Английская Википедия:Alphabeat (album)
Alphabeat is the debut studio album by Danish band Alphabeat. It was first released in Denmark on 5 March 2007 by Copenhagen Records, and eventually in the rest of Europe in 2008 under the title This Is Alphabeat by the revived Charisma Records with an alternative track listing.
In June 2018, This is Alphabeat was re-released exclusively on vinyl, in celebration of the album's 10th anniversary.[1]
Release
Alphabeat was first released in Denmark on 5 March 2007. In 2008, the album was widely released in Europe, retitled This is Alphabeat. The European release features remixes of several of the album's tracks in favor of the originals: "Boyfriend", "Rubber Boots/Mackintosh" (retitled "Rubber Boots"), and "Nothing But My Baby" were all remixed for the release. In addition, the tracks "Into the Jungle", "The Hours", and "Ocean Blue" were removed from the track listing and replaced with new tracks "Go-Go", "Touch Me Touching You", and "Public Image".
Singles
"Fascination" was released as the album's first single in June 2006. It charted at number four on the Danish Singles Chart. In the United Kingdom, it was released as the album's second single in May 2008. It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the UK Official Download Chart.
"10.000 Nights of Thunder" was the second single from the album in January 2007. It peaked at number 1 in Denmark and at 24 in the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it was released as the album's third single in May 2008 and peaked at number 16.[2]
"Fantastic 6" was released as the third single from the album, released promotionally in Denmark in April 2007 followed by a commercial release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe in November 2007. In the United Kingdom, it was the first single from the album, released as a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl record.
The album's fourth single, "Boyfriend", reached number 11 in Denmark, number 15 in the UK, number 18 in the Netherlands and number 49 in Ireland.
"Go-Go" was released the fifth single from the album. It was only released in Denmark, where it peaked at number fourteen. The album's sixth and final single, "What Is Happening", was not released in Denmark, but was released in the UK and other European countries. It peaked at number 110 in the UK, becoming their lowest-charting single there.
Critical reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Alphabeat received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on seven reviews.[3]
Track listing
All tracks written by Alphabeat, except where noted.
Notes
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Personnel
Alphabeat
- Anders B – guitar
- Stine Bramsen – vocals
- Troels Hansen – drums
- Rasmus Nielsen – keyboards
- Anders Reinholdt – bass
- Anders SG – vocals
Additional personnel
Alphabeat[4]
- Ketil Duckert – horns, trumpet Шаблон:Small
- Jan Eliasson – mastering
- Morten Jerichau – photography
- Mads Mathias – saxophone Шаблон:Small
- Jakob Sørensen – product management
- Spild af Tid ApS – artwork
- Rune Westberg – mixing, recording, production Шаблон:Small; recorder Шаблон:Small; slide guitar Шаблон:Small
This Is Alphabeat[5] Шаблон:Div col
- Alphabeat – production Шаблон:Small; additional production Шаблон:Small
- Laurence Aldridge – recording assistance Шаблон:Small
- Christopher Allan – cello Шаблон:Small
- Nell Catchpole – violin Шаблон:Small
- Alex Cowper – design
- John Davis – mastering
- Alison Dodds – violin Шаблон:Small
- Ketil Duckert – horns, trumpet Шаблон:Small
- Richard Edgeler – mixing assistance Шаблон:Small
- Finn Eiles – recording Шаблон:Small; additional recording Шаблон:Small
- Eine – letter art
- Pete Hofmann – additional recording Шаблон:Small
- Mads Mathias – saxophone Шаблон:Small
- Rachel Robson – viola Шаблон:Small
- Mike Spencer – production Шаблон:Small; additional production Шаблон:Small; mixing Шаблон:Small
- Magnus Unnar – photography
- Rune Westberg – mixing Шаблон:Small; production, recording Шаблон:Small; slide guitar Шаблон:Small
- Jeremy Wheatley – mixing Шаблон:Small
Charts
Weekly charts
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Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Year-end charts
Chart (2007) | Position |
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Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[6] | 23 |
Chart (2008) | Position |
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Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] | 54 |
UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 118 |
Certifications
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Release history
Region | Date | Label | Edition | Шаблон:Abbr |
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Denmark | 5 March 2007 | Copenhagen | Alphabeat | [9] |
Germany | 30 May 2008 | EMI | This Is Alphabeat | [10] |
Denmark | 2 June 2008 | Copenhagen | [11] | |
United Kingdom | Charisma | [12] | ||
Japan | 16 July 2008 | EMI | [13] | |
Denmark | 1 June 2018 | Copenhagen / Universal | This is Alphabeat – 10th Anniversary Edition | [1] |
References
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