The Spell (Alphabeat album)

The Spell
Studio album by
Alphabeat
Released26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
Genre
Length37:22
LabelCopenhagen
Producer
Alphabeat chronology
Alphabeat
(2007) 		The Spell
(2009) 		Express Non-Stop
(2012)
Singles from The Spell
  1. "The Spell"
    Released: 21 September 2009
  2. "DJ"
    Released: 9 January 2010
  3. "Hole in My Heart"
    Released: 21 February 2010
  4. "Heat Wave"
    Released: 21 June 2010

The Spell is the second studio album by Danish band Alphabeat. It was released on 26 October 2009 by Copenhagen Records. Alphabeat stated their second album would be a departure from the pop roots of their debut studio album, Alphabeat (2007), in favour of dance acts from the 1990s such as Snap! and Black Box,[1][2] with band member Anders SG saying the title track was particularly inspired by Black Box's 1990 song "I Don't Know Anybody Else".[2]

The album was originally set to be released in the United Kingdom one week after the original Danish release,[1][2] but was eventually released on 1 March 2010, followed by the second single, "Hole in My Heart".[3] For its international release, the album was retitled The Beat Is... and includes the bonus track "Till I Get Round".

In November 2010, the album earned Alphabeat the Danish Music Award for Danish Group of the Year.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Alphabeat to release second album". Newsbeat. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Balls, David (24 September 2009). "Alphabeat LP 'influenced by '90s dance'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Single & Album News". Facebook. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Medina gjorde rent bord til Danish Music Awards" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.