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

Break the Spell

Studio album by

Daughtry

Released

November 21, 2011

Recorded

July–September 2011

Studio

Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village
Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, California
Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
The Gray Curtain Studio[1]

Genre

Post-grunge[1]

Length

43:45

Label

Producer

Howard Benson

Daughtry chronology

Leave This Town: The B-Sides
(2010)

Break the Spell
(2011)

Baptized
(2013)

Singles from Break the Spell

"Renegade"
Released: September 27, 2011
"Crawling Back to You"
Released: October 4, 2011
"Outta My Head"
Released: March 13, 2012
"Start of Something Good"
Released: September 4, 2012

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(62/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
Billboard	71%[4]
Slant	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]
Newsday	B−[7]
Loudwire	[8]
Celebrity Cafe	[9]
The Boston Globe	(Mixed)[10]
Artistdirect	[11]

Background

According to Chris Daughtry, the album is "more upbeat and positive lyrically" and also stated that the album sounds "nothing like the previous two".[14] Chris Daughtry wrote all of the songs with band guitarists Josh Steely and Brian Craddock, bassist Josh Paul, and in collaboration 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 album's 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.[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]

Singles

"Renegade" was released as the album's lead single and first rock single. It was released to rock stations on September 27, 2011, and made available for download on October 18, 2011.

"Crawling Back to You" was released at the first pop single from the album, second overall on October 4, 2011. It reached to number 6 on the US Adult Top 40 chart.

"Outta My Head" and "Start of Something Good" were released as the third and fourth singles off the album, respectively.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Renegade"	Daughtry Josh Paul	3:35
2.	"Crawling Back to You"	Daughtry Marti Frederiksen	3:45
3.	"Outta My Head"	Daughtry Frederiksen	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	3:48
10.	"Rescue Me"	Daughtry Josh Steely	3:22
11.	"Louder Than Ever"	Daughtry James	3:37
12.	"Spaceship"	Daughtry Brian Craddock	3:51
Total length:			43:45

Deluxe edition bonus tracks[20]
No.	Title	Music	Length
13.	"Who's They"	Daughtry	3:11
14.	"Maybe We're Already Gone"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:21
15.	"Everything But Me"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:28
16.	"Lullaby"	Daughtry	2:25
Total length:			55:29

Japan edition bonus tracks[20]
No.	Title	Music	Length
13.	"Who's They"	Daughtry	3:11
14.	"Maybe We're Already Gone"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:21
15.	"Everything But Me"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:28
16.	"Lullaby"	Daughtry	2:25
17.	"Never Die"	Daughtry	3:26
Total length:			58:55

Tour edition bonus DVD[21][22]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Crawling Back to You" (music video)	3:37
2.	"Outta My Head" (music video)	3:24
3.	"Feels Like Tonight" (Live)	4:47
4.	"Outta My Head" (Live)	4:01
5.	"What About Now" (Live)	5:05
6.	"Home" (Live Acoustic)	6:37
7.	"Start Of Something Good" (Live)	5:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.[23]

Band members

Chris Daughtry – lead vocals, third guitar
Josh Steely – lead guitar, backing vocals
Brian Craddock – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Josh Paul – bass, backing vocals
Robin Diaz – drums

Additional personnel

Howard Benson – producer, keyboards, programming
Mike Plotnikoff – recording engineer
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineer
Nik Karpen – assistant mix engineer
Brad Townsend – additional mix engineering
Andrew Schubert – additional mix engineering
Ted Jensen – mastering
Hatsukazu Inagaki – additional engineering
Paul DeCarli – digital editing and additional engineering
Marc Vangool – guitar technician
Jon Nicholson – drum technician
Howard Benson – keyboards and programming
Lenny Skolnik – programming, strings (track 3)
Jimmy Fahey – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7-9)
Morgan Stratton – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7-9)
David Schwerkolt – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7-9)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24]	32
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25]	39
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27]	27
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28]	53
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29]	18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31]	19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[32]	57
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	67
US Billboard 200[34]	8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
US Billboard 200[36]	53
US Rock Albums (Billboard)[37]	11

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[38]	Gold	40,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)[13]	Gold	513,000[39]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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v t e Daughtry
Chris Daughtry Josh Steely Brian Craddock Elvio Fernandes Brandon Maclin Jeremy Brady Joey Barnes Robin Diaz Andy Waldeck Josh Paul
Studio albums	Daughtry Leave This Town Break the Spell Baptized Cage to Rattle Dearly Beloved
Compilation albums	It's Not Over...The Hits So Far
EPs	Leave This Town: The B-Sides
Singles	"It's Not Over" "Home" "What I Want" "Over You" "Crashed" "Feels Like Tonight" "What About Now" "No Surprise" "Life After You" "September" "Renegade" "Crawling Back to You" "Outta My Head" "Start of Something Good" "Waiting for Superman" "Battleships" "Torches" "Alive" "World on Fire" "Heavy Is the Crown"
Tours	Leave This Town Tour Break the Spell Tour Bigger Than Life Tour Baptized World Tour Daughtry/Goo Goo Dolls Summer Tour Cage to Rattle Tour Dearly Beloved Tour
Related articles	Discography

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- [en] Break the Spell

[es] Break the Spell

Break the Spell es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense Daughtry. lanzado el 21 de noviembre de 2011 por RCA Records. Es un seguimiento de su álbum de platino de Leave This Town en el año 2009. El 15 de diciembre, el álbum fue certificado oficialmente Oro.

[ru] Break the Spell

Break The Spell — третий студийный альбом американской рок-группы Daughtry, фронтменом которой является финалист 5 сезона шоу American Idol Крис Дотри. Дата выхода альбома — 21 ноября 2011 года. Диск записан при участии нового ударника Робина Диаса, поскольку Джоуи Барнс покинул группу в 2010 году.

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