, Marta Grauers, OZGO, Johan Rohr, Thomas Thornholm, Figge

Alcazar chronology

Singles from Disco Defenders
A Tribute to ABBA (2005)	Disco Defenders (2009)
"We Keep on Rockin'" Released: 29 April 2008 "Inhibitions" Released: 16 June 2008 "Stay the Night" Released: 3 March 2009 "Burning" Released: 16 April 2009 "From Brazil with Love" Released: 24 July 2009 "Last Christmas" Released: 20 November 2009

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Teentoday.co.uk	^[1]

Disco Defenders is Alcazar's third and final studio album, which was released on 11 March 2009 in Sweden, and internationally in May 2009. The album features two discs: "Now" (new Alcazar songs) and "Then" (featuring some of their older hits). The writers of the new songs include Anders Hansson, Pet Shop Boys, Danny Saucedo and Oscar Görres.

The album also includes a cover of the 1980 disco hit "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc.

Track listings

Standard edition

CD 1 – Now
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Keep on Rockin'"	A. Hansson	3:50
2.	"Burning"	Joakim Udd, Karl Euren, Johan Fjellstrom	3:05
3.	"Stay the Night"	A. Hansson, M. Sanden, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:00
4.	"From Brazil with Love"	Oscar Görres, Danny Saucedo	3:41
5.	"Inhibitions"	A. Hansson, N. Chinn	3:03
6.	"Harlem Nights"	A. Hansson, S. Vaughn	4:06
7.	"Baby"	N. Tennant, C. Lowe	3:54
8.	"Jump Straight into the Fire"	A. Hansson, F. Persson, M. Grauers, Anton Malmberg Hard af Segerstad	3:18
9.	"My My Me and Mine"	A. Hansson, S. Vaughn, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:42
10.	"Funkytown"	Steven Greenberg	3:38
11.	"Put the Top Down"	Fredrik Figge Bostrom, Jackie Kavan	3:39
12.	"Thank You"	Thomas Thornholm, Danne Attlerud, Figge Bostrom	2:59
13.	"Stay the Night (FL Club Mix)"	A. Hansson, M. Sanden, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:59
Total length:			46:00

German and Polish edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Burning" (music video)	Joakim Udd, Karl Euren, Johan Fjellstrom	3:09
15.	"We Keep on Rockin'" (music video)	A. Hansson	3:40

CD 2 – Then
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is the World We Live In"	3:33
2.	"Crying at the Discoteque"	3:49
3.	"Ménage à Trois"	3:47
4.	"Sexual Guarantee"	3:33
5.	"Don't You Want Me"	3:31
6.	"Start the Fire"	3:15
7.	"Shine On"	3:29
8.	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	2:59
9.	"Physical"	3:27
10.	"Ritmo Del Amor"	3:17
11.	"Alcastar"	3:03
12.	"Love Life"	3:52
13.	"Someday"	4:03
Total length:		45:44

Special edition

This version is a re-release published the 18 November 2009 and includes two new tracks, "One Two Three Four" and "Last Christmas" instead of "Jump Straight into the Fire" and "Put the Top Down". This release has also a new cover.

CD 1 – Now
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Keep on Rockin'" (extended version)	A. Hansson	3:40
2.	"Burning"	Joakim Udd, Karl Euren, Johan Fjellstrom	3:05
3.	"Stay the Night"	A. Hansson, M. Sanden, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:00
4.	"From Brazil with Love"	Oscar Görres, Danny Saucedo	3:41
5.	"Inhibitions"	A. Hansson, N. Chinn	3:03
6.	"Harlem Nights"	A. Hansson, S. Vaughn	4:06
7.	"Baby"	N. Tennant, C. Lowe	3:54
8.	"One Two Three Four"		3:08
9.	"My My Me and Mine"	A. Hansson, S. Vaughn, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:42
10.	"Funkytown"	Steven Greenberg	3:38
11.	"Thank You"		2:59
12.	"Last Christmas"		3:34
13.	"Stay the Night (FL Club Mix)"	A. Hansson, M. Sanden, T. Merkel, A. Lundstedt, L. Hedlund	3:59
Total length:			45:45

CD 2 – Then
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is the World We Live In"	3:33
2.	"Crying at the Discoteque"	3:49
3.	"Ménage à Trois"	3:47
4.	"Sexual Guarantee"	3:33
5.	"Don't You Want Me"	3:31
6.	"Start the Fire"	3:15
7.	"Shine On"	3:29
8.	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	2:59
9.	"Physical"	3:27
10.	"Ritmo Del Amor"	3:17
11.	"Alcastar"	3:03
12.	"Love Life"	3:52
13.	"Someday"	4:03
Total length:		45:44

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Sweden (1st Edition)	11 March 2009	Love No Limit Recordings, Universal
Germany (1st Edition)	22 May 2009	Universal
Poland (1st Edition)	4 September 2009	Magic Records, Universal
Sweden (Second Edition)	18 November 2009	Universal

Chart performance

The album made its entered the Swedish Singles Chart at number 6 on 20 March 2009, giving Alcazar their second Top 10 album. The album peaked at number 4 on April 17, 2009.

Chart	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart^[2]	4

References

↑ Teentoday.co.uk review
↑ Steffen Hung. "Alcazar - Disco Defenders". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

External links

v t e Alcazar

Tess Merkel Lina Hedlund Andreas Lundstedt Annika Kjærgaard Magnus Carlsson

Studio albums	Casino Alcazarized Disco Defenders

Other albums	Dancefloor Deluxe A Tribute to ABBA

Singles	"Shine On" "Ritmo Del Amor" "Crying at the Discoteque" "Sexual Guarantee" "Don't You Want Me" "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" "Ménage à Trois" "Someday" "Love Life" "This Is the World We Live In" "Physical" "Here I Am" "Alcastar" "Start the Fire" "We Keep on Rockin'" "Inhibitions" "Stay the Night" "Burning" "From Brazil with Love" "Last Christmas" "Headlines" "Blame It On the Disco"

Featured singles	"Feel 4 U"

Related articles	Discography Melodifestivalen 2003 Melodifestivalen 2005 Melodifestivalen 2009 Melodifestivalen 2010 Melodifestivalen 2014

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