This Is Alphabeat
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| Studio album by Alphabeat | ||||
| Released | 5 March 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–08 | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance-pop, indie pop | |||
| Length | 39:29 | |||
| Label | Copenhagen | |||
| Producer | Alphabeat, Mike Spencer, Rune Westberg | |||
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This Is Alphabeat cover
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| Singles from Alphabeat | ||||
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| Metacritic | 72/100 |
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| Drowned in Sound | 6/10 |
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| Pitchfork Media | 5.5/10 |
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| This Is Fake DIY | 5/10 |
Alphabeat is the self-titled debut album by Danish pop group Alphabeat. The album 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.
"Fantastic 6" was released as a limited edition 10" in the UK only, prior to the release of "Fascination". The video for "Fantastic 6" did not surface in the UK but was ironically released in Denmark (even though the single was not released there).
"Fascination" was the second single released from the album. It charted at number four on the Danish Singles Chart, number six on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the UK Official Download Chart.
"10.000 Nights of Thunder" was the third single released from the album. The single charted at number sixteen in Denmark and the UK, as well as number twenty-four in the Netherlands. This single did not prove as popular as "Fascination".
"Boyfriend" was the fourth single released from the album. It reached number eleven in Denmark, number fifteen in the UK, number eighteen in the Netherlands and number forty-nine in Ireland, showing more popularity than "10.000 Nights of Thunder" but not as much as "Fascination".
"Go-Go" was the fifth single released off the album. It was only released in Denmark, peaking at number fourteen.
"What Is Happening" was the sixth single released off the album. It was only released in the UK and peaked at number 110, becoming their lowest-charting single there.
Alphabeat received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
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