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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(62/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Audiopinions(9.5/10)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Billboard71%[5]
Slant[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]
NewsdayB-[8]
Loudwire[9]
Celebrity Cafe[10]
The Boston Globe(Mixed)[11]
Artistdirect[12]

Break the Spell is the third studio album by the American rock band Daughtry, released on November 21, 2011.[13] It is a follow-up to their platinum selling album Leave This Town in 2009. On December 15, the album was officially certified Gold.[14]

Background

According to Chris, the album is "more upbeat and positive lyrically" and also stated that the album sounds "nothing like the previous two".[15] 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.[16] The album was produced by Howard Benson, who also produced their previous two albums.

Prior to the albums release, during the month of November, the tracks "Renegade", "Louder Than Ever" and "Outta My Head" were used by ESPN during some of their programming broadcasts.[17]

Daughtry's official website made a listening party for Break the Spell.[18]

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[19]

Start of Something Good sold 10,000 singles.[20]

Track listing

The track listing was announced on October 6 through Daughtry's official site.[21]

All lyrics are written by Chris Daughtry

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Renegade"Daughtry, Josh Paul3:36
2."Crawling Back to You"Daughtry, Marti Frederiksen3:45
3."Outta My Head"Daughtry, Fredriksen3:31
4."Start of Something Good"Daughtry, Brett James4:24
5."Crazy"Daughtry, Elvio Fernandes, Greg Wiktorski3:24
6."Break the Spell"Daughtry, Dave Bassett3:32
7."We're Not Gonna Fall"Daughtry, Busbee, Zac Maloy3:19
8."Gone Too Soon"Daughtry, Busbee3:36
9."Losing My Mind"Daughtry, Busbee3:49
10."Rescue Me"Daughtry, Josh Steely3:23
11."Louder Than Ever"Daughtry, James3:37
12."Spaceship"Daughtry, Brian Craddock3:51
Total length:43:45
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[21]
No.TitleMusicLength
13."Who's They"Daughtry3:12
14."Maybe We're Already Gone"Daughtry, Steely, Craddock, Paul4:22
15."Everything But Me"Daughtry, Steely, Craddock, Paul4:29
16."Lullaby"Daughtry2:26
Total length:58:10
Japan edition bonus tracks[21]
No.TitleMusicLength
13."Who's They"Daughtry3:12
14."Maybe We're Already Gone"Daughtry, Steely, Craddock, Paul4:22
15."Everything But Me"Daughtry, Steely, Craddock, Paul4:29
16."Lullaby"Daughtry2:26
17."Never Die"Daughtry3:27
Total length:61:37

Charts

Album

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Top 50[22] 32
Austrian Albums Chart[23] 39
Canadian Albums Chart 13
German Albums Chart 27
New Zealand Albums Chart[24] 18
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 19
UK Albums Chart[22] 67
UK Rock Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200 8
U.S. Billboard Rock 2

Personnel

Band members

  • Chris Daughtry – lead vocals, rhythm guitars
  • Josh Steely – lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Brian Craddock – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Josh Paul – bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Robin Diaz – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2313719
  2. ^ Trickyeddy9. "Break the Spell Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Matt (2011-11-14). "Featured Artist: Daughtry « Audiopinions". Audiopinions.net. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  4. ^ "Break the Spell review - Daughtry Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  5. ^ Daughtry (2009-09-14). "Album Review: Daughtry, 'Break the Spell'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  6. ^ "Daughtry: Break the Spell | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  7. ^ "Daughtry - Break the Spell (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  8. ^ "Daughtry keeps returning home". Newsday.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  9. ^ "Daughtry, 'Break the Spell' – Album Review". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  10. ^ Chelsea Lewis (2011-11-22). "Daughtry: 'Break the Spell'". TheCelebrityCafe.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  11. ^ "More of same from Nickelback, Daughtry - Arts". The Boston Globe. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  12. ^ Rick Florino (2012-01-23). "Daughtry "Break the Spell" - 4 out of 5 stars". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  13. ^ "Daughtry "Break The Spell" at Daughtry Store". Myplaydirect.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  14. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Break+the+Spell%22
  15. ^ "Chris Daughtry Says New Album is More Upbeat and More Positive Lyrically [AUDIO] | Ryan Seacrest - The official entertainment news site of American Idol host and American Top 40 on air radio personality!". Ryan Seacrest. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  16. ^ http://www.emailwire.com/release/72881-The-Much-Anticipated-New-Daughtry-Album-Break-the-Spell-Hits-Stores-in-Late-November-Says-Pre-Order-Madness.html
  17. ^ "ESPN's featured music for November - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  18. ^ "Listen to 'Break The Spell' in its Entirety | The Official Daughtry Website". Daughtryofficial.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  19. ^ "Daughtry's 129,000 sales 'Spell' a top-10 debut". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  20. ^ "'Idol' downloads: Kelly Clarkson, Haley and Casey, more". Content.usatoday.com. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  21. ^ a b c "Daughtry - Break The Spell (Deluxe Version) - Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH". Sonymusic.de. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  22. ^ a b "charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  23. ^ Steffen Hung (2011-11-24). "Austrian chart". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  24. ^ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand chart". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  25. ^ Steffen Hung (2011-11-24). "Swiss chart". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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